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GIS Lab Administrator at La Selva Biological Station
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Location Costa Rica - America South
Town/City La Selva Biological Station
Salary Range Dependent on Experience
Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level First Level
Deadline 15/12/2008
Company Name Organisation for Tropical Studies
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The Organization for Tropical Studies, a non-profit international consortium of 64 universities and other scientific institutions from seven countries and four continents seeks a self-motivated outgoing person to manage the GIS Laboratory at the La Selva Biological Station, an internationally recognized center for tropical rainforest research and education located in Costa Rica. The GIS laboratory maintains Windows XP-based work stations running ArcGIS, ArcView, Erdas Imagine, and ENVI, as well as peripheral equipment including printers, plotter, and a GPS base station.

The GIS Laboratory Administrator is charged with actively promoting the use of GIS among the several hundred visiting scientists and 3,000 students and faculty who visit the station annually. The ability and desire to interact with a broad range of potential GIS Lab users, most of them untrained in GIS, is a basic requirement for this position. The GIS Laboratory Administrator is also responsible for continually upgrading and documenting spatial databases, as well as conducting day to day systems administration within the GIS Lab. The GIS Lab is actively engaged in using experimental and conventional remote sensing technology to generate new regional and local spatial data layers for the research community. The GIS Administrator's duties are divided roughly equally among coverage maintenance, station user support, and system administration. The GIS Administrator serves as a mentor to selected undergraduate students from Costa Rican universities. The position is based in Costa Rica.

Successful applicants for the GIS Laboratory Administrator position should have the following qualifications:

  • MS or BS in Geography or field in Biological Sciences with emphasis in GIS/Remote Sensing, ideally in a natural resources context.
  • Knowledge of ArcGIS Desktop, Workstation and ArcView. AML, Visual Basic, or Python programming experience desirable.
  • Previous experience in similar positions (GIS Lab Administrator)
  • Experience with internet map server development (ArcIMS) and/or ArcGis Server.
  • Experience in mapping vegetation with common remote sensing techniques.
  • Experience with Erdas Imagine, ENVI or other remote sensing applications. IDL programming experience is desirable.
  • Knowledge of metadata generation, database management, and general GIS systems management.
  • Familiarity with Windows XP operating systems and capacity to perform some routine system administration and maintenance tasks. Experience with UNIX server operation and hardware maintenance is a plus.
  • Familiarity with GPS field measurements and post-processing differential corrections.
  • Willingness to conduct fieldwork in a rainforest environment or adjacent agricultural landscape.
  • Strong writing skills.
  • English fluency mandatory (60-70% of daily business conducted in English). Fluency in Spanish highly desirable. Conversational Spanish or strong motivation to learn essential.
  • Highly organized with ability to multi-task

Application deadline: November 15th, 2008

To apply: Submit résumé or CV with cover letter, a list of labor references and Salary Expectation. Electronic applications are preferred and may be submitted

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