**Position Title:** Assistant Director GIS / Demography, Facilities Planning (Pending Board Approval) **FLSA Status:** Exempt **Salary Grade, if non-union:** SG20 **Pay Grade, if union:** **Non-Union or Specific Collective Bargaining Agreement:** Non-Union **Our Mission:** The mission of Polk County Public Schools is to provide a high quality education for all students. To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The duties are intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed by the employee assigned to the position. This job description is not meant to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of this position. Other duties may be assigned which are not listed. Additionally, when duties and responsibilities of this job change, this job description will be reviewed and updated, subject to changes and business necessity. **Custom Job Purpose:** This position is primarily responsible for the oversight and technical support to the Geographic Information System (GIS), its users and operations along with developing and maintaining GIS databases. Maintaining software licenses and renewal, and installation of software at administrative level. Aids with the district-wide redistricting process including assembling and analyzing social, economic, student populations, and related planning data. **Essential Functions of this Job** The role involves troubleshooting GIS system issues and coordinating the maintenance, updating, and downloading of student addresses into the district's GIS system, including geocoding. It ensures updates from Polk County's E-911 department are properly uploaded and maintains the district's master addresses. The position utilizes geospatial data analysis, conversion, and data manipulation with the district's mapping software to produce various geographic maps, such as school attendance zones and facilities maps. It also involves monitoring, collecting, analyzing, and utilizing demographic data for proposed and existing tract developments, and communicating with other departments and public agencies regarding attendance zone boundaries. The role includes attending meetings outside normal work hours, assisting in short- and long-range student growth projections, mapping easements and utility lines on district property, and staying updated on new developments in ESRI's ArcGIS software. Additionally, the position serves as a district liaison to municipalities and other entities, collects and analyzes planning information, maintains files on subdivisions and zoning applications, assists in district growth management plans, provides assistance with special projects, and manages multiple ArcGIS dashboards related to capital improvement projects, concurrency and growth management, and damage assessment. **Non-Essential Functions of this Job** Performs other duties as assigned. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:** Good oral and written communication, decision making, critical thinking and organizational skills. Experience with a personal computer, software and internet research. Proficiency with GIS software programs, specifically ArcGIS. Ability to operate unsupervised with general direction. Skilled at maintaining a working relationship with school personnel, architects, engineers, contractors and other governmental agencies. Ability to work independently to carry out assigned tasks. Ability to perform duties with a professional work ethic. Able to maintain confidentiality. **Education, Experience and/or Certification/License Requirements** Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with coursework in Geography, Economics, Urban Planning, Computer Science. **Work Context:** Requires some sitting and standing, walking and moving about to coordinate work. Requires outside data collection. Requires coordinating or leading others in accomplishing work activities. Requires face-to-face discussions and contact with individuals and/or teams. Requires the use of alternative communication systems, such as electronic mail, cell phones and computers. Requires coordination of work tasks to establish priorities, set goals and meet deadlines. Requires making decisions that affect other people, the financial resources and/or the image and reputation of the district. Opportunity to make decisions without supervision. Responsible for work outcomes and results. Requires work with both internal and external contacts and with the public. **Physical Environment:** Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions and outdoors. Requires sitting for the majority of the day and the ability to lift, carry, move and/or position objects infrequently weighing up to 20 pounds. **Local Code:** 10555 **EEO5:** 6 The School Board of Polk County, Florida, prohibits any and all forms of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, homelessness, or disability or other basis prohibited by law in any of its programs, services, activities or employment.