Engineering jobs at University of Nairobi and Other Companies in Kenya

 
Deadline of this Job: 26 October 2022

REF: AD/10/105/22
The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be engaged in the following research activities:
• Detailed literature review & identification of sources of data and information
• Identification of adaptation needs through assessment of infrastructure system resilience to climate hazards and with respect to (1) enabling environment, (2) built environment, (3) natural environment.
• Establishment of an inventory of spatial data on: Climate hazards (highest resolution probabilistic data); Infrastructure networks and assets - energy, water, roads, rail, ports, airports, and ICT assets; Critical physical assets that rely on infrastructure systems, such as hospitals, clinics, and schools; Natural assets that can play a role in protecting or substituting infrastructure assets and services; and Related economic and social services that rely on these networks (e.g. trade flows and traffic flows)
• Identify climate hotspots where infrastructure systems and assets are exposed to climate related hazards and work with others to quantify climate impacts on physical assets and quantify the cost of disruptions on services.
• Support multi-stakeholder climate risk dialogues and contribute to the development of the Masterclass on PPPs.
• Any other duties.

Deadline of this Job: 26 October 2022

REF: AD/10/104/22
The GIS Specialist will be engaged in the following research activities:
• Support the development of a spatial database on: Climate hazards (highest resolution probabilistic data); Infrastructure networks and assets - energy, water, roads, rail, ports, airports, and ICT assets; Critical physical assets that rely on infrastructure systems, such
• as hospitals, clinics, and schools; Natural assets that can play a role in protecting or substituting infrastructure assets and services; and Related economic and social services that rely on these networks (e.g. trade flows and traffic flows)
• Together with Post-Doctoral Fellow – GIS and the Post-Doctoral Fellow – Climate Change & Adaptation, map climate hotspots where infrastructure systems and assets
• are exposed to climate related hazards
• Perform spatial analysis in collaboration with other project team members to support quantification of climate impacts on physical assets and the cost of disruptions on services.
• Provide technical support in the Master class on PPPs training.
• Any other duties as may be prescribed by the Supervisors.

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Deadline of this Job: 23 October 2022