GIS Manager position available
HVA seeks a skilled and motivated Geographic Informations Systems (GIS) professional with strong geospatial analytical skills and a natural resources background for the part-time (28-hour) position of GIS manager with a competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Position Description.  The GIS Manager is responsible for the strategic leadership and day-to-day implementation of GIS technology and services at HVA. He or she shall collaborate with key staff to identify and implement GIS solutions to geospatially-related problems. He or she shall maintain and enhance a GIS database related to natural resource conservation and land-use planning throughout the three-state Housatonic Watershed in Conn., Mass. and N.Y., with particular emphasis on the towns within Northwest Connecticut that are part of the Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative that is sponsored and administered by HVA.  

He or she shall also provide high quality GIS maps and data and related services on a fee-for-service basis to strategic conservation partners, such as local municipalities, councils of elected officials, and conservation non-profits. The GIS Manager works closely with HVA colleagues and reports to the Executive Director.

Qualifications:   The successful candidate shall have a passion for land and water conservation. He or she shall be a solution-oriented problem solver comfortable working in interdisciplinary teams with diverse stakeholders and with limited supervision. He or she shall possess a minimum of one-year professional experience in geospatial analysis with an advanced degree, or four-years experience with a Bachelor’s degree related to geography, geographic information systems, remote sensing, or a physical/biological/environmental discipline with a strong emphasis in geospatial analysis and modeling.

He or she shall have a strong background in the use of the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop Suite (9x) and all associated data types (vector, raster). He or she shall have demonstrated experience creating custom hardcopy and digital cartographic products. He or she shall have demonstrated experience with GIS applications for natural resource inventory, multi-criteria analysis, and familiarity with viewshed and impervious surface analysis. He or she shall be well organized, focused, and familiar with naming conventions and file storage. Familiarity with GIS data sources for Conn., Mass. and N.Y. preferred.

HVA has been dedicated since 1941 to the health and vitality of the Housatonic River, a nationally recognized, 1,245,000 acre watershed located in western Connecticut and Massachusetts and portions of eastern New York. GIS is an HVA core competency. It is essential to the work we and our partners undertake to set conservation priorities, conserve the natural character and environmental health of our communities, and protect and restore the lands and waters of the Housatonic Watershed for this and future generations.