What are the responsibilities and job description for the GIS Academic Intern (UNMTemps) position at unm?
The University of New Mexico’s Center for Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) maintains New Mexico’s traffic crash database for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and serves as the New Mexico State Demographer’s Office. GPS supports government agencies, lawmakers, and the public in making data-driven decisions by providing impartial data and objective analysis. The center offers students practical, real-world experience that helps build competitive skills for future academic or career pursuits.
We are seeking a detail-oriented, self-motivated student to support a range of activities including data entry, verification, geocoding, analysis, and publication of traffic crash data. In addition to routine database maintenance, the intern will have opportunities to develop and apply analytical or programming skills to real-world problems. This entry-level GIS Academic Intern position includes training in data collection, GIS, and data analysis using traffic crash data. Prior GIS experience is not required; training will be provided in GIS tasks, statistical analysis, data processing, data integration, trend analysis, data cleaning, web mapping, and geospatial analysis.
This position requires an organized individual with a strong desire to learn, close attention to detail, and effective time-management skills.