Gis Administrator

Working both independently and as part of a hard-working team, you will work to achieve timely and appropriate outcomes on an exciting range of projects.
You'll be an experienced GIS member of a growing team, leading Tweed Shire Council through the current business transformation.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Designing and maintaining geospatial systems infrastructure
- Installing and configuring GIS software, hardware, and peripherals
- Analysing data and producing maps, reports, and other visualisations
- Creating and maintaining metadata for geospatial datasets
- Fulfilling map and data requests
- Ensure data integrity and support spatial projects
- Conducting geographical analysis
- Coordinating the collection, analysis, and dissemination of geospatial data.

**What's on offer**:

- a base salary ranging from $81,860 per annum with competency-based increments up to $96,965 per hour/annum, plus 11.5% 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
- Tertiary qualification in spatial information science or related discipline and/or 3+ years of demonstrated experience in GIS roles with a proven ability to deliver position requirements (beyond research experience)
- Demonstrated technical capabilities and competency with spatial database administration using FME, SQL query tools, Oracle Database, Technology One CiA
- Thorough understanding of spatial analysis, spatial database design and map production (creation, manipulation, analysis, geoprocessing, cartographic design skills)
- Proven organisational and time management abilities in managing large-scale, multi-year geospatial projects, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

**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 question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below**:

- Do you have relevant tertiary qualifications in Spatial Information Sciences or a related discipline of study? Please provide details.
- Demonstrate your three or more years experience in a similar position with an understanding of spatial data analysis and data management?
- What is your experience in creating, processing, updating and maintaining GIS data? Outline what tools you have used to complete these processes.
- Describe with working examples your ability to prioritise, delegate, manage time and multiple demands to meet tight deadlines with limited supervision to deliver spatial projects.
- Detail your well-developed verbal and written communication skills. Describe your excellent interpersonal skills including an ability to liaise and negotiate with a range of stakeholders.

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- Information Technology_
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- 6_
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- Information Technology_
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- Full-time_