Gis Analyst

Description:

The purpose of this recruitment competition is to form a panel for the position of Geographical Information Systems Analyst (Grade VI) from which permanent and/or temporary vacancies may be filled.

Galway County Councils GIS section is a key pillar of the Councils overall Information Systems Department responsible for managing the Councils leading edge enterprise GIS Platform, and associated spatial data infrastructure, supporting a user base of over 400 internal staff, various external groups and organisations, and members of the public.

In addition to managing and supporting the underlying technical and data infrastructures along with the Councils existing application footprint, the GIS team provides services including project definition and management, solution design and development, data management, spatial and data analytics, user support and R&D, and is a recognised as key component of the Councils overall digital transformation programme.

The GIS section is now looking to add to its team in line with its expanding workload. This is an opportunity to apply and build on existing knowledge and skills and to be part of an ambitious and dynamic team working with leading edge spatial technologies to define and deliver varied internal and external facing solutions of value to all the Operational Directorates of the Council.