Gis Technician – Permanent
2026-03-04T12:23:21+00:00
Zambia Sugar
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FULL_TIME
Nakambala
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Science & Engineering, Computer & IT, Farming & Outdoors, Civil & Government, Agribusiness, Agricultural Services & Products
2026-03-13T17:00:00+00:00
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Background
This position reports to the GIS Specialist and operates within the Agriculture function. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the development of Geographic Information System (GIS) capability and understanding on site in close collaboration with GIS Specialist, Agric Optimization, Estate Surveyor, and Business Systems & Planning Analyst.
Key Performance Areas
Acquire, process and present GIS data in a suitable format to enable precision agriculture in areas such as:
- Variable rate technologies
- Drone imagery processing and analytics
- Controlled traffic and auto-steer technology
- Agriculture tech spatial data management
Collaborate with and support GIS Specialist to codify GIS best practice into standardized work processes
Collaborate with and support Crop Production and Optimization activity functions
Facilitate data processing and interactions with the selected centralized data processing entity
Manage data and user access on the chosen ABF cloud-based spatial data repository
Prepare spatial data for projects
Improve visualization of survey data for routine reporting
Support the Optimization function in representing cost and productivity reporting in spatial formats
Support spatial data requirements of grower agriculture and other estate functions
Support site L&D team to develop GIS skills and application competence
Spatial tracking of day-to-day operations where applicable
Promote and adhere to ABF procedures, policies and guidelines including SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
Minimum Requirements
- Grade 12 School Certificate
- Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in GIS / Land Surveying / Agricultural Engineering / Agriculture
- Preferably 2 years’ experience with GIS
- Demonstrated competence in GIS, land surveying, sugarcane agriculture, drone pilot, agricultural machine control, computer programming, database management software, systems integration and agriculture data analytics
- Strong analytical skills
- Suitably qualified applicants must provide certificates verified by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA)
- Acquire, process and present GIS data in a suitable format to enable precision agriculture in areas such as: Variable rate technologies, Drone imagery processing and analytics, Controlled traffic and auto-steer technology, Agriculture tech spatial data management
- Collaborate with and support GIS Specialist to codify GIS best practice into standardized work processes
- Collaborate with and support Crop Production and Optimization activity functions
- Facilitate data processing and interactions with the selected centralized data processing entity
- Manage data and user access on the chosen ABF cloud-based spatial data repository
- Prepare spatial data for projects
- Improve visualization of survey data for routine reporting
- Support the Optimization function in representing cost and productivity reporting in spatial formats
- Support spatial data requirements of grower agriculture and other estate functions
- Support site L&D team to develop GIS skills and application competence
- Spatial tracking of day-to-day operations where applicable
- Promote and adhere to ABF procedures, policies and guidelines including SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
- GIS
- Land surveying
- Sugarcane agriculture
- Drone pilot
- Agricultural machine control
- Computer programming
- Database management software
- Systems integration
- Agriculture data analytics
- Strong analytical skills
- Grade 12 School Certificate
- Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in GIS / Land Surveying / Agricultural Engineering / Agriculture
- Certificates verified by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA)
JOB-69a8243959a97
Vacancy title:
Gis Technician – Permanent
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Science & Engineering, Computer & IT, Farming & Outdoors, Civil & Government, Agribusiness, Agricultural Services & Products]
Jobs at:
Zambia Sugar
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, March 13 2026
Duty Station:
Nakambala | Lusaka
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 4 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Background
This position reports to the GIS Specialist and operates within the Agriculture function. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the development of Geographic Information System (GIS) capability and understanding on site in close collaboration with GIS Specialist, Agric Optimization, Estate Surveyor, and Business Systems & Planning Analyst.
Key Performance Areas
Acquire, process and present GIS data in a suitable format to enable precision agriculture in areas such as:
- Variable rate technologies
- Drone imagery processing and analytics
- Controlled traffic and auto-steer technology
- Agriculture tech spatial data management
Collaborate with and support GIS Specialist to codify GIS best practice into standardized work processes
Collaborate with and support Crop Production and Optimization activity functions
Facilitate data processing and interactions with the selected centralized data processing entity
Manage data and user access on the chosen ABF cloud-based spatial data repository
Prepare spatial data for projects
Improve visualization of survey data for routine reporting
Support the Optimization function in representing cost and productivity reporting in spatial formats
Support spatial data requirements of grower agriculture and other estate functions
Support site L&D team to develop GIS skills and application competence
Spatial tracking of day-to-day operations where applicable
Promote and adhere to ABF procedures, policies and guidelines including SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
Minimum Requirements
- Grade 12 School Certificate
- Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in GIS / Land Surveying / Agricultural Engineering / Agriculture
- Preferably 2 years’ experience with GIS
- Demonstrated competence in GIS, land surveying, sugarcane agriculture, drone pilot, agricultural machine control, computer programming, database management software, systems integration and agriculture data analytics
- Strong analytical skills
- Suitably qualified applicants must provide certificates verified by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA)
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
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? Closing date: 13th March 2026
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