GIS Database Specialist

Job Summary:

This position is located within the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), located in Madison, Wisconsin. This position serves the entire state and has responsibility for assisting with Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) easement restoration evaluations as well as developing and maintaining the easement infrastructure database for the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and the Emergency Watershed Protection Program – Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE).

The incumbent of this position works with the easement programs associated with ACEP and the legacy easement programs listed above. The work involves the review of existing easements, primarily WRP, for components of restoration, assistance with statewide easement monitoring, infrastructure review and the implementation of management activities.

Duties:

• Creates a database for easement access from existing GIS easement layers, hard files, and potential field confirmation.
• Maintain Dam Database from information collected from various sources.
• Maintain a job diary maintained by date and list tasks accomplished.  This diary will be included with all submitted timesheets for payment to be considered.

Data Collection (20%)

• Gathers information from internal and external sources to maintain Dam Database.
• Coordinate with field staff of monitoring documentation and evaluates existing projects for structural components and other restoration criteria.
• Enter monitoring documents into the National Easement Staging Tool or the dam database.
• Assist with annual report data compilation.
• Assist with the development/refinement of WRE/WRP management plan templates and databases.

Technical Application (80%)

• The incumbent assists with the coordination of annual and monthly statewide easement monitoring plans for all programs listed above and regularly inform state leadership of progress as required by national guidelines with input from the monitoring biologist.
• The incumbent may coordinate with the appropriate NRCS remote sensing laboratory to facilitate remote easement monitoring as that program is developed.
• The position reviews restoration plans for previously restored ACEP and legacy program sites for the entire state and may discuss the plans with the local support staff.  The incumbent ensures that the restoration plans and engineering as-builts are properly documented.
• The incumbent may assist with guidance for staff on management, monitoring, and enforcement issues as they relate to enforcement remediation

Qualifications:

Applicants must meet the technical requirements:

• Possess valid driving license; *Violations must be noted before use of Government Furnished Vehicle
• Proficient in word processing
• Knowledgeable and experienced in utilizing a variety of computer hardware and software applications, such as Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and Access
• Ability to use e-mail and internet browsers i.e., Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft explorer.
• Knowledge of general agricultural and conservation programs
• They may be required to traverse cropland, diverse terrain, pasture, and wetland areas

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