GIS Specialist - Head Office

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Overview This role is for a GIS Specialist - Head Office at Land Bank Careers. The primary purpose of the position is to create, acquire, integrate, store, manage, and provide geo-spatial intelligence to Land Bank and Land Bank Insurance Company (LBIC). The specialist will also facilitate information dissemination from the Land Bank Geo-databases to stakeholders, ensuring data sets are continually updated, and liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders to establish cooperation and coordination for effective GIS implementation. What you will do * Create, acquire, integrate, store, manage, and provide geo-spatial intelligence to Land Bank and Land Bank Insurance Company LBIC. * Facilitate information dissemination from the Land Bank Geo-databases to stakeholders, ensuring data sets are continually updated. * Liaise with relevant stakeholders, both internally and externally, to establish cooperation and coordination in support of effective GIS implementation. * Coordinate and facilitate Geo-Spatial related research, including analysis of user requirements, observation of existing GIS processes, and analysis of data flows and models. * Provide support in Land Bank and stakeholder GIS projects, including prefeasibility data support and industry intelligence geo-space. * Develop and coordinate Geo-Spatial Intelligence for the Land Bank. * Coordinate and facilitate information dissemination from the Bank’s Geo-databases by internal stakeholders. * Build crop profiles for each farm, including farm maps, summary land use capability of the farm, risk report tools, and placing the farm in relation to where Land Bank has other application comparability. * Ensure reports are compiled, data is disseminated, and maps are produced with different commodities, market, and agricultural statistics; perform spatial analysis. * Provide Geo-database information dissemination and support to stakeholders, ensuring stakeholder attribute databases are streamlined to add value to their respective projects and geographical data is sourced and catalogued to enable research on agricultural potential. * Manage and coordinate GIS to ensure continuous availability. * Source information at national, provincial, and local levels and incorporate it into the GIS information pyramid. * Ensure publishing of accurate, relevant, and up-to-date third-party datasets in support of online GIS services. * Perform regular reconciliation checks between the property and spatial data inventories. * Execute spatial data analysis to support organisational decision-making. * Ensure database quality management and integration by continually updating the Bank’s Geo-databases, performing spatial data cleaning and verification, and ensuring the integrity of spatial data. Requirements (from the original advert) * B Degree GIS related / B Degree in Geomatics and Geo informatics * Experience in a supervisory role within an Information Management environment * Critical Competencies: * Microsoft Office * Business Acumen * Cataloguing Systems * Database Principles * Agricultural Industry * Research skills * Mapping Techniques * Data Analysis in relation to GIS application * Additional Requirements: * Extended hours as and when required. * Travel as and when required. Who should apply The ideal candidate should possess a B Degree in a GIS-related field, Geomatics, or Geo informatics, combined with experience in a supervisory role within an Information Management environment. They must demonstrate critical competencies in Microsoft Office, business acumen, cataloguing systems, database principles, and a strong understanding of the agricultural industry. Essential skills include research, mapping techniques, and data analysis specifically in relation to GIS applications. The role also requires flexibility to work extended hours and travel as needed. Deadline 23rd October, 2026 Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/gis-specialist-head-office-land-bank-careers Source: myjobmag

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