Click here for the full job description for an opening for GIS/CADD Designer I.  They are looking for somebody with PLS CADD experience.

Purpose/ Overview

• Provide drafting services based on client standards and requirements.  

Duties: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Utilize the utility’s internal computer programs for job task completion, required submittal forms, material entry and working in GIS & CADD mapping environments (20% - 30%)
• Convert preliminary designs for facility replacement and system upgrades to standardized mapping products.  Work areas mapped will be small: 1-4 Work Locations.  Larger work areas as experience grows (60% - 80%)
  
• Drafting of utility designs as overseen by a Distribution engineer. This position will include knowledge of voltage regulation, electrical load calculations, system protection, and fuse coordination for distribution systems (100% - 100%)
  
• Participate in regular training on process updates (5% - 10%)

Job Title: Restoration Ecologist
https://appliedeco.org/wp-content/uploads/HR-Restoration-Ecologist-August-2017.pdf
Office Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Status: Regular, full time
Compensation: $18- 22/hr. depending on experience, plus benefits.
Application period: August 7, 2017 – September 5, 2017
 
The Institute for Applied Ecology (www.appliedeco.org) is seeking to hire a Restoration Ecologist
with a diverse skillset to lead several enhancement and restoration projects as part of a Habitat
Restoration team. Projects are primarily focused in the Willamette Valley, but may also include the
Coast Range and other Oregon ecoregions. Habitat enhancement work supports the conservation and
recovery of rare plants (e.g., Nelson’s checkermallow and Bradshaw’s lomatium) and wildlife (e.g.,
Fender’s blue butterfly and Western meadowlark) using a variety of restoration techniques.
The Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) is a dynamic nonprofit organization whose mission is to
conserve native species and habitats through restoration, research and education. The Habitat
Restoration Program of IAE conducts on-the-ground restoration of Pacific Northwest habitats,
provides technical assistance for habitat restoration and management planning and implantation,
engages in threatened and endangered species recovery projects, develops ecologically appropriate
plant materials and seed mixes, cultivates partnerships that promote regional conservation, and
advances innovative and research-based restoration techniques.
 
Duties of the Restoration Ecologist:

• Lead habitat restoration activities at public and private land conservation sites.
  • Manage all aspects of restoration planning and implementation. Lead or assist with
  • preparation of restoration, planting, and management plans. Provide contract and
  • budget oversight and communication, and secure permits as needed.
  • Ensure successful completion of restoration treatments including mowing, grazing,
  • brush clearing, solarization, herbicide application, burning, planting, and seeding.
  • Operate, supervise, and ensure safe use of equipment (e.g., weed-eaters, chainsaws,
  • tractors, mowers, discs, and seeders). Maintain restoration equipment, power tools and
  • storage areas.
  • Use a GIS device and aerial photos to map project activities and invasive species and navigate to remote sites.
  • Install wildlife structures (e.g., bird boxes and bee blocks).
• Coordination and supervision:
  • Help oversee/coordinate habitat restoration field technician’s work.
  • Prepare contracts, hire, schedule, and supervise contractors and work crews.
  • Coordinate prescribed burning and other treatments with partners, landowners, and
  • regulators.
  • Coordinate extensive seeding efforts as well as nursery production, acquisition, and outplanting of large quantities of plant materials.
• Outreach:
  • Prepare reports for funding agencies, newsletter articles and publications.
  • Build and maintain connections with partners and funders.
  • Work closely with landowners.
  • Conduct tours, workshops, and presentations for funders, partners, and the public.
  • Organize and lead volunteer work parties.
• Prepare grant proposals and help to acquire funding to support restoration projects.
• Monitor restoration sites:
  • Conduct site assessments and vegetation inventories
  • Monitor restoration treatment results, including photo monitoring, plant establishment
  • success, plant community composition, and overall site conditions.
  • Collect data on native vegetation and invasive species. Maintain restoration and
  • management records and track progress.
  • Process, analyze and report data, and maintain restoration databases.
  • Map project areas and treatments using GIS.

 
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in botany, biology, wildlife, horticulture, ecology or related field with five
• years of post-degree experience or Master’s degree in one of the same areas with three years
• experience (preferred).
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Experience managing and coordinating several restoration projects simultaneously. Experience with contract development and
• oversight, project planning and implementation, budgeting, and permitting.
• Positive attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. Experience developing and maintaining relationships with partners and private landowners.
• Experience preparing restoration, planting, maintenance and management plans.
• Familiarity with non-profits and a record of funded grant proposals is desirable.
• Experience with habitat monitoring including data collection, management, analysis and reporting. Plant identification skills (including common weeds). Familiarity with Willamette Valley plant communities and habitat requirements for prairie wildlife (including pollinators and grassland birds) desirable.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ArcGIS (preferred).
• Navigational and mapping skills using aerial photos, compass, and/or GIS unit.
• Good physical condition. Ability to work long hours in adverse weather conditions with potential exposure to poison oak. Ability to lift 80 pounds. Ability to hike up to 3 miles carrying a 40-pound pack and work in a bent-over/kneeling/sitting position for long periods of time.
• Willingness to operate a tractor (training can be made available), ATV, and other restoration equipment as needed.
• Current U.S. driver’s license.

 
How to Apply To apply for this position, submit: 1. Letter of interest - In your letter of interest, state when you would be available to start work, and state whether we may contact references and past employers. 2. Resume 3. Writing sample (technical report, management plan, scientific paper, or grant proposal preferred, if available) 4. Contact information for three (3) professional references Letters of recommendation, writing samples, and/or college transcripts may be requested for top applicants. Applications must be received by Tuesday, September 5, 2017. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Non-U.S. residents must also include a copy of their work visa. Applications will be considered upon receipt. For more information about IAE and this program, visit our website www.appliedeco.org. Email or mail application materials to: Rebecca Currin Institute for Applied Ecology 563 SW Jefferson Avenue Corvallis, Oregon 97330 [email protected]
 
Questions? Contact either Rebecca Currin, Habitat Restoration Program Director, at 541-753-3099 extension 502 or [email protected], or Ian Silvernail, Restoration Ecogist, at 541-753-3099, ext. 122 or [email protected]
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​Geologist w/ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – Sterling, VA
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/476726100
 
Open & closing dates: 2017-08-11 to 2017-08-25
Salary: $44,941 to $71,467 / per year
Pay scale & grade: GS 07 - 09
 
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the exploration and development of the nation's offshore resources. It seeks to appropriately balance economic development, energy independence, and environmental protection through oil and gas leases, renewable energy development and environmental reviews and studies. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.boem.gov/
 
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Marine Minerals Branch (MMB), Leasing Division (LD), in Sterling, VA.
 
The MMB is responsible for the oversight of policy and issues related to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) non-energy mineral leasing, development, and management. Major functions of the MMB include the leasing of OCS non-energy minerals; stakeholder outreach on issues associated with the Marine Minerals Program (MMP); projection and planning of future resource commitments needed to meet program goals and objectives; program regulation and procedures; and identification of significant gaps in scientific data and information that could impede discovery or leasing of strategic minerals.
 
This is a permanent, full-time, career/career conditional appointment.
 
Duties
At the full performance level GS-11 the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
 

1. Uses ArcGIS and other tools in the review of post-dredging surveys to check on such lease terms as depths of cut, side-slope angles, and to ensure that all dredging took place within the boundaries of the lease area.
   
2. Handles data entry, analysis and GIS applications for the long term maintenance, analysis and dissemination of marine mineral program datasets. Specifically maintains an electronic database (MMP GIS) for OCS sand leases as well as information from cooperative agreements and studies, including copies of maps, reports, lease documents and correspondence, pre- and post-dredging surveys, and geophysical and geological data.
   
3. Assists marine mineral staff in a wide range of data types (such as geophysical, geological, biological, dredging, and geospatial) in both tabular and spatial formats and provides support to lease project coordinators for negotiated leases and coordinates activities with other members of the MMB to ensure consistent data workflows and metadata are complete.
   
4. Monitors real-time dredge track information from ongoing operations and integrates applicable dredge quality management data and products for use in post-dredge biological and physical monitoring efforts.
   
5. Analyzes the results of post-dredging monitoring surveys for completeness and compliance with the lease agreement.
   
6. Supports MMB outreach efforts to inform states, industry, academia, special interest groups, the public, and other Federal agencies of MMP activities. This includes scientific and technical conferences.
   
7. Utilizes various applications and software such as ArcGIS, SonarWiz, Surfer, CARIS, and/or Fledermaus to analyze and evaluate offshore sand resources.
   
8. Participates as a contributing member on a multidisciplinary team to carry out a project, including but not limited to beach nourishment/coastal restoration projects, which also requires effective coordination and resolution of differences with other groups, agencies, and Departments whose views may not conform to BOEM policies or perspectives.

 
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
 
To qualify for this position you must meet the (1) Basic Educational Requirements AND (2) Specialized Experience for the grade to which you are applying.
 
(1) Basic Educational Requirements:
 
A. Degree: geology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological science, structural, chemical, civil, mining or petroleum engineering, computer science, planetary geology, comparative planetology, geophysics, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, physical geography, marine geology, and cartography.
 
-OR-
 
B. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
 
(2) Specialized Experience:
 
GS-7
To qualify for the GS-7, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) working on coastal or marine geological studies and field surveys; 2) compiling geologic data for preparing reports, summaries or other scientific documents necessary for evaluation of marine minerals resources; and 3) organizing and entering scientific data into relational spatial and non-spatial databases.

​Geographer w/ USGS – Richmond, VA
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/477099400
 
Open & closing dates: 2017-08-16 to 2017-08-23
Salary: $88,151 to $114,595 / per year
Pay scale & grade: GS 13
 
Are you an Geographer looking for a position in the Federal workforce? Do you have a passion for Geography and information systems? Do you want to be part of an important aspect of the Federal Government, helping with exciting and groundbreaking incentives? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then this is the job for you! Come join the USGS and start doing the job you've always dreamed of!
 
This is a term appointment for which all qualified applicants with or without Federal status may apply and be considered. Appointment to this position, however, will not convey permanent status in the Federal service and will be for a period not to exceed 13 months with possible extensions up to a total of 4 years without further competition.
 
Duties
As a Geographer within the VA/WV Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:
 

• Development of geospatial web applications on Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership web sites and products to support a large, mulit-state watershed program aimed at the restoration and protection of coastal and estuarine resources.
• Serves as the web geographic information system (GIS) senior expert for the CBP. Provides geographical information management, analysis, and expertise to the CBP's Office of Partnerships and Accountability; Office of Science, Analysis, and Implementation; Goal Implementation Teams and Workgroups; Management Board; and regional, State, local and academic partners.
• Conducts complex spatial data analyses and provides application and management oriented products that support CBP goals, outcomes, strategies and related initiatives. Synthesizes and analyzes a wide variety of established geographic data for we-based communication products.
• Develops the technical design and implementation of distributed networked spatial data bases and geospatial web applications necessary for ensuring the CBP partners and stakeholders have efficient, direct internet access to the Chesapeake Bay region environmental spatial data and information. Oversees the geospatial architecture supporting web GIS activities.

 
Qualifications
For information on basic qualifications, which includes information on whether you may substitute education for specialized experience, please click on the following:http://www.usgs.gov/humancapital/sw/quals/0150.html.
 
In addition to the basic education requirements, you must have 1-year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Examples include:
 
GS-13: 1) serving as a recognized expert on the location and nomenclature of all physical and human features regarded as significant for navigational, intelligence, logistic and general geographical use; 2) responsibility for a comprehensive descriptive study of significant geographical aspects of a major nation state, e.g. Brazil, involving the bringing together of numerous available facts and their presentation; 3) publication of papers dealing with problems, findings, or determinations which are recognized as having considerable significance in the field; 4) performing analytical and interpretive assignments of considerable significance and complexity; 5) designing and creating GIS databases. For examples 1-5, the work involved collaborating with superiors in planning future projects and making recommendations as to the feasibility of proposed projects and the necessity for new phases of existing projects. Apart from program policy, formal guidelines did not exist.

​Water Quality Planner I
https://agency.governmentjobs.com/kingcounty/job_bulletin.cfm?JobID=1823348#new_tab
 
CLOSING DATE/TIME: 09/04/17 11:59 PM (GMT -8:00)
 
SALARY: $29.82 - $37.80 Hourly
EMPLOYER: King County
LOCATION: King Street Center - 201 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA
DIVISION: Department of Natural Resources & Parks - Water and Land Resources Division
 
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SECTION of the Water and Land Resources Division (WLRD) is responsible for providing accurate scientific information to inform important environmental policy and management decisions that protect natural resources and overall quality of life for King County residents. Scientists and technical staff oversee a wide variety of environmental monitoring programs; provide technical support for numerous County capital projects and operating programs; provide expertise on salmon recovery issues, impacts of land use change, restoration of aquatic and terrestrial habitat, water quality and quantity, lake, stream, river and wetland ecology, river and floodplain processes, and marine, nearshore, and estuarine processes. Section scientists collaborate with other agencies in King County and the region to collect, model and interpret information that informs land use, habitat management, sewage treatment, water resource and surface water management decisions. For further detail on the Science & Technical Support Section's programs, please see: http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wlr/sections-programs/science-section.aspx.
 
The person in this position will be responsible for a varied work program of both field and office work under the guidance of senior staff. The person will assist with project implementation in the Science Section, as well as provide support to other sections and divisions, e.g., Stormwater Services Section and Wastewater Treatment Division.
 
The person selected for this position will be expected to provide technical assistance and services for studies and projects in stream and river ecosystems generally focused on conducting macroinvertebrate, habitat and water quality investigations in King County. The person should have a broad ecological background and experience analyzing and interpreting water quality data. Knowledge and experience with stream ecology, macroinvertebrates, riparian habitat and water quality are necessary, but relevant skills in fisheries, wetlands and amphibians, in addition to aquatic toxicology are also desirable. The applicant will also provide technical support for a variety of water quality projects that range from stormwater quality to contaminant impacts. Applicants should have statistical and data analysis skills, in addition to experience using databases and GIS for spatial analysis and map development.
 
Work is conducted under the guidance of senior staff and an emphasis is placed on versatility, timely delivery of excellent applied technical products, excellent project management and customer service, strong collaborations with internal and external clients and colleagues on work teams, and excellent oral and written communications skills.
 
JOB DUTIES:
 

• Conduct macroinvertebrate monitoring and assessment projects and programs for clients both internal and external to the County, to evaluate the status and health of stream ecosystems. Assist with the design of macroinvertebrate studies to evaluate stream health.
• Collect macroinvertebrate samples using standard Puget Sound protocols; oversee aquatic macroinvertebrate data collection and train others in data collection methodologies.
• Manage macroinvertebrate and habitat data in databases, e.g., Puget Sound Benthos Database (www.PugetSoundStreamBenthos.org).
• Assist with the development of sampling and analysis plans to address a variety of study questions related to aquatic communities and water quality (e.g., stormwater impacts, effectiveness of stormwater treatment, impact of contaminants, etc.).
• Provide macroinvertebrate, riparian habitat, water quality and natural resources technical assistance and information to various projects and programs.
• Analyze and summarize physical, chemical and biological monitoring data using software programs such as, SigmaPlot®, R®, Primer®, and Excel®. Analyses include testing for trends over time; differences between sites, seasons and depths; and correlations between parameters (e.g., B-IBI scores and flow).
• Coordinate program and project work (e.g., databases and protocols) with other King County technical staff, Tribes, other jurisdictions, and partner agencies.
• Obtain permits from local, state, and federal agencies as needed.
• Obtain and maintain field equipment.
• Prepare technical reports, memos, letters, field summaries and e-mails pertaining to results of macroinvertebrate, habitat and water quality surveys and data collection.
• Present findings and results to supervisors, project managers, senior scientists, project teams, and citizens.
• Conduct spatial analysis with GIS, in addition to preparing maps to organize, analyze, and summarize data.
• Provide training and oversight to seasonal staff.

 
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS:
 

• Bachelor's degree in aquatic biology, ecology, fisheries, water quality, environmental science, natural resource management, or a related field; or any equivalent combination of experience and education which provides the applicant with the desired skills, knowledge and abilities required to perform the listed job duties.
• Two years of experience conducting macroinvertebrate, habitat and riparian surveys in streams using standard monitoring and assessment techniques.
• Two years of experience conducting surface water quality studies including data analysis and interpretation.
• Demonstrated experience with data management.
• Experience using common Microsoft Office software including Excel, Word and PowerPoint and Access.
• Two years of experience conducting statistical analyses and data interpretation using graphical and statistical software beyond Excel such as R (preferred).
• Demonstrated experience with technological methods currently used to conduct spatial analysis, such as remote sensing, GPS, and ArcGIS programs.
• Experience making oral presentations regarding scientific findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Two years of experience preparing technical documents that report results of macroinvertebrate, water quality and natural resources studies or projects.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the development of work scopes and schedules, in addition to communicating status of work to project managers and clients.
• Demonstrated ability to follow guidance of managers; follow through on assignments, and meet project deadlines working both independently and in team settings.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative, tact and judgment, and resolve conflicts effectively in conducting work.

 
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
 

• Master's Degree in Ecology, Aquatic Biology, Environmental Science, or the equivalent.
• Training certifications in river safety, GIS, stream restoration.
• Experience conducting wildlife and wetland surveys.
• Experience conducting water quality assessments to evaluate the impact of toxic contaminants on aquatic life.

 
Apply online at http://www.kingcounty.gov/jobs
 

Monitoring Program Coordinator (GIS required) w/ Curry Watersheds Partnership – Gold Beach, OR
http://www.currywatersheds.org/CSWCD/Hiring/MonCoord2017/PositionDescript_MonCoord_CurrySWCD.pdf
 
The Curry  County Soil & Water Conservation District is seeking to fill a Coordinator position for the  Curry Watersheds Partnership Monitoring Program. The application window is considered open as of this posting and closes on Friday, November 3, 2017
 
Start Date: January 4, 2018
Wage rate: $23 - $25/hour DOE
Benefits: PTO accrued at a rate of 6% for every hour worked; Flexible Schedule

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities
This position oversees the Monitoring Program for the CWP. Responsibilities include but are
not limited to:

-Coordinating all aspects of monitoring projects from project identification through completion, including:

• Working with CWP staff, landowners, and local partners;
• Designing studies in such a manner as to provide defensible results;
• Designing sampling protocols;
• writing Quality Assurance Protection Plans (QAPPs);
• preparing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Sampling and Analysis Plans
• (SAPs);
• Procuring and administering contracts with technical consultants
• coordinating project implementation;
• collecting and analyzing data;

-Securing and managing grants and other sources of funding for the program, including:

• Managing budgets and processing of invoices
• Procurement of goods and services
• Writing and submitting required reports

-Managing the CWP’s monitoring data and responding to requests for the same.
-Laboratory management and safety inspections.
-Conducting outreach and education to landowners and the public through workshops, news articles, and the CWP’s website
-Convening Monitoring Technical Advisory Committees as needed.
-Coordinating with partner agencies and organizations
-Other duties as assigned
 
Working Conditions and Locations:
This position involves a multiple task and teamwork approach, requiring organized time management and individual project tracking. The position includes both office and field-based activities. The ability to flex around a work schedule involving long field days (seasonally) and/or attendance at evening meetings and occasional weekend events is essential.

-Office work will take place at the CWP offices located at 29692 Ellensburg Avenue, Gold Beach.

-Field work will occur primarily on private timber and agricultural lands throughout Curry County and southern coastal Coos County. Work will take place in all types of weather on mountainous terrain, within stream corridors, and on ranchland. The Coordinator must have the ability and willingness to conduct data collection activities in all types of weather conditions while traversing uneven terrain and wading and/or paddling kayaks or canoes in water bodies.
 
Qualifications Sought:
Required:
-Bachelor of Science in a Natural Resource field and a minimum of 3 years’ experience
-performing at least two of the following:

• Study design
• Data collection
• Writing technical reports
• Grant writing and management

-Working knowledge of ArcGIS software programs, with preference to those with
-Computer proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications.
-Strong oral and written communication skills.
-Budget management
-Valid driver’s license recognized by Oregon.
-Access to a reliable personal vehicle for transportation to and from the office, and capable
-of traversing on unimproved roads and/or off road to field sites.
 
Preferred:
-Knowledge of R software
-Statistical analysis of data
-Working knowledge of Access database program with preference to those with advanced experience.
-Experience facilitating/leading meetings and committees.
-Experience coordinating and leading crews of staff and/or volunteers in sampling activities.
-Experience working in the watersheds of Curry County.
-Experience working with private landowners and community partners with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints.
-Lab management experience.
 
People who thrive in our organization have the ability to effectively function both independently and as a member of a diverse team in a collaborative work environment, and are self-directed, organized, detail oriented and motivated to proactively spend time
effectively to meet multiple, often overlapping deadlines.
 
For more information and to apply:
http://www.currywatersheds.org/employment_opportunities.aspx

Forest Practices GIS Data Manager w/ WA Department of Natural Resources - Olympia, WA
SALARY RANGE: $5,358 – $7,209 per month
Closes: 21 August 2017
Note: Recruitment may be extended after 21 August depending on the quantity and quality of the application pool.
 
POSITION PROFILE:

This position reports to the Forest Practices Assistant Division Manager for Operations and supervises two ITS 4 positions and two ITS3 positions. The GIS Data Manager position is responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating current and future geographic information system (GIS) support needs and or tools for the statewide forest practices program. This includes providing expert consultation toward meeting forest practices' GIS business needs including GIS databases applications and analysis projects. This position works closely with their own GIS staff, Information Technology Coordinators (ITC), IT System and Network Administrators, IT Database Administrators, Developers, IT Project Managers, IT Management, and the statewide Forest Practices program end users.  This position works with other technology professionals to develop technology solutions for current and future agency business needs; coordinates customer support among diverse technology disciplines and sections; and works independently with agency customer areas to understand customer business needs and develop specific solutions.  This post works under, and fully complies with, the guidance of state and federal regulations, DNR policies and procedures, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

The Forest Practices GIS Data Manager provides expert consultation and direction to Division, Region and ITD staff toward meeting forest practices' GIS  business needs including GIS databases applications and analysis projects, such as:
Hydrography (HYDRO) database maintenance,
Northern Spotted Owl Habitat project,
Forest Practices Risk Assessment Mapping Site,
Forest Practices metadata migration to ArcGIS 10+,
Transportation (TRANS) database upgrade to ArcGIS,
Road Maintenance and Abandonment Plan Points and Road Segments GIS database implementation
 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in environmental, physical, or one of the natural sciences, information technology or other allied field AND four years of experience working with geographic information systems data and/or applications including having served as a project manager on an information technology-related project that involved information exchange between internal and external groups during all phases of the project to ensure the final product supported the needs of all interested parties.
Three years supervisory experience.
Expertise and practical working knowledge using GIS principles and relational databases.
Expertise and practical working knowledge of basic database management, data modeling, and process modeling principles.
Ability to provide senior level GIS technical analysis and support in the resolution and debugging of GIS and database problems.
Proficient use of computers and agency software; this includes software such as Forest Practices Application and Review System, Forest Practices Risk Assessment Mapping site, and standard programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and e-mail.
Skills in oral and written communication including communication of technical information.
Skills in identifying information technology solutions from an analysis of natural resources business needs.
 
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's degree in computer science, geographic information systems, or Master's work that involved the extensive use of GIS analysis;
Practical experience and working knowledge of various operating platforms/architectures including ESRI ArcGIS geodatabases and Oracle relational databases;
Experience consulting on the use or development of ESRI ArcGIS data layers for natural resource issues.
Experience analyzing, designing, or programming applications using ESRI ArcGIS data layers for natural resource problem solving.
Skills in directing or managing ArcGIS- related projects.
Experience in providing customer or technical support in ESRI ArcGIS software.
 
For more information and to apply:
https://agency.governmentjobs.com/dnr/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=1804110#new_tab
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Officer, Research Review and Support (GIS), Pew Charitable Trusts (Washington, DC)
 
The Officer will serve as the primary in-house specialist on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geospatial data, and analysis for The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Program staff. Specifically, the Officer will advise and collaborate with project teams across Pew – in particular those projects with a mapping or GIS component – while also managing external GIS contracts. These efforts will include creating (or contracting for) detailed and complex geospatial analyses, developing analytical methodologies and models in addition to producing cartographic products to support project planning, advocacy, education and outreach (including media). The analyses, maps and other information generated by the Officer will inform management decisions for project teams, their partners, and external contractors. For a more detailed description of this position, please visit  https://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/5149/officer%2c-research-review-and-support-%28geographic-information-systems%29/job?mobile=false&width=810&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240 .
 
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience including project management and geospatial analysis. Graduate degree in GIS (or related) preferred.
  
• Extensive knowledge of ESRI software (ArcGIS 10x, Model Builder, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, ArcGIS Online); other GIS software experience (e.g., QGIS) also beneficial.
  
• Experience with creating and managing GIS and relational databases and customizing GIS analyses using VBA, Python, or other scripting languages. Experience programming in R, C++, or other languages is beneficial.
  
• Knowledge of and ability to effectively utilize GIS resources from a variety of issue areas.
  
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to track complex activities and timelines and work effectively on teams and independently under minimal supervision.
  
• Strong interpersonal skills; proven ability to work productively with a wide array of stakeholders (both internal and external) and perspectives and approach issues with a nonpartisan, objective mindset.
  
• Excellent presentation skills, both written and oral; ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences.
  
• Strong research, analytical, and quantitative skills.
  
• Strong organizational skills, including file documentation and system maintenance.
  
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, juggle multiple priorities, adjust to changing circumstances, organize time efficiently, and remain attentive to details.Ability to fit into a fast-paced and highly professional corporate culture which emphasizes excellence, collegiality, and teamwork.

To apply, please visit https://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/5149/officer%2c-research-review-and-support-%28geographic-information-systems%29/job?mobile=false&width=810&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240 .

​This position will remain open until filled.

Yosemite National Park will have a vacancy announcement for the GIS Specialist Interdisciplinary GS-9/11 (0150, 0401, 1301) beginning next Monday, August 21st at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/477015100 

This vacancy is open to Status Candidates, including those eligible through the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act, and will close at 11:59pm (EST) on the day 50 applications are received (or by 8/30/2017), so get your resumes ready and apply early! All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration, even those that exceed the 50 applicant limit.

Responsibilities:

• Development, management, coordination, and implementation of the Geographic Information System (GIS) for the park.
• Design, develop, and manage GIS databases and data base management system, Manage and integrate a variety of GIS and data base management software, implement data documentation procedures and distribution.
• Enhance park-wide capability and provide leadership, training, and instruction to staff in the use of GIS applications and related technology.

Please see the full announcement for details and Occupational Questionnaire. Please distribute broadly as you see fit. 
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Contact Jim Roche, 209-379-1446, [email protected], or Human Resource Specialist Cyndi Mattiuzzi, 209-379-1806, [email protected], with any questions about the position.