There is a volunteer opportunity that might be of interest to you. Please read the job description that follows. **Note that this is a different project from the recruitment sent yesterday for Get Us PPE Logistics.** If you are interested and available, please reply this email ([email protected]) with “Get Us PPE Outreach” in the subject line, along with a statement describing your relevant skills and experience and your resume, by February 20, 2021.
Get Us PPE’s mission is to get donated PPE to those who need it most. They are the largest national nonprofit getting PPE to healthcare and other essential workers, free of charge. To request PPE donations, frontline workers register their PPE needs on our site. This information has allowed us to amass the most comprehensive nongovernmental database of PPE shortages in the United States.
The Get Us PPE Healthcare Outreach team is requesting a GISCorps volunteer to help identify healthcare facilities and populations that are at high risk and are underrepresented using the risk factors and weighting provided by Get Us PPE. The volunteer will be developing an automated process to:
Identify areas that have a certain density of requests for PPE
Identify areas where COVID-19 burden is increasing
Generate a list of healthcare facilities that Get Us PPE volunteers can reach out to
While the automation may be developed through Model Builder or Tasks, the user interface will be a password-protected web application.
The volunteer will also be assisting with Get Us PPE’s Supply Our School Initiative. The initiative aims to match the needs of schools with the capacity of regional PPE providers. Tasks include:
Automating data integration between the database and the web application
Modifying the existing web application or developing new web applications to meet the needs of Get Us PPE
Qualifications:
Advanced skills in ArcMap or ArcPro
Advanced knowledge of Model Builder
Advanced skills in ArcGIS Online including:
ArcGIS Insights
Dashboard
Web App Builder
Administration (user permissions and data security)
Socioeconomic and healthcare data on ArcGIS Online/Living Atlas
Experience linking ArcGIS with a PostGreSQL database
Experience in technical documentation and providing technical training
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Duration: The volunteer shall commit to 5-7 hours per week for an approximate duration of three months.
Software: Volunteer will be utilizing Get Us PPE’s ArcGIS Online organizational account. The selected volunteer will be eligible to apply for ArcGIS Desktop licenses through the GIS Service Pledge if needed.
Type of mission: This mission does NOT require traveling and can be conducted remotely. The volunteers will use their own hardware and will work closely with the Get Us PPE representatives throughout the project via email and web conferencing.