GIS Planning Analyst

Job Details

Job Title: GIS Planning Analyst

Department: Advance Planning

Direct Reporting: Vice President or Business Intelligence Manager

Project Reporting: N/A

Functional Reporting: N/A

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Planning Analyst is responsible for working closely with Business Development and Advance Planning to understand internal and external client requirements and help formulate and identify appropriate opportunities in relevant markets. The GIS Planning Analyst is responsible for performing analyses using Esri’s ArcGIS product and creating maps and models to supplement advance planning analysis.

This position may engage in delivering specialized consulting services in partnership with team members and outside consultants. This position assists the team with the development and implementation of strategies to promote consulting capabilities and assists with the development of requests for proposal, presentation, and agreements.

Essential Job Functions: 

Model Building / Analysis  

• Designs, develops, tests, deploys and documents data and mapping models
• Works with data sets and maps to proactively look at markets and opportunities
• Recommends strategies based on business development, competition and market driven factors

 Data Collection

• Responsible for collecting, aggregating, and cleansing data from appropriate data sources
• Imports data into GIS software
• Builds geodatabases
• Manages data and GIS software

Map & Report Creation

• Creates market reports to support regional business development teams
• Creates standard maps using demographic projections, competitor analysis, market participants, and healthcare utilization trends for consulting engagements 
• Creates market reports to provide advance planning analysis to various stakeholders

Market Analysis

• Assist with research and analysis to support GIS targeting and territory planning
• Analyze client’s market service area including patient origins, demographic trends,competing providers, and other specific service line needs
• Participate in comparative site analysis and selection to support the market strategy

Operational Planning

• Compare baseline data to company proprietary Encounter database
• Supply proper capacity and resource data to project teams for development of architectural programs for planned service lines
• Measure productivity of patient volumes, resource utilization, and available capacity

Core Competencies:

Business Development

• Client focused approach for establishing long-term partnerships through client outcomes and profitable solutions
• Collaborates and partners with clients to understand their needs and achieves balanced financial outcomes for ERDMAN and the client
• Establishes and maintains sound working relationships with clients and gains their trust and respect
• Seeks and fosters opportunities to help generate new business
• Grows and maintains a network of professional and industry contacts
• Understands and articulates ERDMAN’s service offerings 
• Comprehends, believes in, and promotes our integrated delivery model

Leadership

• Inspired employees who lead beyond their roles
• Demonstrates a sense of responsibility, accountability, and dedication to the success of the company and team, and works to maximize results and achieve measurable outcomes
• Champions our vision, mission, goals, and service offerings
• Creates a productive, positive atmosphere that influences and inspires others
• Recognizes, encourages, motivates, and develops others for high performance in a timely manner
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to communicating, seeking information within and across disciplines, and resolving problems with clients and coworkers
• Addresses performance issues with plans that include feedback, coaching, training, and monitoring progress

Outcome-Driven

Anticipate change and innovate to provide leading solutions and measurable outcomes

• Makes a proactive effort to increase their knowledge of our clients’ healthcare and AEC markets, including market conditions, industry trends, and other competitive information that can affect the goals and interests of the organization; shares new skills and knowledge with others in the organization
• Pursues tasks with energy and drive and is action-oriented; continues until the job is complete 
• Identifies and implements process improvements; conducts research on new and innovative ways to do things, and implements those best designed to produce measurable outcomes
• Embraces and champions new ideas and encourages others to do the same

Interpersonal

Relationship style essential to the integrated, collaborative, and cross-functional work and
communication approach behind our delivery model

• Maintains an enthusiastic attitude and inspires others to adopt and sustain support for change
• Works across boundaries to create and contribute to an inspirational work environment
• Seeks feedback for the purpose of continuous improvement and listens with an open mind
• Hears the content of what people say, sensitive to their feelings and letting them know they are being heard; draws conclusions and formulates responses after actively listening
• Addresses conflict and contributes opinions in a direct and open way at the time of the discussion; initiates one-on-one conversation with an individual to resolve issues; does not triangulate

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or certificate in business, economics, geography, GIS, cartography, computer science or a related field. Course work or background in automated cartography, computer science, programming, and spatial analysis preferred.

Experience:

• Three to five years relevant work experience in performing analyses and producing maps working in ArcGIS Desktop and relevant work experience in healthcare operations or healthcare facility development highly desirable.

Certifications & Licensures:

Knowledge and Training:

• Experience implementing a GIS environment
• Experience working in a business analyst role preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication, critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Methodical, detail oriented, and excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work independently
• Understanding of real estate economics
• Strong motivation and aptitude to collect large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data
• Ability to organize data properly and efficiently
• Strong computer aptitude, including proficiency in modeling and analysis using GIS software and datasets,
• ESRI, ArcGIS Desktop (v9.3 and later), Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Business Analyst extension, Python,
• Model Builder, ArcGIS Server, SQL preferred.
• Continual enhancement of healthcare knowledge through research, education, conferences, and professional affiliations

Other Job Information:

• Work may be necessary outside normal office hours depending on workload and schedules
• National travel may be required