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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$30.865

Job Posting:

JR2025-00015880 Geographic Information Systems Informatician I - Public Health (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

05-09-2025

Job Description:

In this role, you'll work closely with our team, gaining hands-on experience while supporting system analysis, business workflows, and technical assistance. You'll play a valuable part in writing and reporting for grant applications, as well as conducting essential informatician tasks. We're excited to have you help with system training and lend your support to the project management team whenever needed!

 

• The assignee will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing systems and databases to access and store geospatial data.
• Perform data analysis utilizing mapping software conforming to standardized best practices.
• Design digital maps using geospatial data modeling and analyze spatial and non-spatial information.
• Administer and troubleshoot applications and GIS solutions.
• Analyze spatial data to discover patterns and trends through mapping software and design digital maps with geographic data and various other data sets. Manage a digital library of geographic maps and meta data in various file types.
• Create “shapefiles” to merge topographical data with external data by layering external data over a topographical map.
• Coordinate the development of web-based GIS applications, datasets, maps, and perform tasks such as geocoding addresses within various databases.

 

Requirements//Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 4 years of experience working in data analysis, statistics, & interpretation of data in a health subject area OR Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 2 years of experience. Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

 

Preferred Qualifications: Above plus Degree in Geography.

 

 

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

 

 

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

 

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