GIS Analyst 1

Job Summary:

• Individuals in this role independently produce a variety of high quality geographic and demographic materials to facilitate business development, marketing and smart location-based Commercial Real Estate (CRE) decisions.
• Helps less experienced and junior team members with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts, practices and procedures to create and deliver analytical work; however, work deliverables require manager review and approval.
• This role educates, communicates and markets our location intelligence department capabilities to sales professionals and their clients. Also provides core data analytics support to internal and external clients across business lines (e.g. retail, industrial, office, capital markets, etc.). Work is usually assigned more locally, and within regions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develops location intelligence deliverables, both traditional and web-based, using a combination of geo-spatial, analytic, and graphic design skills.
• Consults with sales professionals to define project requirements, investigating various approaches to attain end results.
• Serves as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for a specific market. This includes, but not limited to, open communication with Sales Professionals, Local Market (LMA) Leadership, Sales Management, and Shared Services leadership in their market/region.
• Builds close relationships with internal clients to advise on customer deliverables to better address their needs and provide advancements to products and services.
• Proactively questions normal workflows, obtains feedback from clients & customers, and pushes the boundaries of standard practice with the purpose of evolving and improving the Location Intelligence platform.
• Provides workload support for team members when necessary. Reaches across regions to seek assistance in workload management if needed.
• Assists senior team members (e.g. Coordinators, Specialists, etc.) with analysis, research, and implementation of new processes and workflows.
• Takes a proactive, but non-formalized role in the mentoring of junior and less experienced team members within their region by answering questions and collaborating on projects.
• Contributes content to the best-in-class library with products and services which are shared with GIS Managers and other regional teammates.
• Responsible for driving high-quality controls, and leverages quality assurance checklists to ensure project standards are adhered to.
• Logs and prioritizes work assignments using the company’s proprietary web-based map ordering and workflow management system.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
  Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 – 5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience (equivalent work experience = 1 year of experience for every 2 years of higher-level education). Bachelor’s degree in Geography or a related degree is preferred.
  • At least 3 years of experience working with GIS Technology is required.
• CERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES
  • Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) or related certifications preferred.
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational and analytical skills. Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to customers. Ability to effectively present information.
• FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE
  • Requires knowledge of financial terms and principles. Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages. Firm understanding of statistics and can conduct basic financial analysis.
• REASONING ABILITY
  • Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret documents. Ability to solve problems involving several options in situations. Requires basic to intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.
• OTHER SKILLS and/or ABILITIES
  • Mastery in ArcGIS Suite, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications required.
  • Knowledge of GIS terms and definitions required.
  • Knowledge of CRE preferred and the ability to work with complex mathematical concepts and apply operations such as linear and regression formula and other standardized industry modeling concepts is preferred.
• SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY
  • Decisions made with understanding of procedures and company policies to achieve set results and deadlines. Responsible for setting own project deadlines. Errors in judgment may cause short-term impact to co-workers and supervisor.