Starting salary: £34,721 per year (with a £4,000 Personal Development Allowance after successful completion of 9 months' service)
Contract type: Permanent
Grade: Grade 3
Location: Longmore House, Edinburgh (with hybrid working)
Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 35 hours per week
Interviews: To be held in person at Longmore House, Edinburgh on Week Commencing 1 st October
We're looking for a proactive GIS professional to support and develop enterprise mapping services, spatial datasets, and cloud-based GIS technologies. You'll play a key role in delivering high-quality GIS services while contributing to exciting digital transformation initiatives across Historic Environment Scotland.
Benefits of joining us at Historic Environment Scotland
- Enrolment onto a Civil Service Pension scheme – 28% employer contribution
- 25 days annual leave, pro-rata (increasing to 30 days after 3 years) + 11.5 public holidays
- Reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
- Support for further education and personal development
- Study leave for work related courses
- Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
- Free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
- Free entry to English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties
Key Responsibilities of this role
The GIS Service Technician will support the operation and development of HES GIS services, applications, and spatial datasets. Key responsibilities include maintaining GIS web services and data pipelines, assisting with incidents and service requests, supporting system upgrades and licensing, and working with colleagues across GIS, Oracle, infrastructure, and web development teams to deliver reliable and effective GIS solutions for both internal and public-facing services.
Key Requirements of the role:
In order for you to be successful in this post, we will be looking for you to submit a cover letter which addresses how you can meet each of the essential and desirable criteria (in up to 1,200 words), using examples of where you have demonstrated these criteria previously. Please ensure that you provide real life examples for each of the criteria to be considered for this post. You can use examples of how you have met this criteria from your work life, home life, education or volunteer experience.
Essential:
Knowledge of working with GIS within a spatial database environment, including ETL processes.
Proficiency in Excel for data analysis and transformation.
Experience in managing GIS servers and data pipelines.
Excellent communication skills, able to convey technical information in a non-technical way.
Python scripting specifically Arcpcy and geoprocessing tools
Proven ability to continuously develop and enhance GIS applications
Experience in working with cross-functional teams and coordinating with various departments
We are dedicated to building a workforce which is reflective of diversity within Scotland. We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or neurodiversity. In support of our Gaelic Language Plan, we welcome applications from Gaelic speakers.
We want every candidate to have the best chance to succeed during the recruitment process. If you require your application in an alternative format, please reach out to us via email at [email protected] or call our Head Office at 0131 668 8600 and speak to a member of our People Team.
Please note that, at this time, we are unfortunately unable to provide sponsorship as part of the recruitment process, therefore you must have current right to work in the UK to be considered for a post.
