Working as a member of EDINA's Research and Geo-data Services team you will help to facilitate the operation of national online services by providing technical support. This will include spatial and non-spatial data loading, processing and QA, the maintenance and updating digital spatial and non-spatial data sets, derivation of new datasets and data entry of attribute information and metadata. You should have experience in using a range of GIS packages with specific expertise of ESRI ArcMap and/or MapInfo. Knowledge of the principles of GIS is expected and experience of GIS applications in a server environment would be advantageous. Practical experience will include handling and processing with a range of different data types, both spatial and non- spatial, including vector, raster and gazetteer data covering a range of different data formats. Experience with NTF, SHAPE, MIF/MID, CVS and TIFF are essential, knowledge of DXF and GML would be desirable. Specific experience in using Ordnance Survey digital map data and Census Geography Outputs would be highly advantageous. You should have a good degree in an appropriate discipline. Appointment is for 18 months in the first instance. An early start is preferred. Application details and further particulars can be found at: https://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm? fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3005413 To unsubscribe or modify your gis-jobs settings, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/gis-jobs