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This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).
This position has a term length of 1 year plus 1 day with the strong possibility of renewal, and offers a comprehensive benefits package.
Location - This position offers a flexible work arrangement, allowing for a combination of remote and/or in-office work based on work preferences. We welcome applicants from across Alberta. In the event that you need to work on-site, you may have the flexibility to attend either the Edmonton or Calgary offices based on your location and convenience. Preference will be discussed during the recruitment process.
Position Summary
The GIS Technician is a key member of ABMI’s longstanding Human Footprint team. Working in the ABMI’s Geospatial Centre, the Human Footprint team is tasked with monitoring the spatial and temporal shifts in land disturbance across Alberta, producing various deliverables such as the Human Footprint Inventory (HFI), the Enhanced Human Footprint Inventory for the Oil Sands Region, as well as HFI datasets for the 1980s, 1950s, and others. These high-quality, province-wide products track agriculture, energy, forestry, transportation, urban/industrial and human-created waterbodies in Alberta. We report both the total human footprint as well as disturbances separated into 20 sub-layers and 114 feature types. The Human Footprint data are used by many stakeholders from ENGOs to industry, and within ABMI to support core functions such as species modelling or habitat intactness reporting.
Working within the ABMI’s Geospatial Centre, the GIS Technician is responsible for documenting annual changes in land use practices in Alberta. The GIS Technician conducts photo interpretation, delineation, mapping of human footprint from satellite imagery and GIS data, editing of existing spatial data layers, and QA/QC. This role also involves organizing existing GIS layers to ensure the data can be effectively used for scientific analysis and reporting.
