GIS/Web Support Technician

The State Cartographer’s Office, a unit of the UW-Madison Department of Geography, needs your help! We currently have two openings for students interested in geospatial and Web technologies.

Your role

Put simply, we need someone to help us build stuff and figure out solutions to complicated problems. Most of your time will be spent working on geospatial data processing procedures using tools like ArcGIS, GeoKettle, PostGIS, and more. You will also have the opportunity to learn more about PHP, Javascript, MySQL, and other web technologies. A lot of what we do is on the Web, so if you want to learn that sort of stuff, this is the place!

You’ll be asked to work on projects and problems with minimal supervision… if you like to be told step-by-step what to do, then this job might not be for you.

What we expect

We expect our students to work 10-15 hours per week. In return, we offer a very flexible schedule that can work around your class schedule, and yes, those occasional all-nighters.

We expect you to be an active learner. Period. We know you haven’t had a “real” job yet, so we get the fact that you need time to learn. We expect this… but we also expect you to take that responsibility seriously.

We need you to work in our lab located in Science Hall, because remote work arrangements are not possible in our highly collaborative environment. Our starting pay is generally $10.50 per hour, unless you have some serious skills and can really hit the ground running.

Job requirements and how to apply

You MUST be a student enrolled at any University of Wisconsin System institution. Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply! Fill out our employment application and send it to us along with your resume.

The application deadline is November 28th, 2012.