GIS Technician III
About The Position
The City of Portland is looking for a GIS professional to help us grow the urban forest for all Portlanders! This position will lead the GIS program at Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry, supporting growing programs through the coordination of multiple projects and providing direction to other GIS staff. The GIS team at Urban Forestry maintains relational databases, develops tools and reports, conducts spatial analysis, and ensures data integrity, capturing and supporting the work of over 75 staff. Creativity, high-level technical skills, a commitment to customer and public service, and a strong project management background will be important to success in this position. This recruitment may also be used to fill future vacancies in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Portland Permitting and Development, and others across the City.
Requirements
- Experience leading other GIS professionals: managing their workflows, checking work, implementing data standards, and scheduling projects.
- Experience managing and editing spatial data, attribute data conversion, transfer, and data quality control.
- Experience developing and managing web and mobile GIS applications within the ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise environment, including Experience Builder, Dashboards, Instant Apps, Survey123, and Field Maps.
- Experience performing complex spatial analyses to generate geographic and statistical data.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and provide lead work direction for two GIS staff, providing guidance and mentorship while ensuring efficient project delivery
- Create, manage, and execute annual team workplans and lead team and project meetings
- Coordinate with Urban Forestry project managers to scope projects, define requirements, and develop GIS solutions
- Serve as liaison with GIS stakeholders in other work units, bureaus, and organizations in the development and maintenance of GIS data to share information and coordinate projects
- Support the administration of our GIS-based tree asset management system through cross-department team collaboration
- Manage data integrations, document and centralize data standards to ensure data quality across multiple platforms as the lead data steward for Urban Forestry
- Provide analysis, mapping, and other support for reporting on outcomes related to tree planting, tree care, and environmental equity
- Design, implement, and maintain databases and execute database queries in ArcPro, SQL, Python, or other languages
- Design and produce public-facing and internal web maps, Experiences, and dashboards in the ESRI environment
- Design and manage data automation models for analysis and reports with ESRI's model builder, Python, or other BI tools
- Train users on web and mobile GIS tools, troubleshoot, and help resolve technical problems
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
