GIS Specialist

The incumbent in this position serves as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist and Real Property Manager for the main hospital campus as well as the outlying Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), located at the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides technical GIS expertise in support of Facility Management Service projects, initiatives, maintenance, and facility inventories;
• Serves as technical expert in the Zablocki VAMC regarding GIS and related technologies;
• Assesses and supports geographic information needs for hospital personnel, services, and end-user applications;
• Designs spatial data coverage and associated databases and recommends workflow to create and maintain spatial and tabular data. Acts as a major participant in developing and implementing standards;
• Performs spatial data administration support, and advanced spatial analysis for complex projects;
• Develops custom map projects for various groups of end-users, publishing GIS data layers to the Geoportal of Geospatial Business Intelligence Service Line (GeoBISL) environment, and user administration and training;
• Serves as Real Property Manager: Incumbent provides necessary GIS expertise as part of planning programs and initiatives, and coordination and consultation to outlying facilities to resolve specific facilities planning and land use development issues, lease management and community outreach activities;
• Prepares study reports/planning products containing methodology, findings, and recommendations with supporting justification and graphics (also develops, prepares, and presents oral briefings on the same);
• Designs spatial data coverage, GIS software tools, and associated databases, and recommends workflows to create and maintain spatial data in support if planning programs, master plans and initiatives;
• Collects, integrates, and analyzes GIS data for planning applications to include site selection, site approval, transportation plans, space management, master plan, capital improvements budgeting and design reviews;
• Utilizes GIS technology, formulates/validates a land use plan for installation and AOR in accordance with prudent land use compatibility by functional categories (clinical, administrative, EUL, etc.), resulting in an orderly development of the subject area;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.