DUTY STATION

Home-based, Remote

COMMENCEMENT OF DUTY

To be determined NATURE OF APPOINTMENT

Variable (depending on needs of Department/Division)
35 working days within a 4-month duration

Organizational Unit

Technical Coordination Unit (TCU) and North, Central and West Africa (NCWA) WMO is committed to achieving diversity and a balanced workforce. Applications are welcome from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. The statutory retirement age after 1 January 2014 is 65. Pursuant to WMO Standing Instructions, the minimum age to be eligible for consideration for vacant positions is 18, and the maximum age must enable the candidate to serve for at least the term of the contract before reaching mandatory age of separation. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The consultant will carry out the following:

Component 1 - Product-Ingestion Plugin (Priority Component)

- Design and develop a modular ClimWeb-integrated plugin enabling institutions to easily add national, regional, and global products into their ClimWeb instances;

- Integrate key products from priority sources (e.g. Regional Climate Centers, RSMCs, Climate Station, ECMWF, NOAA GFS, GloFAS, Google Flood Hub);

- Develop configuration interfaces for dataset mapping and update schedules;

- Deliver documentation, configuration guides, and code via GitHub.

Component 2 - MapViewer/ CAP Composer integration

- Develop prototype functionality to pre-generate CAP alerts;

- Improve semi-automated workflows for the generation of impact-based forecasting information, and CAP alerts messages in local areas;

- Facilitating the generation of CAP warnings based on available support information (e.g notifications of messages to forecasters,proposed standard key messages and advisories based on hazards and risk levels).

Component 3 - Technical advisory support

- Provide technical advice on geospatial data flows and innovative forecasting communication applications in West and Central Africa;

- Develop a detailed roadmap for integration of MapRooms (IRI) functionalities into ClimWeb's MapViewer;

- Provide a proposed list of AI-based functionalities and a technical roadmap for integrating them into future versions of ClimWeb (e.g., AI-driven geospatial analysis, AI-assisted pre-filling features into the CAP Composer).

QUALIFICATIONS

Education Advanced degree in ICT, applied meteorology, hydrology, or related discipline.

Experience Strong expertise in geospatial data engineering, backend development, and ETL automation for vector and raster datasets. Advanced skills in PostgreSQL/PostGIS, tile servers, pg_tileserv, MapServer/GeoServer. Experience with web-GIS frameworks (Leaflet, Mapbox GL, OpenLayers). Familiarity with ClimWeb, GeoManager, Wagtail. Experience integrating meteorological, hydrological, climate, satellite, and model datasets. Understanding climate services, impact-based forecasting, early-warning workflows, and CAP, an asset. Experience in version control (Git) and Linux-based deployments.

Languages Excellent knowledge of English (both oral and written). Knowledge of French would be an advantage. (Note: The official languages of the Organization are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.)

Proposed fee: Payband C or D (390-750 USD) to be defined depending upon experience, knowledge, and skills.

Focal point email for additional information: mbaraibar@wmo.int Additional Information:
Applications should be made online through the WMO e-recruitment system at https://erecruit.wmo.int/public.
Do not send your application via multiple routes. Only applicants in whom WMO has a further interest will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit a written test and/or an interview. Date of issue of vacancy notice: