GIS Analyst – Carbon Sequestration

We are seeking an experienced Environmental GIS Specialist to join our team in a key role that will play a crucial part in supporting the delivery of carbon projects. This exciting opportunity is perfect for a motivated professional with a strong background in GIS, geospatial science, and environmental management.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing geospatial tools, processes, and data to support the successful delivery of carbon projects under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and other standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain GIS tools to streamline workflows, with a strong emphasis on automation.
• Undertake GIS mapping, creating Carbon Project GIS maps, defining project boundaries, exclusion areas, emission accounting areas, carbon estimation areas, strata, sample points, and generate reports using data visualization techniques.
• Data Management of Geospatial Data: Store and label Carbon Project GIS data in a consistent and secure manner, create SOPs defining best practice, and ensure all GIS data is organized, labelled, and stored consistently to support data integrity, accessibility, and long-term usability across multi-year project lifecycles.
• Contribute to GIS Audit and Offset Report Requirements: Prepare required GIS data for auditing and soil carbon credit issuance, and ensure compliance with ERF guidelines and enable smooth and timely ACCU issuance.
• Develop AU Mapping Process Improvement & Documentation: Maintain SOPs, improve GIS workflows, ensure detailed tracking of project data, manage AU AGOL spaces, sharing protocols, and integration of new features for improved project visibility and collaboration.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in GIS, geospatial science, environmental science, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise in automating GIS workflows using tools such as Python (ArcPy, GeoPandas), ModelBuilder, or equivalent scripting frameworks.
• Minimum of 3-4 years' experience in GIS software (ArcGIS, QGIS) and spatial data management.
• Experience with AGOL (ArcGIS Online) administration, integration, and automation.
• Familiarity with carbon project methodologies, preferably under the ERF, is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Personal Learning Budget: Support for professional development and continuous growth.
• Flexible Work Environment: Options for remote work to support work-life balance.
• Impactful Work: Contribute to global efforts in environmental sustainability and agriculture.
• Training and Development: Access to a personal development plan with ongoing training opportunities.