Position Summary:

The City of Portland is looking for a GIS professional to help us grow the urban forest for all Portlanders! This position will lead the GIS program at Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry, supporting growing programs through the coordination of multiple projects and providing direction to other GIS staff. The GIS team at Urban Forestry maintains relational databases, develops tools and reports, conducts spatial analysis, and ensures data integrity, capturing and supporting the work of over 75 staff. Creativity, high-level technical skills, a commitment to customer and public service, and a strong project management background will be important to success in this position.

This recruitment may also be used to fill future vacancies in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Portland Permitting and Development, and others across the City.

As a GIS Technician, you will:

• Coordinate and provide lead work direction for two GIS staff, providing guidance and mentorship while ensuring efficient project delivery
• Create, manage, and execute annual team workplans and lead team and project meetings
• Coordinate with Urban Forestry project managers to scope projects, define requirements, and develop GIS solutions
• Serve as liaison with GIS stakeholders in other work units, bureaus, and organizations in the development and maintenance of GIS data to share information and coordinate projects
• Support the administration of our GIS-based tree asset management system through cross-department team collaboration
• Manage data integrations, document and centralize data standards to ensure data quality across multiple platforms as the lead data steward for Urban Forestry
• Provide analysis, mapping, and other support for reporting on outcomes related to tree planting, tree care, and environmental equity
• Design, implement, and maintain databases and execute database queries in ArcPro, SQL, Python, or other languages
• Design and produce public-facing and internal web maps, Experiences, and dashboards in the ESRI environment
• Design and manage data automation models for analysis and reports with ESRI’s model builder, Python, or other BI tools
• Train users on web and mobile GIS tools, troubleshoot, and help resolve technical problems

STEP 1: Apply online between December 15, 2025 and January 5, 2026

Required Application Materials:

• Résumé
  • Note: Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules.
  • Answers to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)

Optional Application Materials:

• Veteran’s Preference documents (e.g., DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter) must be submitted by the closing date.
• Update: As of March 3, 2025, if you have already submitted veteran documents and qualified for preference, you do not need to resubmit them for future recruitments.
• To update or remove veteran preference for this recruitment or from your profile, contact the recruiter listed in the job announcement.

Application Tips:

• Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflect your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
• Your résumé should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
• Do not attach any additional documents. Do not attach a cover letter; it will not be reviewed.
• All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process by the closing date and time.
• E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.
• You can use AI tools to assist with your job application, but please make sure to personalize your responses to supplemental questions. Avoid copying and pasting. We encourage using AI to generate ideas and then tailor them to reflect your own experiences and skills.

Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of January 5, 2026

• An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their résumé and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.

• Your résumé and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
• You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you would like to review and discuss your evaluation results. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
• Additional evaluation may be required prior to the establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.

Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: Week of January 12, 2026

• Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.

Step 4: Selection (Interview): Early February 2026

• The hiring bureau will review and select candidates for an interview

Step 5: Offer of Employment: Late February 2026

• Some positions will require those offered employment to complete and sign a criminal background statement before being considered for employment.

Step 6: Start Date: March 2026

• A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.

*Timeline is approximate and subject to change.