Mission: Cultivating environmentally sound, economically viable, community-focused farms and food systems

Program overview:Pasa's Climate-Smart Farming and Marketing program will offer technical assistance and financial support for implementing regenerative and resilient practices on 2,000 working farms from Maine to South Carolina and on lands stewarded by Tribal Nations and Indigenous farmers in the same geographic region. By engaging farms in our Soil Health and Financial Benchmark Studies, we will monitor and measure the benefits from climate-smart practices and work to expand market opportunities for climate-smart commodities.

This program is supported by a Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number NR233A750004G025.

Position overview: Want to put your GIS experience to work making a positive impact on the environment? We're seeking an organized individual with a deep understanding of geospatial data formats to set up and maintain an ArcGIS database for our Climate-Smart Farming and Marketing program. The setup phase will be focused on the ways that geospatial information can be used at Pasa and tailoring the organization's ArcGIS account to best meet that need. This will include work at various spatial levels ranging from a single farm field to regional trends. A significant focus of this initial work will be to organize information gathered through the Climate-Smart Farming and Marketing program in a way that allows for the smooth functioning of data collection by field technicians. Once organized, this role will continue to maintain the data that is collected through the Climate-Smart program to ensure that data flows seamlessly from the field to various reports and digital tools. The GIS Database Management Specialist will report to the Climate-Smart Programs Director.

This is a primarily remote position with in-person workdays and 2-3 annual in-person staff

retreats. All employees are required to attend our annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference,

which takes place each February in Lancaster, PA. Employees are required to live in (or be willing to relocate to, within 3 months) Pennsylvania or within 150 miles of Harrisburg, unless they receive approval for Philadelphia or Pittsburgh to be their primary work location, in which case employees are required to live within an hour's drive from Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. If you have questions, please inquire. Employees must comply with Pasa's remote employee policies.

Responsibilities

• Identify and collect relevant data layers that inform Pasa's work
• Set up and document Pasa's organizational ArcGIS account to allow for multiple user types
• Train Technical Assistance Providers within Pasa and with partner organizations on data collection, troubleshooting, data security, and best practices
• With support from Technical Assistance Providers, oversee geospatial data collection from producers involved in the Climate-Smart program
• Ensure data validity, including occasional farm visits
• Maintain data security over all protected information
• Incorporate principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, and question assumptions about growers
• Structure data layers in a format that allows for easy access to relevant information in the field
• Assist in designing and running ArcGIS reports; collaborate on building systems to link GIS data to reporting dashboards, visualization tools, and other reporting mechanisms
• Ensure that field data collection runs smoothly and troubleshoot issues that may arise

Qualifications

• Possess a valid U.S. driver's license
• Bachelor's degree in GIS, data science, environmental science or related field
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying GIS technology to conduct spatial analysis, data manipulation, and geoprocessing tasks
• Knowledge of the principles and methods of GIS, map maintenance, geodatabase design, and quality control
• Understanding of geospatial data formats, databases, and data management best practices
• Ability to acquire, clean, organize and maintain geospatial datasets
• Ability to communicate effectively about complex technical concepts and information
• Passion for Pasa's mission
• Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice

Preferred qualifications

• Understanding of geospatial layers that impact agriculture and the environment
• Familiarity with environmental issues relating to agriculture
• Practical agriculture experience
• Familiarity with Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Drive etc.)
• Spanish-language proficiency