GIS Officer

Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in the Home Counties in their search for a GIS Officer on an initial 6 month contract, then rolling.
 
We are looking a GIS Officer you will provide a geospatial service to achieve the objectives and priorities laid out in our Corporate Plan and the GIS / Data Strategy.
You will undertake a wide range of spatial data capture tasks to ensure our record of GIS data is  accurate and up to date. You will also assist with data management tasks, making sure that the data  you capture is available to staff and external stakeholders via the applications we develop and support.
You will also lead the development and integration of geospatial systems and capacity in the Council, paving the way for a permanent Geospatial team at the centre of an efficient and skilled wider team of GIS-users.
 
Main responsibilities
·Shape and influence the Council to become more data driven using technology and geographical systems
·Analyse and collect geographical data. Manage and present geographical data in a range of formats
·Challenge the way geographical data is used within the Council and design new ways of publishing and sharing this data across the organisation and externally
·Spatially analyse and interpret data to provide intelligence for a variety of users
·Deliver presentations and develop show and tell content for showcases
·Respond to enquiries, schedule meetings, run reports and ensure tasks within the project are completed
·With your ESRI / ArcGIS Pro/ QGIS experience, you will develop our Enterprise/AGOL environment
·You will grow our open data portal new datasets. Liaising with Ordnance Survey as necessary to automate data extraction and publication
·You will aid in the scheduled upgrade of our IDOX Uniform Mapping system to a web-based system, which will allow us to integrate it with our ESRI enterprise portal content.
·Building SQL scripts to extract data from different database technologies (Oracle, MSSQL) and build PowerBI / ArcGIS operations dashboards
 
We are looking to schedule interviews as soon as possible; if you would like further information or would like to apply, please do not hesitate to get in contact.
 
Carrington West Pay Rate - £40per/hour
Job Ref - 60576
 
Please call Cameron de Wit on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion on this role, or email myself or our planning team if you are short of time to chat:
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Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK wide on both a permanent and contract basis and all levels of seniority. If this role is too senior, too junior or in a location that is unsuitable, but you are keen on options, please still feel free to apply and we can discuss other, often unadvertised roles with you.