The AREA project has built five weather stations located at different sites in the Feed the Future West region (four stations) and one in Les Cayes. Additionally, AREA trained a group of Haitian professions at the University of Florida in July and they built and programmed additional stations that need to be installed at agricultural research and education centers in Haiti. These stations are designed to transmit
data to Weather Underground from which users of weather data can download raw data files free of charge. However, AREA continues to troubleshoot the stations as the transmission of data to Weather Underground has been inconsistent. The stations are equipped to work under conditions including a failure of power or Wi-Fi.
Fonctions
Maintain and repair existing stations installed by the AREA project in Haiti.
• Manage data recovery and compilation on Weather Underground. Make sure that the stations are
uploading data to the site and perform quality checks on the data.
• Trouble shoot and repair problematic stations.
• Identify sites for new stations based on criteria that ensures continuous and high-quality data collection. Train technicians at each site who will assume responsibility for the upgrading and fixing the stations.
• Communicate and collaborate with Dr. Bill Eisenstadt to fix technical problems and implement upgrades as needed.
• Work with the AREA weather data researcher to facilitate access to weather station data.
• Conduct any other activity relevant to and required by the project.
Qualifications Requises
Minimum M.S. in the agronomy or agriculture engineering is required, with a background in computer programming and assembling weather stations or other types of technical equipment.
• Candidate needs to be familiar with data base management and compiling data into user ready formats.
• Candidate must have strong self-motivation and ability to initiate projects, set goals, make decisions, and effectively solve problems. Excellent personal interaction skills required for fostering teamwork, enhancing a good working environment, and effectively developing strong internal relation with project personnel and external project partners.
• Strong communication skills in spoken and written English and a proven ability to work well with a wide range of individuals are critical.
Dossier de candidature doit avoir ...
Qualified and Interested individuals are encouraged to send CV and cover letter
