What are the responsibilities and job description for the GIS Mapping Specialist position at Jackson County, NC?
Salary : $41,507.99 Annually
Location : 401 Grindstaff Cove Road Sylva, NC
Job Type : Permanent, Full-Time
Job Number : 20250023
Department : Tax Administration
Opening Date : 02 / 10 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 28 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Eastern
FLSA : Non-Exempt
Position Overview
Performs technical work involving preparing ownership records and updating property lines in order to update the Geographic Information System (GIS) and land records program. Grade 22
Duties and Responsibilities
- Researches deeds, surveys, civil actions, and special proceedings of landowners.
- Performs editing in GIS by coding information, labeling maps, computing acreage, zones, and boundary parcels.
- Utilizes computerized data entry equipment and various mapping, indexing, and custom designed programs to enter, update, store and / or retrieve information to create and maintain land maps and records.
- Maintains property identification data, editing and updating as necessary, and digitizing parcel splits for entry in the GIS records.
- Researches deeds, wills, survey maps, and other records to verify or clarify information, as necessary.
- Maps new parcel splits on orthophoto maps and edits other land records accordingly.
- Provides general and technical assistance to the public, other departments and agencies, and department staff as needed in areas of real estate, property location, and producing hard copies of maps.
- Retrieves subdivision information for department personnel; prepares and plots composite digital GIS maps for customers.
- Assigns parcel identification numbers to all land related documents in preparation for recording with the Register of Deeds.
- Reviews intake plats from surveys and new parcels for official certifications and pre-assignments of parcel identification numbers.
- Maintains real property ownership and property description.
- Researches titles and maintains up-to-date address information for county parcels.
- Prepares, maintains, and analyzes digital map layers of GIS land base features such as streets, buildings, hydrology, zoning, and city limits.
- Performs data quality control procedures and loading of spatial data into system.
- Performs activities in data transfer and translation.
- Designs and implements GIS maps based on user needs.
- Answers inquiries from the public.
- Helps support GIS users throughout the county and the public in using existing county GIS applications and tools.
- Completes special projects involving geographic data analysis and reconciliation of information from different sources.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
High school diploma or equivalent. Experience in GIS is preferred, but not required.
Licenses or Certifications :
Possession of a valid, State of North Carolina driver's license to operate a motor vehicle. Requirement exists at the time of hire and as a condition of continued employment. Must successfully complete Property Tax Listing and Assessing, and North Carolina Property Mappers Association Regular Mapper within twenty-four (24) months of employment. Employees in this position must complete continuing education credit hours as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Statement of Equal Employment Opportunity
Jackson County recognizes its continued success in meeting the needs of its citizens requires the full and active participation of talented and committed individuals, regardless of their gender, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or political affiliation. It is the policy of the County to foster, maintain, and promote equal opportunity by use of a systematic, consistent recruitment program, and to identify and attract the most qualified applicants for employment with the County. This policy is to be achieved by announcing all position vacancies, by evaluating all applicants using the same criteria, and by applying testing methods through the NC Career Works Office. Selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or sexual orientation.
Jackson County provides a robust offering of employee benefits including : employer paid medical and dental benefits, participation in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, paid leave (vacation, sick, and holiday), Employee Clinic, Wellness program, and supplemental benefit offerings. A full overview of benefits is available at
Salary : $41,508
