Benefits

• Gain real-world professional work experience in the field of GIS while giving back to a community in need of your expertise
• Valuable networking opportunities
• Internship credit is available
• Although volunteers and interns are unpaid, letters of recommendation will be offered upon successful completion of a GIS assignment.

Duties

• Download, convert and upload GIS data available from internal and external sources to make them usable
• Perform GIS data quality control, including reviewing data for completeness and accuracy, identifying and correcting errors or omissions in the data
• Catalog and inventory GIS data, including metadata creation
• Work independently as well as in a team environment with other Public Works staff on inventory gathering, maintaining spatial data, and map creation of the city's infrastructure
• Gather data using ESRI Collector for ArcGIS

Ideal Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of geography as applied to concepts and principles of GIS, map projections, coordinate systems and cartographic designs
• Experience with ESRI ArcGIS, with the ability to collect and organize baseline data about the infrastructure in Greenbelt
• Can take initiative, problem solve, and work independently
• Can build positive interpersonal relationships, work effectively as part of a team
• Has strong verbal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with staff
• Has strong written communication skills, especially with developing reports
• Has own, or has access to, transportation to and from the City of Greenbelt Public Works

Interested?

Contact Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll, Environmental Coordinator, at kdriscoll@greenbeltmd.gov or (240) 542-2168.