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GIS Data Specialist - Ogden, UT



 Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis Program

Rocky Mountain Research Station

USDA Forest Service

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Issue Date: April 8, 2009

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

*Data Services Specialist (GIS)*

The USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station’s* *Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/), headquartered in Ogden, UT, anticipates filling the following permanent position:

Data Services Specialist (GIS), GS-301-11. This position is currently advertised in USAJOBS under announcement number ADS08-FSJOBS(GIS)-0056DP and ADS08-FSJOBS(GIS)-0056G.

This position serves as a GIS/Data Services Specialist with the Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, headquartered in Ogden, Utah, which conducts forest land resource inventories and forest health monitoring activities throughout the Interior West States including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. For more information about the Program, please visit our internet web site at www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/ <http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/>.

Duties of the position will include acquiring, storing and managing a number of spatial data layers; writing “canned” queries to be used by field, analysis, and/or techniques staff; providing GIS support to Field, Prefield, Information Management and other staff groups as needed; responding to data requests and working with the Spatial Data Services national group as needed; and performing advanced GIS operations such as collecting ownership data, providing stratification information and field logistics planning.

This position is being advertised under an Open Continuous Recruitment (OCR) vacancy announcement that can be found at www.usajobs.gov <http://www.usajobs.gov/> using the announcement numbers listed above. Those who wish to be considered for this position must apply using the Forest Service AVUE system before *April 27, 2009 *at which time the Referral List for this position will be issued to the selecting official*/./*/ / Applicants must include Ogden, Utah as a location for which they want to be considered. For additional information, contact Sharon Woudenberg by email at swoudenberg@xxxxxxxxxx

*Applicants must be U.S. citizens.*

*The main purpose in sending this announcement is to outreach to a variety of organizations in order to maximize the diversity of the pool of candidates. The USDA prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status.*

*This announcement is for your information. If you are an education institution, please post this on your Jobs Board. *

*Thank you for your interest in this position! *