Organization: National Park Service
Position Type: Full-Time, Temporary
Location: Anchorage, Alaska and Remote Oppportunities
Closing Date: 08/04/2024
Online Job Announcement
Click on the link for GIS Internship for Alaska Regional Office for the local opportunity. This is the information listed below, though there are many other internships in other parks and offices across NPS.
The NPS Alaska Region GIS Team provides geospatial support services to Alaska parks and programs with the goal of developing, maintaining, and supporting park-based GIS efforts. Our program integrates service-wide supported technology, staff expertise, and information products to facilitate spatial data creation, management, and dissemination, GIS cartographic products, GIS toolset development, and geospatial training and support.
We are seeking a GIS Intern to work directly with our staff in Anchorage, AK and provide data management support to our program. The GIS Intern will focus on Alaska Region Enterprise GIS implementation and Permanent Data Set (PDS) maintenance with added opportunities to develop products, toolsets, and/or guidance documentation under other GIS projects. By the end of this internship, the incumbent can expect to have increased proficiency levels for the following NPS GIS Competencies: Coordination and Communication, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Technology Application, Information Quality Assurance, and Data Management and Metadata. The duty station would normally be at the Alaska Regional Office in Anchorage, AK. However, the work location may include an option for remote telework with occasional travel to Alaska. Up to 4 positions will be filled from this announcement.
Please visit the link above for more information or contact Angie Southwould.