Toponymist- Arabic

Job Description The Toponymist will apply expertise in foreign languages and romanization policies to research and analyze sources containing foreign geographic names information, make policy recommendations for the standardization of foreign geographic names, and populate and maintain the Geographic Names Database (GNDB). They monitor their area of interest for administrative, political, and infrastructure changes to maintain professional currency. They advise the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and serve as staff members of the Secretariat for the BGN Foreign Names Committee (FNC). Foreign language expertise such as Arabic, Farsi, or Chinese, among others, is necessary to support NGA’s mission requirements using native sources for reference and to develop context analysis.

F9223-GEO-SPIRequired Education, Experience, & Skills Three (3) to Ten (10) years of demonstrated relevant experience required.
Expertise and experience in geography, cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which includes skills in ESRI/ArcGIS o Applications including ArcMap for creating, editing and processing geospatial data and ArcCatalog for data maintenance and metadata creation. Experience with other Geospatial software such as QGIS. o Exhibited ability to research information on either the open web or classified databases

F9223-GEO-SPIPreferred Education, Experience, & Skills  Advanced GIS skills with extensive regional/cultural knowledge combined  Technical Skills applying HG in Google Earth  Experience working intelligence issues within an IC or DoD organization  Experience exercising critical thinking to solve difficult challenges  Effective communication including analytic writing and oral presentation  Experience in imagery analysis and the use of RemoteView software  Experience in research and information gathering, and experience with cross-platform intelligence research tools such as (but not limited to) NES, TRIDENT, M3 or PALANTIR  Ability to utilize geographic names information from the GNDB.  An understanding of several NGA products such as Controlled Image Base (CIB1), Topographic Line Maps (TLMs), Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), National Technical Means (NTM) and Commercial Imagery (CI) in boundary recovery processes, including data retrieval and storage.  Ability to prepare comprehensive technical reports, which will include preparing textual and graphic reports on the sources, methodologies, obstacles, and conclusions.  Ability to collaborate with analysts in the NGA, DoD, IC, NSG and /or ASG.  Proficiency in reading foreign languages most relevant to their assigned area of responsibility at a 2+ level within the following Combatant Commands (COCOMs). For all languages, a minimum proficiency skill level 2 for Reading is required as defined by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Proficiency Levels or the equivalent that meets or exceeds the ILR skill level 2. For award qualification, testing must have taken place within two years prior to the date of this Task Order. After award, and, at vendor expense, researchers must maintain a two-year currency at level 2 or higher verified by test results submitted to the Government.

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