GIS MANAGER

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is seeking a highly motivated professional to serve as GIS Manager within the Planning & Research Division. The GIS Manager provides leadership and technical expertise in the management, integration, analysis, and application of geospatial data and enterprise GIS resources to support agency programs, projects, and decision-making in furtherance on CPRA’s mission., * Directs and oversees GIS Section personnel and CPRA’s enterprise GIS environment by establishing priorities, assigning work, managing workloads, and ensuring the timely delivery of accurate, reliable, and high-quality geospatial products, services, applications, and analytical solutions.

• Manages the CPRA Projects Geodatabase, ensuring accurate and reliable project data through quality control, standardized workflows, and coordination with agency staff to resolve data discrepancies.
• Manages GIS activities and geospatial data supporting CPRA land rights, infrastructure, planning and project mapping, delivering timely maps and spatial analyses to support agency decisions and operations.
• Reviews GIS deliverables for accuracy and compliance with CPRA standards and develops maps supporting the Annual Plan, agency leadership, public communications, and other initiatives.
• Maintains and updates oyster lease data from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), identifying CPRA-acquired leases and ensuring accurate geospatial information to support land rights, project planning, and operational activities.
• Provides GIS training, technical assistance, and mentoring to CPRA staff on GIS software, such as ArcGIS Pro, spatial analysis, data management, and cartographic techniques while promoting standardized workflows, data quality, and GIS best practices across the agency.

Seven years of experience in using geographic information systems (GIS), using digital mapping and/or surveying technology, or in aerial photography; OR Twelve semester hours in a computer science, GIS, or geospatial field plus six years of experience in using geographic information systems, using digital mapping and/or surveying technology, or in aerial photography; OR A bachelor’s degree with twelve semester hours in a computer science, GIS, or geospatial field plus five years of experience in using geographic information systems, using digital mapping and/or surveying technology, or in aerial photography. Job Specification The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran’s Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System