GIS Technician w/National Audubon Society (CA)

Closing date: 2021-11-19
Position: GIS Technician
Organization: National Audubon Society
Country: United States
State: California
Contact: Daniel Orr
Contact Email: Daniel.Orr@audubon.org

Description

Please apply at: https://careers-audubon.icims.com/jobs/4786/gis-technician/job 

## Position Summary
The GIS Technician will work under the Senior Analyst of Geospatial Science and Data as part of a team of science and conservation staff to develop applied science products (including analysis, reports, mapping, data visualizations, web maps and applications as well as mobile data collection applications) to inform conservation programs, natural resource management and communicate conservation outcomes. The GIS Technician will work on projects across priority California conservation landscapes (Coasts, Deserts, Central Valley and Urban) and programs, including, Coastal and Estuarine, Groundwater, Conservation Ranching, Salton Sea and Western Water. The GIS Technician will work across many California Landscapes on a variety of projects and products to meet conservation program and organizational goals. We seek a motivated, creative problem solver who, as a GIS Technician, will perform a variety of technical work from basic map creation to assisting with more complex spatial analysis and remote sensing. The GIS Technician will also act as a staff resource for GIS needs in California, aid in data management and collaborate on projects and reports with internal and external and technical and non-technical staff. This is a full time, one year remote position (preference given to working in the Pacific Standard Time) with the potential to be extended if funding permits.

## Essential Functions

• Perform geospatial analysis across multiple data themes (e.g. remotely sensed data and imagery, natural resource, social, environmental data) and landscapes.
  
• Integrate data from multiple internal and external data sources into GIS projects and products. - GIS data creation and quality control and assurance.
  
• Work with internal and external science staff and coordinate with GIS Enterprise staff.
  
• Develop web based mapping products and applications using ArcGIS Online.
  
• Develop and maintain mobile data collection applications (including Collector and Survey123).
  
• Work with community science data (and community scientists) and ensure data quality control and assurance.
  
• Be able to work on multiple and unrelated ongoing projects at a time.
  
• Develop technical reports, project summaries and briefs.
  
• Work on strategic GIS projects, products and deliverables.
  
• Other GIS related duties as assigned.

## Qualifications and Experience

• BA/BS degree in GIS, geography or other physical or natural science. 
  
• Minimum of 3 years professional GIS experience OR MS/MA degree focused on GIS or applied use of GIS in the natural or physical sciences. A combination of education and experience will also be considered.
  
• Experience using Esri suite products including ArcGIS Pro and Enterprise and/or ArcGIS Online and related products such as Collector, Survey 123 and Story Maps.
  
• Experience with data conversion, projections and transformations.
  
• Ability to create spatial data from non-spatial data. - Knowledge of python scripting (or willingness to learn python scripting) to automate geoprocessing.
  
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).
  
• Experience with R a plus.
  
• Ability to work at a computer for extended periods.
  
• Self-starter with an excellent collaborative work ethic and ability to work autonomously and remotely. - Sound independent judgement and problem solving ability.
  
• Demonstrated experience working on multiple ongoing projects.
  
• Ability to multi-task and shift priorities to manage expectations.
  
• Ability to work across disciplines.
  
• Excellent attention to detail, organized and deadline oriented.
  
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to synthesize and communicate technical and complex information for a non-technical audience.
  
• A willingness to travel in-state, occasionally out-of-state, and be comfortable with working occasional evenings and weekends.

About Organization

## Overview
​Now in its second century, Audubon is dedicated to protecting birds and other wildlife and the habitat that supports them. Audubon’s mission is engaging people in bird conservation on a hemispheric scale through science, policy, education and on-the-ground conservation action.  By mobilizing and aligning its network of Chapters, Centers, State and Important Bird Area programs in the four major migratory flyways in the Americas, the organization will bring the full power of Audubon to bear on protecting common and threatened bird species and the critical habitat they need to survive.  And as part of BirdLife International, Audubon will join people in over 100 in-country organizations all working to protect a network of Important Bird Areas around the world, leveraging the impact of actions they take at a local level.  What defines Audubon’s unique value is a powerful grassroots network of approximately 450 local chapters, 120 campus chapters, 17 state and regional offices, 34 Audubon Centers, Important Bird Area Programs in 50 states, and 700 staff across the country.