GIS Analyst - Natural Resources - City of Atlanta (2 positions)
Parks & Recreation
Natural Resources GIS Analyst
Posting Expires: November 14, 2024
Salary: $60,000/annually
Summary
The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is seeking a highly skilled GIS Analyst to join our dynamic team within the Office of Natural Resources. The successful candidate will play a key role leading GIS projects and activities associated with the City in a Forest: Protecting Atlanta’s Legacy project, which will create Atlanta’s first comprehensive Urban Forest Master Plan. The position is supported by a 5-year Urban and Community Forestry grant funded by the Inflation Reduction Act – USDA Forest Service and is focused on work in disadvantaged areas of Atlanta, as defined by the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST).
The successful candidate will have demonstrated geospatial technology expertise, including skill with field data collection, ESRI software, and current ArcGIS mapping applications and tools for creating maps and maintaining GIS records, database design, and spatial analytics; as well as the ability to create and integrate GIS applications that yields accessible information for end-users. Field data collection is a primary responsibility of this position. Field data collection will take place in natural areas throughout the City of Atlanta, including collecting data in parks and natural areas in disadvantaged areas of the city to document natural area boundaries, ecosystem boundaries, forest quality, trail conditions, invasive plant pressure, safety hazards, illegal dumping, and signage.
Essential duties and responsibilities in this position will include compiling available information from City departments and external partners into ESRI ArcGIS Databases. The successful candidate will also support the establishment of a complete street tree inventory, creation of extensive natural area assessments, and greenspace accessibility assessments within disadvantaged areas of the city to characterize Atlanta’s urban forest.
Findings will inform City decision makers about how to best maintain existing natural areas and prioritize forested land acquisitions to meet parks acreage and tree canopy goals. Assessments will also inform maintenance and restoration priorities, preservation of highest value forests, and trail planning and design. The work of the Natural Resources GIS Analyst will also facilitate expansion of high-quality natural areas. Information from the completed assessments will support Atlanta’s comprehensive Urban Forest Master Plan.
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