GIS Technician

About The Role

The Role

This is an exciting time to join the Gateley Hamer team as we look to recruit a GIS Technician to be based in our Guildford or Manchester office.

The focus of this role is to produce high quality plans in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and/or Computer Aided Design (CAD) as required. Support the GIS Team to meet company objectives for the production of the necessary documents in all aspects of Site Identification, Compulsory Purchase and Land Acquisition.

There will be opportunities to assist in the development of an integrated online GIS and land referencing database system, review existing workflows and make recommendations for improvements and assist in the development of new workflows, particularly in ArcGIS Pro

The Team

Gateley Hamer are a property consultancy which helps our clients to extract the most value from their development assets with specific expertise relating to CPOs, easements and wayleaves, infrastructure projects, land referencing and public inquiries.

Operating across the public and private sectors, we work with commercial and residential developers, planning professionals, local authorities and scheme promoters, providing expertise on complex, large-scale developments.

GIS plays an important role when it comes to understanding a site's needs; whether urban and rural, it helps inform essential planning decisions.

Our growing GIS team supports all areas of the business using industry-leading ArcGIS software within a bespoke property research system, tailoring data interpretation, visualisation and dissemination to individual client needs.

By combining smart analytics with powerful cartographic principles, we consistently undertake high-quality evidencing of land ownership boundaries for all types of referencing activities and offer greater geospatial insight for a range of ad-hoc and strategic projects

The Person

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• You must be a graduate with a degree in Geography (or similar) or have experience within the industry and have comprehensive experience of using ArcGIS software to be considered for the job role
• Developing and analysing spatial databases
• Maintaining our QA Procedures on all datasets and mapping outputs
• Knowledge of UK GIS datasets and open-source data
• An understanding of His Majesty's Land Registry (HMLR) title plans is required
• Assist in the development of efficient working practices and enhance the skills and knowledge within the team through innovation and sharing ideas
• Good communication skills, telephone manner and excellent teamwork and collaboration are required and to be highly motivated and conscientious. You will be working on projects on behalf of resident associations, land agents, local authorities, government departments and solicitors
• Must be willing to provide basic in-house GIS training and non-technical staff to provide an understanding of terminology and processes
• Experience of coding in Python and SQL is desirable
• Good problem-solving skills
• The ability to prioritise a busy workload with challenging deadlines, follow clear instructions to a tight time frame
• Ability to multitask, organise own workload and be able to work autonomously and meet deadlines
• Excellent time keeping, highly motivated and a good team worker and decision maker
• Work to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail in tasks such as data capture, have excellent PC skills, and be competent in Microsoft packages including Microsoft Word and Excel
• Confidence and capability in all forms of communication, the ability to communicate appropriately and respectfully with clients, third parties and all members of staff.
• Confidence in excel is desired
  
  
  

About Us

The benefits

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.

In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.

We are Gateley

We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion and well being

Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.