GIS Coordinator

The role involves conducting planning and surveillance activities related to the measurement and visualization of communicable diseases, health conditions, health resources/accessibility, and public health preparedness activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Regularly engage with stakeholders and partners at the GIO, other agencies, state/local health departments, private sector, etc.
• Manage GIS team project work deliverables and deadlines through the use of project management skills (communication, organization, metric tracking, etc.)
• Serve as team leader/point of contact for the Public Health Geographics team under the Data Products program in the Office of Data & Analytics
• Utilize data governance best practices, especially those related to GIS products
• Familiarity with how to utilize GeoAI (or ability to learn the skill)Provide geostatistical analysis, measurements or reports related to communicable disease surveillance, outbreaks, disasters and public health preparedness activities.
• Create and maintain visualizations of data and statistical results.
• Create and maintain accurate geospatial datasets.
• Develop and maintain workflows that integrate datasets and automate analytical methods.
• Develop web-based applications utilizing both configurable services and customized development.
• Utilize appropriate geographic information system software and other statistical packages.
• Provide recommendations to supervisors and developers regarding data workflow methodology.
• Assist the IDOH DOC when activated with logistical support.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Knowledge of geospatial concepts - Required - 2 Years
• Knowledge of appropriate cartographic designs and solutions - Required - 2 Years
• Work in ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software - Required - 2 Years
• Work in ESRI ArcGIS Software as a Service platform and configurable applications - Required - 2 Years
• Work with Python, ArcGIS API for Python, ArcPy, and other data science packages including web automation and scraping capabilities - Required - 2 Years
• Work with JavaScript and ArcGIS JavaScript API - Required - 2 Years
• Knowledge of SQL within Oracle and SQL Server platforms - Required - 2 Years
• Managerial/supervisory experience within a health-related field, data/technology-related field, or in another comparable field - Required - 4 Years
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and partners at the GIO, other agencies, state/local health departments, private sector, etc. - Required - 2 Years
• Project management skills (communication, organization, metric tracking) - Required - 2 Years
• Experience with data governance best practices (GIS-specific data governance) - Required - 2 Years
• Experience with GeoAI - Nice to have - 1 Year