GIS Officer - Temporary up to 28 August 2020

Job No: PiiiIW0212

Location: Petersham Service Centre

Employment Status: Temporary Full Time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 6 Oct 2019 AEDT

About Inner West Council

Formed from the amalgamation of Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville Councils, Inner West Council is now among Sydney’s larger local government agencies looking after a vibrant community of 185,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable and diverse suburbs.

As we continue to deliver quality, innovative and inclusive programs and services, we would love it if you can join in our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity, WHS, sustainability, continuous improvement and business excellence. The community is at the heart of the organisation and Council puts its ‘Values First’ with flexibility, integrity, respect and the spirit of team as a set of values and associated behaviours for all levels in the organisation.  We expect commitment to these values from all employees in performing their respective roles

We offer career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. Many roles offer roster days off giving even greater quality of life and balance. (please check details within the advert)

Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $13.50/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

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About the role

Exciting opportunity for an experienced, self motivated individual to join our dynamic and supportive team as a GIS Officer.  As the GIS Officer, your primary role will be to ensure that Council has accurate and reliable Mapping and Land Information Systems and Data.  We are seeking someone with an appreciation for data and analysis to provide accurate and reliable online and mobile mapping solutions for Internal and Public access.

Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.

Salary

$72,079 - $88,864 p.a + super

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and RDO scheme
• Strong learning and development focus and culture
• Health and wellbeing programs including a subsidized gym membership to a network of Sydney gyms 
• Social sports groups

Key duties

• Maintain records within the corporate property information system to ensure the accuracy, currency, consistency and effectiveness of information throughout the organisation.
• Maintain core layers (including Property, Parcel, House Numbers, and Legal Description) within Council’s GIS as a result of subdivisions, consolidations and changes in valuations supplied by NSW
  Department of Lands.
• Assist with, and undertake the development and maintenance of other layers within Council’s GIS.
• Provide support and advice to spatial data and system users within other departments of council.
• Liaison with other sections and divisions within Council, in particular Planning, Assets Planning and Environment, to meet Council and community requests.

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications

1. Relevant tertiary degree in surveying, geographic or land information systems, or an equivalent course of study or experience.
2. Clearly demonstrated experience with GIS and Property related systems and software (preferably MapInfo, and TechnologyOne Property and Rating).
3. Demonstrated understanding of the NSW Land Titles System and knowledge of the Local Environmental Plan (LEP).
4. Thorough understanding and experience of data structures, data analysis and associated tools.            

Enquiries

Hanno Klahn, Team Leader Information (GIS) on (02) 9392 5814

Closing Date

Sunday 06 October 2019 , at 11:30pm

How to Apply

We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.

To apply for this role, please fill out the questions below - on the following page you'll be asked to add your resume. At this stage of the process, depending on the position you are applying, we may also ask for a range of documents such as copies of your qualification(s), working with children checks, licences/tickets, drawings/examples. Therefore please make sure you have these ready before you apply. 

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia.
Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification. For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.

Inner West Council is a Diversity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates.

Council is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged workers to apply.