Hiring: Geospatial Quality Control Team Leader – based in Jakarta

About us

Land Equity International (LEI) has a 25-year history in successfully delivering international development projects for and providing technical advice to donors around the world, including the World Bank and the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and direct to government. We deeply engage and continuously consult with counterpart agencies to manage demands and expectations that ensure sustained results. A foundation to LEI’s success has been the respect and ‘family’ spirit in which we approach our business, employees, contractors and counterparts, ensuring we develop a unified path for improving the lives of the poor through good land governance. Our team has a 35-year history in Indonesia, with LEI’s founders being engaged in land administration and mapping projects since 1991.

The Project

Through the Integrated Land Administration and Spatial Planning Project (ILASPP), Indonesia’s national mapping agency, Badan Informasi Geospasial (BIG), is contracting private companies to producing high-quality base maps at multiple scales for climate action, spatial planning, and national development.

The quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) services will support Component 4 of ILASPP, which encompasses:

• Urban Areas: Production of 3D geospatial data and multiscale base maps (1:5,000 to 1:1,000,000) covering approximately 82,497 km² (2025-2029).
• Rural and Forest Areas: Production of updated digital maps at multiple scales covering approximately 1,622,532 km², plus medium-small scale mapping of the Sulawesi Region covering 186,277 km² (2025-2029).

This is a 4-year project requiring rigorous quality oversight on behalf of BIG to ensure accurate geospatial data delivery across Indonesia.

LEI will be bidding to provide quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) services to maintain the quality and timely delivery of urban and non-urban data capture for ILASPP. LEI will act on behalf of BIG throughout the project, coordinating the activities of BIG and private Service Providers in capturing and processing data according to strict specified conditions and standards. Data will be acquired throughout Indonesia and processed in a number of Map Processing Centres established by BIG. The work duration is expected between 2026-2029.

The Role – Team Leader

We are looking for an experienced Geospatial Quality Control Professional, who can lead and manage the large-scale QA/QC services. Their main duties will include:

• Providing strategic direction and operational oversight for all QA/QC Services.
• Ensuring full compliance with contractual obligations, technical standards, and quality expectations.
• Establishing a quality report process for submission to BIG as the basis for QA/QC service payments.
• Managing team performance and coordinating service delivery across all project components.
• Leading stakeholder engagement and maintaining key relationships
• Managing risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Serving as the primary point of accountability for project outcomes and deliverables.

This is a 40-month assignment, with a start date estimated for August 2026.

The Person

Essential:

• Good oral and written English; and
• Master’s degree (S2) majoring in Geodesy/Geomatics/Geography/Geospatial Information/Survey and Mapping or a similar major; and
• 10 years of experience in Survey and Mapping projects; and
• 5 years of management experience; and
• SKKNI Level 7 of any sub-field equivalent standard (evidence required).

Desirable:

• Fluency in oral and written Bahasa.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@landequity.com.au by 30 March 2026. The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages and should outline your ability to meet the selection criteria, as well as your experience in undertaking the duties outlined above.

Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful candidates will be contacted no later than 10 April 2026.

For further inquiries please contact recruitment@landequity.com.au.