GIS ANALYST 2025-02732

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

Essential Job Duties

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

• Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of their own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive
• Develop and maintain internet maps and data downloader, including use and maintenance of ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online.
• Responsible for data collection and maintenance of all Public Works related infrastructure.
• Provide quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) of GIS data entry and related GIS application integration..
• Provide GIS application development support for all departments. This includes web maps and mobile device apps designed for staff viewing and/or collecting data, and apps for use by the public.
• Perform simple to complex spatial analysis to assist departments with information gathering and decision making, including the ability to create and run models in ArcGIS, write scripts using Python, and perform network and 3D analysis.
• Manage data export and synchronization with the City's asset management system.
• Research and interpret engineering construction plans, plats, legal metes and bounds descriptions and various mapped information; extract relevant information for data entry; analyze data.
• Design, develop, implement, update, and troubleshoot GIS databases, including SDE databases.
• Provide technical assistance and support for GIS users, including troubleshooting, diagnostics, problem resolution and general question response.
• Conduct end user training and develop end user documentation.
• Establish mapping procedures and standards for all map products. Compose all forms of mapping, including special use maps, thematic maps, and decision support maps.
• Coordinate with other departments on their GIS needs.
• Coordinate with other governmental entities to ensure compatibility of data, and compliance with regional and state standards.
• Manage special projects, which may include prioritizing, training and guiding other employees in the GIS office.
• Make recommendations and provide expert advice to department directors and division heads regarding GIS systems.
• Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
• Responsible for the collection of raw data for input into GIS; perform data entry, data conversion, and data organization for data entry into the system; verify or collect field data; compile, digitize, rectify and enter interdepartmental information into the GIS database; manipulate and analyze data to generate reports, maps, and other technical documents.
• Responsible for data maintenance on various datasets and maps, including street centerlines, parcels, right-of-ways, easements, subdivisions, and addresses using GIS software; create and develop database layers for the City infrastructure in the GIS system.
• Provide information on drainage, water, sanitary sewer, streets, and property; respond to mapping and information requests by City employees, private companies, and other governmental agencies, as required.
• Respond in a courteous and professional manner to requests for information and services from City staff, citizens, other governmental agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations.
• Research records within the City and County governments.
• Independent judgment, discretion and due diligence must be consistently exercised in the performance of the job duties and responsibilities. Maintain confidentiality of information as appropriate.
• Carry out duties independently with little to no supervision.
• Occasional evening or weekend work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Secondary Job Duties

• Secondary duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent plus 2 years of college level courses and 5 years of closely related GIS experience. Prefer Bachelor's degree in a GIS related field and 3 years of closely related GIS experience or Master's degree in a GIS related field with 2 years of closely related GIS experience.
• Must successfully pass criminal background check, including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses and any offense under A.C.A. 21-15-103 and A.C.A. 21-15-111.
• Effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.
• Ability to serve the public and other City departments in a diplomatic and professional manner, exercising good emotional control; must have good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical manuals and procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from customers, groups of managers, committees and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts, such as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and rectangular coordinates. Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems in real world mapping situations, including the use of map projections.
• Ability to interpret and carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to read and interpret Subdivision plats and engineering design plans.
• Must be proficient in the use of a computer and job-related software programs. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
• Skilled in the editing and manipulating of data with ArcGIS software.
• Skilled in the use of ArcGIS Server.
• Basic knowledge of application development using the ESRI suite of ArcGIS software.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or higher, knowledge of HTML5 – desktop and mobile browser environments as well as knowledge of programming languages such as VB.Net, JavaScript or Python is desirable.
• Ability to be innovative, organized, self-motivated, and effectively prioritize tasks.
• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required communicate with others both in person and over the phone, stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities to accomplish computer and office work.
• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Full Time, 40 or more hours per week, non uniformed employee. Eligible for all City benefits offered to full time non uniformed employees and all full time City accruals of paid leave.

Please click this link for more details on City employee benefits:

www.fayetteville-ar.gov/654/Employee-Benefits-Information