Gis Specialist - 60940 Jobs

GIS Specialist - 60940 - ( 23142355 )

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's (DNRC) mission is to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations.

The DNRC believes employees are their most important asset. The DNRC empowers employees to exercise professional judgment in carrying out their duties. Employees are provided with the training and tools necessary to achieve the mission. Both team effort and individual employee expertise are supported and sustained. Montana DNRC (mt.gov)

Program Overview:

The State of Montana is looking for a GIS Informatics Analyst to join our team to support the Trust Lands Management Division (TLMD) within the Department of Natural Resources (DNRC). Our division manages approximately 5.2 million surface and 6.2 subsurface acres of trust lands for the benefit of the common schools and other endowed institutions. TLMD resources such as agriculture and grazing, recreation, forest products, minerals, and real estate are managed to produce revenues for trust beneficiaries (predominantly public schools) while considering environmental factors and protecting the future income generating capacity of the land. GIS is an integral tool in land management. Our GIS data supports policy and field level decisions. We strive to make GIS data and collection methods accessible, effective, and sustainable. Please consider joining our GIS team to support Montana’s Trust Lands.

About The Position:

This position will primarily work for our Forest Management Bureau. We are looking for someone with an interest in one or several of these fields as well as a deep interest in spatial data and the power that accurate and organized data and analysis can have on an agency’s success. The position works closely with our specialists, field users, teammates, and the Office of Information and Technology (OIT). This position is responsible for developing and refining workflows to suit our users and increase efficiencies. The position will also provide analysis and maintenance of our statewide GIS data and mobile platforms, contribute to creative data solutions, and help with training and supporting our GIS users.

We are ESRI based and deploy field-based tools such as Field Maps and Survey123 in addition to a suite of AGOL based web application including, but not limited to webmaps, dashboards, and experiences. Trust Lands maintains and manages several statewide datasets both AGOL hosted and spatial database engine (SDE) based. We are looking for an individual with an attention to detail, strong organization skills, willingness to learn, and to be one of our subject matter experts in mobile technology, SDE, and Trust Lands GIS data infrastructure.

This position is based in Missoula with the opportunity to work remotely for a percentage of your week upon approval. Specific conditions will be outlined as part of the job offer and must adhere to state policy.

About Our GIS Informatics Section:

This position will be part of a collaborative four person GIS Informatics Section to promote a reliable, innovative, and committed team. The objective of our Informatics Section is to build, maintain, and communicate our data and data systems. Success in this position will come through immersion in how we collect and manage data and collaborating closely with specialists, field users, and OIT.

Currently, our team members operate out of both Missoula and Helena, so team communication is key to success. All team members work with staff and resources statewide. The Trust Lands GIS team also works with a talented set of multi-disciplined, natural resource GIS users across the agency. While a major duty of this position is managing spatial data and web GIS infrastructure, this position invites you to make site visits and connect with field users to help you design products that meet their needs and to fully understand how TLMD workflows and processes support our agency. This position has the benefit of connecting directly with our users to fully understand how we conduct business throughout the agency and provide the support required to be successful.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create documentation of Trust Lands data workflows and datasets
• Maintain a connection to current and emerging GIS technologies, standards, and practices
• Train GIS users (both in the field and in the office) in how our data and mobile workflows operate to help them be efficient and successful in their positions
• Refine and adapt existing workflows to maximize efficiency while maintaining accuracy and accountability using platforms such as, but not limited to: AGOL, ArcPro, Python, and Arcade.
• Collaborate closely with TLMD GIS teammates, data specialists, field users, OIT, Trust land bureaus, DNRC divisions, and a variety of state, federal, and tribal agencies
• Lead GIS related projects as necessary
• Participate and contribute to a variety of planning committees, work groups, and project teams.
• Manage, maintain, and update GIS data hosted in our SDE versioned database environment
• Strategize and plan for long term development and maintenance of Trust Lands GIS data and tools
• Design, develop, configure, and maintain web-based and mobile applications using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server environments
• Prioritize multiple, high demand, short timeline GIS requests in a robust environment

Conduct spatial analyses, potentially including remote sensing, to provide analytical products for addressing TLMD’s management questions, decisions, and actions.

APPLICATION MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION ARE:

• Health Care & Benefits
• Please describe your ability to work within a team of GIS analysts/specialists and any previous experiences as part of a GIS team designing projects, assigning work tasks, and working together.
• Paid Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays
• Resume
• State Application
• Please describe your experience in natural resource field data collection to include equipment/systems used.

  TIP: When attaching your resume, cover letter and other material, you must mark the attachments as "relevant".

  BENEFITS:

  • Health Care & Benefits
  • Retirement
  • Paid Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays
• Supplemental Questions (Please submit to the supplemental questions in a separate document from your cover letter).

  Supplemental Questions:

  Please submit answers to the supplemental questions in a document separate from your cover letter.

  • Please describe your experience with ArcGIS platforms as it relates to the tools mentioned in this job announcement. How does this experience qualify you for this position? What other platforms are you familiar with and have skills in and how do they relate to the primary responsibilities of our GIS Analyst?

  • Please describe your ability to work within a team of GIS analysts/specialists and any previous experiences as part of a GIS team designing projects, assigning work tasks, and working together.

  • Please describe your experience in natural resource field data collection to include equipment/systems used.

    TIP: When attaching your resume, cover letter and other material, you must mark the attachments as "relevant".

    BENEFITS:

    • Health Care & Benefits
    • Retirement
    • Paid Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays
• Retirement
• Cover Letter
• Please describe your experience with ArcGIS platforms as it relates to the tools mentioned in this job announcement. How does this experience qualify you for this position? What other platforms are you familiar with and have skills in and how do they relate to the primary responsibilities of our GIS Analyst?

For any questions regarding this position, please contact Becky Quick at 406-444-6673 or at [email protected].

Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience):

• The position requires education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’ degree in Geography/GIS, Computer Science, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, or a similar academic field.
• Alternative combinations of education and professional experience may be considered.
• Five (5) years progressive experience in a related profession.

We encourage you to apply for this position if any part of it sparks your interest. We are looking for an individual who has relevant skills and experience, strong communications skills, attention to detail, willingness to learn, takes pride in their work and notably, an interest in connecting GIS skills with natural resources.

Special Information: Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. A valid driver's license is required with less than 12 conviction points in the most recent completed 36 months.

Eligibility to Work: In accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the person selected must produce within three days of hire documents that show authorization to work in the United States. Examples of such documentation include a birth certificate or Social Security card along with a driver’s license or other picture I.D., or a U.S. passport, or a "green card".

Applicant Pool Statement : If another department vacancy occurs in this job title within six months, the same applicant pool may be used for the selection. Training Assignment : Not Applicable

Salary: $ 36.05 - 36.05 Hourly Telework Eligibility : Telework Eligible (Full-time telework is not available. Telework schedule must be supervisor approved.) Benefits Package Eligibility : Health Insurance, Paid Leave & Holidays, Retirement Plan

Number of Openings : 1 Employee Status : Regular Schedule : Full-Time

Shift : Day Job Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Primary Location : Missoula Agency : Department of Natural Resources & Conservation Union : 000 - None

Posting Date : Aug 14, 2023, 5:06:53 PM Closing Date (based on your computer's timezone): Sep 5, 2023, 12:59:00 AM

Required Application Materials : Cover Letter, Resume

Contact Name : Becky Quick | Contact Email : [email protected] | Contact Phone : 406-444-6673