City of Cambridge
Location
Cambridge, ON | Canada
Job description
Working within our Strategic Plan, Cambridge Connected , and committing to our values of Integrity, Respect, Inclusiveness and Service, the successful candidate will work together to help the City of Cambridge achieve our vision: A place for people to prosper – alive with opportunity.
There is an opening for GIS Technician within the Technology Services Division, Corporate Services Department. Reporting to the Manager of Business Systems GIS Development Services, this position will be responsible for:
Provides GIS services related to data creation and cartographic products for staff and the public.
Assists with the management, collection, analysis, organization, and dissemination of Corporate GIS data.
Works with clients and participates on project teams to incorporate GIS best practices for data, requests, and products.
Prepares custom reports, graphics, charts, maps, plans, and documents for internal and external use.
Prepares training and reference materials under direction suitable for office and field staff.
Researches Data creation; compile, evaluate, reconcile, integrate spatial data and attributes.
Performs data maintenance/ validation using GIS tools, manual mouse work, keyboard, field data collection to edit both geographic and tabular data.
Develops Applications including creating online applications, dashboards, maps, reports, charts, statistics, presentations, project support.
Maintains related metadata and documentation according to Corporate Standards.
Performs data maintenance, analysis, reviews and updates.
Prepares documentation for projects, user manuals, articles knowledge base in HEAT.
Undergraduate degree in Geography, Geomatics, Planning, Computer Science or other related field.
Certified Planning Technician is considered an asset.
A minimum of one (1) year work experience and proficient with the following: ESRI Certificates in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online mapping and applications, Database fundamentals for MS Access, SQL, Oracle, AutoCAD Map 3D, Adobe Illustrator/ Photoshop, Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project)
The current regular hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm inclusive (35 hours per week).
Interested candidates should apply directly to our Careers page at This posting closes on March 18, 2024.
The City of Cambridge recognizes and appreciates diversity and inclusion enhances our public value commitment.
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience and encourage all qualified people to apply, including and especially people from equity-deserving groups. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with honour and respect toward their individual dimensions of diversity.
We strive to remove barriers that may prevent qualified applicants from fully participating in the recruitment and selection process. Accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and other applicable legislation is available throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Contact [email protected] to make your needs known in advance.
For more information on our Employment Equity, please read our full policy.
Personal information collected in relation to the recruitment process is collected under the authority outlined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and used solely to determine eligibility for employment with the City of Cambridge only.
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$61.97k - $65.87k per year
