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About the job
Share GIS and data expertise to support forest management planning and other resource management activities. This includes development of GIS, spatial analysis and mapping products, updating spatial data records, and providing support to District and Regional staff through training.
Provide support by:
• Assisting with the analysis and processing of spatial and temporal data to develop required solutions and information products.
• Participating in team meetings to ensure a clear understanding of the support and development requirements
• Assisting in the creation and enhancement of spatial and temporal data, including data collection, data conversion, data integration, data improvement, data analysis and the establishment and maintenance of metadata
• Assisting project leads in methods development and the implementation and adherence of
methods; ensures tools and applications are properly integrated with corporate databases.
• Liaising with project leads to develop task lists for project completion.
• Assisting with the production of reports, maps, and related documentation, including participating in the creation of key elements of the formal project management documentation process: scope, risk assessment, quality control, communications and work breakdown structure.
• Digitizing, scanning, compiling, preparing, processing and updating of data from digital files or hard copy maps to ensure standardized information, common definitions and completeness of data.
• Assisting in the quality control and maintenance of spatial and tabular base data to ensure data quality and completeness.
• Reviewing digital mapping data to a variety of other records (hard copy or digital datasets including survey records and imagery) to assess and document the tabular and spatial accuracy and currency of the data.
• Integrating digital mapping data to include partner and other source data to create a common standard dataset.
• Responding to requests for various types of information products; conducting queries and generating reports to project members and management.
• Writing simple scripts for the automation of GIS tasks related to geospatial data management.
• Generating reports for section and project members and management.
What you bring to the team
Knowledge of:
• Geomatics theory and practice (GIS, Remote Sensing, Mapping & GPS) with emphasis on geospatial referencing systems, spatial data integration, geospatial analysis, statistical sampling techniques, error analysis, map production, accuracy assessment, quality assurance of GIS databases and GIS application development to provide technical expertise in the delivery of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing projects and operations.
• Current GIS, Remote Sensing and time-series software and related automation techniques, such as programming, scripting and model building to complete advanced analysis in the most efficient and effective way and ensure efficiency and consistency through the automation of processes.
• Information management principles concerning the quality, use and value of data and information, including the importance of data standards, data exchange and data distribution to create and enhance spatial and temporal data in accordance with these principles.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Data management principles concerning the quality, use and storage of data
• Cartographic and map making skills to develop map products for decision making and presentations
• Technical skills in GIS, GIS technology as well as scripting and programming languages for creating efficiency through automation ; strong skills in manipulating spatial and tabular data for the purposes of data creation, integration, improvement and analysis or use in more sophisticated applications of GIS
• Verbal communication skills to communicate technical issues and solutions to project team leads, clients, stakeholders, and management using clear language
• Writing skills to develop and deliver training and presentations as well as the preparation of technical guidance documentation.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills to work with management, project leads and colleagues to fully understand project requirements, implement projects, and communicate progress on assigned duties
Eligibility:
• Proof of eligibility to work in Canada.
• Has graduated or will graduate from an approved or legally authorized college or university with a diploma or an equivalent degree or postgraduate certificate between May 2021 and June 2025
• Candidates are only eligible to participate in one MNR 12-month placement and must not have participated in the MNR internship program in the past.
• Are not a permanent employee in the Ontario Public Service.
Additional Information:
Successful candidates may be required to undergo an employment screening check in accordance with the Ontario Employment Screening Checks Policy.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!