Position Overview

This is a 1 year Post-Bacc. term position starting 6/1/2024 - 6/1/2025

Primary Function:

• Career Band: NE8
• This position is a full-time 1-year term position.

Position Description

Typical Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support geospatial analysis of the Domain, including but not limited to faculty research, student projects, independent studies, faculty, staff, and student requests, and training of staff or students in specialized software.
• Create, update, maintain, and document GIS data for the Domain, including online and local data and resources.
• Collect and update data in and around Sewanee using Esri data collection apps and GPS.
• Create new and updated online web maps, web apps, hub portals, and story maps.
• Tracks all activities and reports weekly to supervisor (LAL Manager).

Machines & Equipment Used:

Computer use, GPS, some field data collection using a cell phone or tablet apps, Potential use of UAV (drone) for aerial video and imagery acquisition.

Judgment Required:

The performance of the essential duties of this position is dependent upon independent ingenuity and developmental efforts.

Budgetary Responsibility:

Monitors expenditures against budget; prepares budget data for review/approval by supervisor/department head.

Personal Interaction/Communication:

• Student Contact: Multiple backgrounds, interests, and majors who are looking for GIS assistance
• Internal: Internal interaction with various departments looking for GIS assistance as delegated by supervisor.
• External: Only rare interaction with external agencies as delegated by supervisor. Most likely with agencies such as town planners and architects working with the University of the South and referred to LAL by an internal department.

Attributes of a Successful Candidate

Application Materials:

• Resume,
• Transcripts and,
• 2 References

Education:

Bachelor's degree.

Experience:

Experience or classroom comparable to an introductory and advanced GIS course (ex: ENST 217 and 317).

Job-Related Skills:

• Required: Experience and competence with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online

• Recommended: Familiarity with ArcGIS Online story maps and web apps

• Esri data collection apps such as Survey 123, Collector, and Field Maps

• Esri Workforce

• Lidar processing

• Image analysis, GNSS.

Licenses & Certifications: Driver’s License

Supplemental Information

Working Environment:

Office and domain.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to use hands for repetitive tasks

• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds (Sedentary work)

• Must be able to carry up to 10 pounds (Sedentary work)
• Must be able to navigate steep and rough terrain.

Any additional requirements specific to this position:

735 University Avenue
Sewanee, Tennessee, 37383