Geospatial Analyst

The team at Tweed Shire Council is looking for a skilled Geospatial Analyst. Your strong analytical approach and experience in problem solving, analysing and understanding complex spatial data will take you closer to your next career challenge.

**About the role**:
The position is responsible for the management, capture and maintenance of cadastral, spatial assets and infrastructure data held within Geographic Information System. The role provides specialist advice on data analysis, processes and products utilising Geospatial systems, databases and other resources to support effective decision making and to ensure corporate and external needs for spatial information are met.

**What's on offer**:

- a base salary ranging from $92,107 per annum with competency-based increments up to $106,005 per annum, plus 11% super
- 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list
- **We are seeking**:

- Degree qualification in GIS or a related discipline and/or significant industry experience.
- Extensive experience in manipulating and analysing complex spatial data and producing high quality output products
- Familiarisation with ADAC standard and understanding of ADAC schema and xml production.
- Demonstrated experience in management of geospatial projects.

**About us**:

- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Join an **employer of choice**. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

**Where it's located**:
This position is based in Murwillumbah, and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

**Position closes**:
**Pre-Employment Screening**:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

**How To Apply**:

- Have your Resume document ready to go.

**If you'd like to COPY and PASTE selection criteria fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below**:
**Essential**:

- Degree qualification in GIS or a related discipline and/or significant industry experience working with Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Information.
- Demonstrated knowledge of cadastral systems and experience in maintaining a digital cadastral database to a high level of accuracy.
- Extensive experience in manipulating and analysing complex spatial data and producing high quality output products.
- Highly developed analytical thinking and problem solving skills, including the ability to analyse, identify and implement business processes.
- Demonstrated understanding of As-Constructed process, including survey methodology, asset data collection, ADAC (compliance, schema, XML) and data manipulation.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in data management and quality assurance processes.
- Demonstrated experience in management of geospatial projects.

**Desirable**:

- Experience in the use of Open Spatial Software (Munsys), ESRI ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Technology One (ERP) and FME.
- Knowledge and experience in a Local Government environment.
- Understanding of civil engineering design, construction operation and maintenance activities, and utilities infrastructure and asset management.

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- Unit_
- Infrastructure Delivery_
- Job Grade_
- 7_
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- Design_
- Employment Type_
- Full-time_