GIS Professional

• Establish or transition GIS capability into a unit or team under the Planning Section within an Incident Command or emergency operations structure.
• Configure and manage GIS teams to support operational and planning objectives during response and recovery missions.
• Provide oversight and quality assurance for all GIS activities, ensuring data integrity and consistency across multiple GIS teams during expanding and complex incidents.
• Coordinate and manage the deployment of NIMS Type 1 GIS Analysts and other geospatial personnel to support mission-specific needs.
• Develop, maintain, and disseminate critical mapping products (e.g., situational maps, damage assessments, operational dashboards) to aid decision-making.
• Integrate GIS data from multiple sources to support planning, resource allocation, and operational tracking.
• Ensure compliance with established standards, protocols, and best practices in GIS data management and map production.
• Support data requests and provide technical guidance to field teams, planners, and leadership as needed.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work professionally, effectively, and efficiently in a team environment with various stakeholders.
• Must submit to and pass a drug test.
• Must submit to and pass a background check.
• Provide Form I-9 supporting documentation that proves your identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
• Functioned in this position during an operational incident, planned event, exercise, drill, or simulation within the past 3 years.
• Understanding of uses common location reference systems, including United States National Grid (USNG), latitude/longitude, and other appropriate location languages in support of disaster operations.
• Ability to acquire data for GIS software, including coordinating Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) for event imagery and other local data.
• Ability to acquire and evaluate different map types and data sources to understand limitations and present the most useful information.
• Knowledge to provide oversight, guidance, and direction for the use of predictive models such as Hazus Multi-Hazards, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), and Wildland Fire Behavior Modeling in producing maps, analysis, and reports for situational awareness and decision-making.
• Current knowledge and skills regarding the use and application of the latest GIS technology and certifications used in the industry.
• Experience in a management position in public safety, emergency management, or a GIS team, including familiarity with GIS industry-standard methods and processes to manage GIS resources and produce GIS products and services.
• Successful experience as a Type 1 GIS Analyst on a deployment, incident, or training exercise, including tabletops with previous experience.
• Completion of the following is preferred:

• IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System,
• ICS-100.IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200.
• ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents.
• IS-700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction.
• IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction.
• IS-922: Applications of GIS for Emergency ManagementIS-2900: National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview.
• E/L 0964: National Incident Management System Incident Command System All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader Course, or equivalent.
• E/G/L 0191: Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface.
• Successful completion of the National Qualification System (NQS) Position Task Book (PTB) for the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Geographic Information Systems Supervisor, or equivalent AHJ documentation.

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