GIS Coordinator

Short Description:

The GIS Coordinator conducts planning and surveillance activities related to the measurement and visualization of communicable diseases, health conditions, health resources/accessibility, and public health preparedness activities.

Complete Description:

The following will need to be added to essential duties/responsibilities:

Regularly engage with stakeholders and partners at the GIO, other agencies, state/local health departments, private sector, etc.

Manage GIS team project work deliverables and deadlines through the use of project management skills (communication, organization, metric tracking, etc.)

Serve as team leader/point of contact for the Public Health Geographics team under the Data Products program in the Office of Data & Analytics

Utilize data governance best practices, especially those related to GIS products

Familiarity with how to utilize GeoAI (or ability to learn the skill)Provide geostatistical analysis, measurements or reports related to communicable disease surveillance, outbreaks, disasters and public health preparedness activities.

Create and maintain visualizations of data and statistical results.

Creates and maintain accurate geospatial datasets.

Develop and maintain workflows that integrate datasets and automate analytical methods.

Develop web-based applications utilizing both configurable services and customized development.

Utilizes appropriate geographic information system software and other statistical packages.

Provides recommendations to supervisors and developers regarding data workflow methodology.

Assists the IDOH DOC when activated with logistical support.

Other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Knowledge of geospatial concepts

Required

2

Years

Knowledge of appropriate cartographic designs and solutions

Required

2

Years

Work in ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software

Required

2

Years

Work in ESRI ArcGIS Software as a Service platform and configurable applications

Required

2

Years

Work with Python, ArcGIS API for Python, ArcPy, and other data science packages including web automation and scraping capabilities

Required

2

Years

Work with JavaScript and ArcGIS JavaScript API

Required

2

Years

Knowledge of SQL within Oracle and SQL Server platforms

Required

2

Years

Managerial/supervisory experience within a health-related field, data/technology-related field, or in another comparable field

Required

4

Years

Ability to engage with stakeholders and partners at the GIO, other agencies, state/local health departments, private sector, etc.

Required

2

Years

Project management skills (communication, organization, metric tracking)

Required

2

Years

Experience with data governance best practices (GIS-specific data governance)

Required

2

Years

Experience with GeoAI

Nice to have

1

Years