Land Bank Vacancies
- Minimum qualification
- Bachelor's degree
- Closing date
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In brief
Overview This role is for a GIS Specialist at the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank), located at their Head Office in Woodmead, Gauteng. The Land Bank, established in 1912, is the country's only specialist agricultural bank, focused on providing financial services to commercial and emerging farmers to support land acquisition, equipment, asset improvement, and production credit. The core objective of the GIS Specialist is to manage and provide geo-spatial intelligence to Land Bank and Land Bank Insurance Company (LBIC), facilitating information dissemination and ensuring data sets are continually updated for stakeholders. The position is within the Agricultural Economics and Advisory Division, specifically the Agricultural Economics Unit, and is a Permanent role. What you will do The main purpose of this job is to create, acquire, integrate, store, manage, and provide geo-spatial intelligence to Land Bank and Land Bank Insurance Company (LBIC). You will facilitate information dissemination from the Land Bank Geo-databases to stakeholders, ensuring data sets are continually updated. You will also liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders to establish cooperation and coordination for effective GIS implementation. Key responsibilities include: * Coordinating and facilitating Geo-Spatial related Research, including analyzing user requirements, conducting research on existing GIS processes, analyzing data flows and models, and providing support in Land Bank and stakeholder GIS projects (e.g., prefeasibility data support, industry intelligence geo-space). * Developing and coordinating Geo-Spatial Intelligence for the Land Bank, which involves facilitating information dissemination from the Bank’s Geo-databases, building crop profiles for farms (including maps, risk reports, and comparative analysis), data dissemination, map production (with commodities, market, agricultural statistics), and spatial analysis. * Providing Geo-database information dissemination and support to stakeholders, ensuring their attribute databases are streamlined, sourcing and cataloging geographical data for agricultural potential research, managing and coordinating GIS availability, incorporating national, provincial, and local information, publishing accurate third-party datasets for online GIS services, performing reconciliation checks, and executing spatial data analysis for decision-making. * Ensuring database quality management and integration by continually updating Geo-databases, performing spatial data cleaning and verification, ensuring spatial data integrity, and overseeing database quality management and integration processes. Requirements (from the original advert) * **Preferred Minimum Education and Experience:** * 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 knowledge * 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 This role is ideal for a professional with a B Degree in GIS, Geomatics, or Geo informatics, coupled with experience in a supervisory capacity within an Information Management setting. The successful candidate should possess strong competencies in Microsoft Office, business acumen, cataloguing systems, database principles, and mapping techniques, alongside specific knowledge of the agricultural industry and data analysis for GIS applications. The role requires someone who is flexible and prepared to work extended hours and travel as necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of managing and disseminating geo-spatial intelligence for the Land Bank. Deadline 2026/10/23 Reference Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/land-bank-vacancies-6 Source: govpage
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