GIS Manager

GIS Manager Hours:

Monday

• Thursday 7:45am
• 5:30pm Pay Range
• $60,916.95
• $91,375.

42 per year General Description The purpose of this class within the organization is to manage and oversee the County's GIS operations, ensuring accurate, reliable, and accessible geospatial data for County departments, the public, and external agencies. The GIS Manager coordinates GIS projects across departments, and provides technical expertise in data management, mapping, analysis, and system administration. This position serves as both a working manager and technical lead

• performing complex GIS analysis, programming, and system configuration
• while guiding long-term GIS planning, standards, and integration with other County systems.

This class works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings. Duties and Responsibilities The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

Essential Functions:

Plans, organizes, and manages GIS operations, services, and projects. Establishes and enforces GIS data standards, workflows, and procedures. Coordinates and supports County departments, municipalities, and external partners in GIS-related projects, data initiatives, and decision-making processes. Assists the IT/GIS Director with strategic planning and GIS program development. Administers and maintains the County's enterprise GIS environment including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Online/Portal. Publishes and manages map and feature services for County departments and public websites. Designs, maintains, and secures enterprise geodatabases (SQL Server / ArcSDE). Assists other GIS staff in maintaining and updating GIS data layers. Ensures data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with County and State GIS standards. Develops scripts and custom tools using Python. Creates and maintains GIS web applications using modern programming languages such as JavaScript/TypeScript. Implements dashboards, field data collection apps, and interactive web maps using ArcGIS Online, Experience Builder, or related tools. Performs advanced spatial analysis and produces analytical maps, reports, and visualizations. Manages and maintains GIS data supporting the 911 dispatch center, ensuring compliance with NG911 standards. Coordinates addressing, street centerline, and MSAG updates with E911, USPS, and telecommunications partners. Serves as the County's primary liaison for regional and state GIS coordination efforts.

Additional Duties:

Assist IT staff as needed for equipment and software installations. Provide Helpdesk support and training for County employees. Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:

Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations. Collects, classifies or formats data or information in accordance with a prescribed schema or plan to facilitate the identification and extraction of useful information.

People Responsibility:

People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public. Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.

Asset Responsibility:

Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization. Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.

Mathematical Requirements:

Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems. Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.

Communications Requirements:

Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak. Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as assembly instruction for tools, routine office equipment operating instructions, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.

Judgment Requirements:

Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions. Responsible for guiding others, requiring frequent decisions, affecting the individual, co-workers and others who depend on the service or product; works in a somewhat fluid environment with rules and procedures, but many variations from the routine.

Complexity of Work:

Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job. Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact of Errors:

Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals. The impact of errors is moderately serious

• affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens or loss of life could occur but probability is low.

Physical Demands:

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement. Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to ten pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.

Equipment Usage:

Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products. Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving some latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Unavoidable Hazards:

Uvoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken. None.

Safety of Others:

Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public. (Does not include safety of subordinates). Requires some responsibility for safety and health of others and/or for occasional enforcement of the standards of public safety or health. Bachelor's Degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, or a related field and a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible GIS experience, including GIS data management and web mapping applications. Experience coordinating GIS projects and working with multiple departments preferred. Experience with ESRI technologies including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online/Portal required. Experience administering ArcGIS Enterprise/Server environments preferred. Knowledge of spatial databases (e.g., SQL Server), GIS data models, and data governance principles required. Experience with scripting or automation tools such as Python is preferred. Familiarity with web technologies or programming languages such as JavaScript or C# is a plus. Supervisory or leadership experience preferred. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Special Certifications and Licenses:

Professional GIS certification (e.g. GISP) preferred. Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Greenwood County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Greenwood County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Pay:

$60,916.95

• $91,375.

42 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance Employee assistance program Health insurance Life insurance Retirement plan Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person