UNO Geography Job Announcements

Job Announcements

Local Announcements

3 March 2010 — 10 March 2010

Job Title: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GEOGRAPHIC SUPPORT ANALYST

Company: Wildlife & Fisheries-Fisheries

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree with 12 semester hours in any combination of GIS or GIS-related courses such as remote sensing, cartography, spatial analysis, mapping science, civil surveying, photogrammetry, CADD (computer aided drafting and design) mapping, aerial photo interpretation, physical geography, geologic mapping, or computer science courses in relational database design, programming, or software system development plus one year of professional level experience in GIS (geographic information systems).

Salary: $16.45 - $32.74 hourly/$2,851.00 - $5,675.00 monthly

Contact Information: Ruth Rigg

(225) 765-2851 – Phone

(225) 763-3510 – Fax

rrigg@wlf.la.gov

The full job description and application procedure is located here:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/js_login.cfm?&JobRequested=213171&TopHeader=louisiana&

1 March 2010

Job Title: Geographer

Company: Dewberry, New Orleans

Job Description: Dewberry is seeking a GIS professional to provide flood mapping and related services in our growing New Orleans Office. Technical responsibilities include:

· Mapping modeled flood zones

· Assisting engineers in the production of flood hazard maps

· Checking for graphical and technical accuracy of flood hazard maps and associated reports

· Coordinating with the project team, project managers, clients, local communities, and other contractors to compile all data necessary to produce the most up-to-date products.

For further information see: http://www.dewberry.com/careers.asp

Or contact:

Jerri Daniels, GISP, CFM

Project Manager

Dewberry

1615 Poydras Street, Suite 1295

New Orleans, LA 70112-1266

504.524.8147 ext 113

504.524.8489 fax

504.330.5463 cell

www.dewberry.com

9 February 2010

Job Title: System Analyst/GIS Supervisor

Company: Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge

Division: Geographic Information Systems

Job Summary: Technical support of GIS technologies, including participation in user requirements

definition, high quality map production, system design and application development, user interface

development, application integration, GIS data development and conversion, relational database

design and implementation, training and documentation. Respond as main point of contact for end

user support of GIS applications. Responsible for all aspects of GIS division including marketing and

development of new work, expansion of client base, enhancement of skills and expertise and

participation in GIS related conferences. Represent the company in a professional manner.

Qualifications: Masters' Degree in Geography, GeoSciences, or Environmental Sciences or related

field and five years of experience utilizing geographic information systems, remote sensing and

visualization applications, including a thorough understanding of GIS and cartographic principles,

working knowledge of ESRI based software including ArcINFO, ArcGIS 9.x and extensions, ArcPad

and ArcTools, ERDAS Imagine Professional 9.x, Virtual GIS, Autosync, general database operations,

and familiarity with ArcIMS and ArcSDE. Must be familiar with MS Office Suite including Word, Access

and Excel and have strong organizational and management skills. Data transfer involving AutoCADD

a plus.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

· Supervisor of GIS division

· Interact with and support staff scientists

· Assist in developing, monitoring, and managing project deliverables, budget and schedules

· Support network infrastructure

· Design and implement latest network technologies

· Develop computer programs and custom applications

· Provide in-house and client support for computer hardware and software applications

· Preparation of maps and GIS derived graphics

· Image processing

Essential Functions:

· Requires extensive computer knowledge, including advanced knowledge of the ESRI ArcGIS

suite of GIS applications.

· Provides services to staff using GIS and GPS data collection using ESRI ArcPad, mapping

and related activities

Coastal Environments, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) supporting diversity in the

workforce.

SUBMIT RESUME TO: Coastal Environments, Inc.

Pellie Aultman

Human Resources

1260 Main Street

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

paultman@coastalenv.com

(225) 383-7455 (Fax)

7 January 2010

A northshore company is currently searching for a full time GIS person with a range of GIS skills including some GIS programming, but above all it needs to be someone who can work independently and with initiative. Duties change as the project moves forward so flexibility in their expectations of job assignments is needed, too.

You must go through Universal Personnel (the address is below) for the interviewing and hiring. An additional interview with the GIS Lead at the company doing the hiring after the application process with Universal Personnel will also be needed before the hire is made.

Please contact:

Universal Personnel

1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163-1300
(504) 561-5627

regarding this vacancy.

City Hall Fellowships for recent graduates.

City Hall Fellows spend the year after college in a prestigious, paid, full-time position within city government and also receive more than 300 hours of proprietary training in how cities work. This year, we are placing Fellows in 3 cities:

§ Houston, Texas

§ San Francisco, California

§ Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The Fellowship is open to students of ALL majors and is non-partisan. More information, application materials and instructions are on our website: www.cityhallfellows.org. Applications are due March 10, 2010.