Senior GIS Analyst

About the role

The Senior GIS Analyst is an additional position within our growing Business Strategy team. This role focuses on transforming complex spatial data into actionable insights that support operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making across the District.

Responsibilities

• Data Management: Designs, creates, and maintains geodatabases from internally and externally sourced data from different formats. Develops and maintains data layers and spatial data structures using GIS tools and relational databases. Ensures data quality, suitability, and integrity by addressing anomalies, assessing outliers, and repairing data with error checking.
• Data Analysis: Performs geospatial analysis using appropriate statistical techniques, noting sources, patterns, trends, assumptions, and methodologies to support operational and strategic business decision-making. Extracts and analyzes data from various sources to develop recommendations for short- and long-term deployment strategies. Primary analysis includes incident, dispatch, deployment, performance, staffing, prevention, and risk reduction.
• Data Interpretation: Assigns meaning to the collected information, determining the significance and implications of the findings, and develops recommendations.
• Report Generation: Designs, builds, publishes, and maintains multiple complex reports tailored to user-defined geospatial analysis needs using a variety of data sources and formats. Requires working with the end user to understand expectations as well as database capabilities and available data.
• Data Visualization/Storytelling: Uses visualization methods to produce models to clearly represent trends, correlations, and patterns in the most appropriate format that is understandable to all levels of the organization, public officials, and the public. Understands the audience and in coordination with visualizations communicates results in a manner conducive to maximizing retention and comprehension.
• Data Workflow Coordinating/Advising: Provides support and technical consultation on complex query structures, statistical functions, report design, GIS analysis, quantitative information, data integrity, and data utilization in collaboration with internal departments, and public and private agencies. Fosters relationships with staff to find new ways to apply GIS analysis to improve workflows, efficiencies, and data quality. Serves as the GIS representative in regional Geospatial Infrastructure Group (GIG).
• Cartoography/Application Management: Utilizes GIS software to create print products in support of District needs, including annual updates and ad hoc maps for administrative facilities and emergency response crews. Creates and maintains web-mapping applications, dashboards, surveys, and maps. Constructs and maintains routine updates of the CAD mapping application and other mobile mapping applications utilized by emergency response personnel.

Qualifications

• Educational Requirement: A bachelor’s degree in geographic information systems/science, statistics, geography, or a closely related field.
• Experience Requirement: Four (4) years of experience in performing complex geospatial analysis to inform strategic business decisions. This experience must include data mining, evaluation, application of statistical methodologies, and visualization. Technical experience in creating final products in relevant areas, including queries, reports, and presentation. Experience in a public safety organization preferred.

Supplemental Information

The selection process will comprise of a minimum qualification review, one-way recorded video interview, an on-site panel interview and skills demonstration, and a final conversation with the hiring manager. Selected applicants in each stage will be advanced to the subsequent stage.

Compensation

The monthly salary range for this position is $8,761 - $11,850 per month. The starting pay assignment is based on a candidate's bona fide factor analysis in accordance with the District's pay equity system and the Oregon Equal Pay Act.

Work Location

This is a hybrid-eligible (one day per week remote for Oregon residents, after initial training period and with supervisor approval) position with the employee performing their on-site work at TVF&R’s Command and Business Operations Center, 11945 SW 70th Ave. in Tigard.

Veterans' Preference

It is the District's policy to provide eligible veterans with preference as required by law. Applicants must provide certification of eligibility for entitlement to the preference (e.g. DD-214 long form clearly showing discharge status) with the application submission by the closing date of the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity

TVF&R is an equal employment opportunity employer and seeks to attract a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve in order to deliver safe, professional, and high-performance service.

Accommodation Requests

Persons needing accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for any part of the application process should contact Human Resources staff at 503-649-8577. We accept operator relay calls. If you’re deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please call 711 for assistance.