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The Gila National Forest will soon be advertising a vacancy for an Interdisciplinary Geographic Information System (GIS) Specialist, GS-101/401/1301- 09.  The position is a permanent full-time appointment, and will be located at the Supervisor’s Office in Silver City, New Mexico.  The purpose of this Outreach Notice is to determine the potential applicant pool for this position and to establish the appropriate recruitment method and area of consideration for the advertisement (i.e. service-wide, government-wide).  Responses received from this outreach notice will be used to make this determination.

Interested applicants or those desiring more information should contact Arthur Telles, Natural Resources and Planning Staff Officer, at atelles@fs.fed.us

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The vacancy announcement for this position will be posted on the U.S. Government's official website for employment opportunities at www.usajobs.gov.

INTRODUCTION

The position has the responsibility for supporting managers and resource specialists in the use of geospatial technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for land, natural resources and ecosystem management.

Duties include:

Data Management

Works with managers and resource specialists to determine type, amount and level of information required to develop and analyze ecosystem management alternatives.  Assists with developing data dictionaries, data models, and metadata for multi-disciplinary information and geospatial applications. Converts geospatial information and remote sensing imagery into GIS databases. Assists with the organization and maintenance of resource information and data to facilitate analysis across multiple disciplines including but not limited torecreation, vegetation, wildife, water, planning, engineering and fire. 

Geospatial Analysis

Applies applicable principles to facilitate geospatial model design and analysis procedures related to natural resource and relevant socio-economic data and products. Manipulates and analyzes geospatial data to support resource management decisions for multiple resource, jurisdictional, and ownership units or a large geographical region.  Performs multi-scale and/or multi-resource analysis in support of planning, analysis, and monitoring activities.

Cartography and Map Design/Production

Compiles natural resource, topographic, and cartographic data for creation of thematic map products and presentation materials for multi-disciplinary resource management planning, preparation of environmental and social assessments, environmental impact statements and other projects supporting natural resource management decision making. Operates complex computer systems and software packages and uses established procedures to produce intricately detailed maps and graphics for the many varied Forest resource programs, planning documents, and a variety of other requirements. Applies geographic and cartographic principles to the resolution of multi-disciplinary issues in geospatial database construction and map compilation.

Training and Support

Provides advice and recommendations on sources, standards, integrity, compatibility, and cost efficiency of natural resource and socio-economic information.  Conducts informal training and provides technical assistance to GIS software users in the development, storage, retrieval and analysis of data.