Serve as Director of the NH GRANIT program and assume responsibility for the maintenance and enhancement of the statewide GIS data clearinghouse, including management and oversight of a comprehensive spatial database, delivery of data products to state, regional, and federal agencies and the general public, and performance of spatial analyses to address state and regional resource management issues. In addition, the director will manage, and report on grants from federal, state and private sources; coordinate with state and regional agency partners to acquire, manage, and distribute data on their behalf; manage the internal development of selected GRANIT data sets; manage the development of web-based data distribution and mapping tools; represent GRANIT on state-level coordination committees (GIS Steering, Advisory, and Technical Committees); prepare and deliver reports, workshops, and technical presentations regarding GRANIT; and monitor budgets and formulate financial plans to assure the continued operation of the NH GRANIT clearinghouse.

Duties/Responsibilities

Project Management (40%)

• Manage the NH GRANIT web-based clearinghouse to deliver spatial data to the GIS constituency in the state and the region; coordinate with state and regional agency partners to maintain and update external components of the GRANIT database; manage the internal development of selected data components of the GRANIT database; manage the development of web-based mapping tools.

Project Coordination (20%)

• Coordinate with state and federal partners to define technical specifications and acquire data assets on behalf of the state of NH

Project Funding (20%)

• Identify financial opportunities; prepare project scopes, work statements, grants and other agreements

Project Overview (10%)

• Monitor budgets and formulate financial plans to assure the continued operation of the NH GRANIT clearinghouse.

• Hire, train, and supervise GRANIT staff (currently 2 full-time staff and hourly project staff)

Project Reporting (10%)

• Prepare and deliver reports, workshops, and technical presentations to audiences at the national, state, and regional level

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Master’s degree in appropriate academic discipline (GIS, geography, environmental science, engineering, computer science,  or related field)

• Five+ years’ professional experience including knowledge of and experience with geographic information systems

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work with representatives from multiple disciplines

• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences

• High-level language programming knowledge; ability to manipulate imagery as required; basic familiarity with system architecture

• Extensive experience with the NH GRANIT project

• Strong grant writing and proposal development capability

• Extensive experience with ArcGIS Experience Builder

• Extensive experience with ArcGIS Hub

• Extensive experience with ArcGIS Enterprise Portal

• Extensive experience with ArcGIS Online

• Strong working knowledge of VertiGIS Geocortex

• Strong working knowledge of VertiGIS Studio Web

• Working knowledge of Trimble eCognition software

• Strong working knowledge of image processing and the use of Landsat data

• Strong and demonstrated working relationship with the NH Department of Environmental Services, NH Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program, NH Department of Transportation, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs

Applicant Instructions

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• Contact Information for 3 Professional References

Applications that are missing any of the required items may not move forward for consideration.  Additional uploaded documents not requested in the position announcement will not be reviewed.

Please be advised that this position is supported by external sponsor funding. As such, continued employment in this role is contingent upon the availability of those external funds. If, for any reason, the sponsor funding is reduced or discontinued, employment may be subject to modification or termination in accordance with applicable policies and procedures. 

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range:

$63,250.00 - $113,160.00

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Durham