GIS Intern

Job Summary:

Are you an aspiring GIS user looking to develop and enhance both your creative and technical skills? As our intern, you’ll work directly with our city departments to streamline and improve local government services. You will hone and expand your skills in cartography, web mapping, user experience, graphic design, spatial and tabular data analysis, Python scripting, HTML, CSS, and GIS project management. If that sounds like your cup of tea (or coffee, we don’t judge), apply today to be a part of our award-winning GIS program!

Responsibilities:

• Tell data-driven stories with maps and other visualizations
• Create and automate GIS datasets
• Update and expand the City’s public map gallery
• Practice unstructured problem solving, i.e., how real-world GIS projects happen
• Participate on the GIS Steering Committee to help make GIS more approachable
• Assist the GIS Coordinator with a wide variety of internal and public GIS projects
• Lead your own independent GIS projects
• Other IT-related duties as needed

Qualifications:

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Have or pursuing a degree in Geography, GIS, Urban Studies or a closely-related field
• Six (6) months of experience working with ArcGIS for Desktop and related software
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of GIS
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and direction
• Ability to relate to and work with individuals representing a variety of diverse backgrounds and cultures, and various mental and physical abilities
• Ability to professionally exhibit cultural sensitivity, patience, and understanding in the course of work duties
• Ability to provide a level of customer service that meets/exceeds customer expectations

Preferred

• Experience with creating and editing spatial datasets
• Experience with spatial analysis and geoprocessing
• Experience with  ModelBuilder or Python
• Experience with ArcGIS Online
• Experience with graphic design
• Experience with data analysis
• Experience with statistical analysis using tools like Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or Stata

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