Position: GIS Manager
Location: Charlottesville, VA (2 days may be remote, 3 days in office)
Start Date: December 2025
Compensation: $90,000 – $93,000 plus benefits
About: Founded in 2006, the national, nonprofit Green Infrastructure Center Inc. is a leading designer of landscape conservation modeling and planning strategies for healthy landscapes that are green, clean, and accessible. GIC’s staff of 23 people includes natural resource managers, foresters, biologists, planners, landscape architects, and GIS analysts.
Green Infrastructure includes intact forests, urban tree canopy, wetlands, springs, parks and rivers and agricultural soils that provide clean water, air quality, wildlife habitat, recreation, and food. The GIC’s mission is to help communities realize that nature is also “green infrastructure” to address climate change, urban heat islands, improved public health, and increased social and economic equity. GIC’s clients include federal, regional, state, and local government agencies, land trusts, and conservation groups. GIC is dedicated to growing the practice of green infrastructure planning and shares knowledge through workshops, courses, webinars, and publications.
Position Summary: This position is an exceptional opportunity for a GIS manager with an advanced skillset and people management skills to manage a team and take them to the next level in skill development. It entails a high amount of direct experience with all aspects of geospatial analysis around Green Infrastructure and the benefits it provides. GIC’s methods and tools are rapidly evolving, and this role will involve documenting that development while collaborating with a team to evolve efficient, repeatable, and scalable processes that serve a broad client base.
The GIS Manager will supervise the 4-person GIS team, working on land cover mapping and conservation modeling. Technical qualifications include proficiency in the ArcGIS Pro Model Builder, python scripting, advanced spatial analysis, ArcGIS Online administration, and experience constructing advanced queries, documenting methodology, and performing QA/QC on data products. They will also be required to develop models, based on GIC’s existing and forthcoming conservation planning tools, to predict high-value conservation and restoration opportunities, assess climate resiliency, and support future forecasting.
Management Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of management experience required for teams larger than two persons.
- Minimum 5 years of project management experience with projects that have encompassed multiple fiscal years.
- As team manager:
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- Team Leadership: The manager will build team cohesion and support GIS team members with task prioritization and time management.
- Data Production: The manager will supervise the GIS team mapping cities, counties and regions using remote sensing analysis and high-resolution imagery.
- Analysis: The manager will review GIS Analysts’ work and recommend improvements, new methods for analysis and ensure high quality work is produced using GIC’s models and processes to map and model standard spatial and ecosystem service measures and projections. The GIS manager will also look for opportunities to further automate workflows and standardize products.
- Data Representation: Oversee and improve existing templates for reporting outputs, including poster maps, report maps, PowerPoint maps, charts and tables and all spatial and tabular information GIC produces. Position will be expected to help develop new and innovative ways to represent
Computer Mapping and Design Skills: This position requires advanced geospatial skills. In order to supervise analysts, the manager should themselves be proficient in remote sensing, ArcGIS Pro (specifically Model Builder and python tools) and ArcGIS Online/Apps. Graphic representation is a large portion of this position’s responsibilities requiring the ability to create aesthetically pleasing and concise visuals for large amounts of data. This will include tables & charts, online applications, as well as other cartographic products. Specifically, the Manager must be able to:
- Manage and manipulate large datasets including both raster and vector data formats (e.g., statewide habitat cores, national datasets including hydrology, transportation, census, etc.)
- Configure and manage hardware/software needs in the office such as: ArcGIS license management and plotter maintenance. Coordinate data storage and security protocols.
- Create interactive web maps, story maps, poster maps, and publication maps to communicate geospatial concepts and collect
- Collaborate with natural resource planners to meet project needs and also supervise the GIS team to meet deadlines and project goals within budget and hour constraints. This requires tracking and managing scopes and deliverables for 20 or more projects.
Required Degrees: Bachelor or master’s degree in Geography or in Planning, Horticulture, Forestry or Natural Resources Management as long as there is a high level of GIS knowledge and demonstrated experience. Two to five years of experience working for an environmental or natural resources agency or organization is preferred.
Required Citizenship: Must be a current U.S. citizen or Green Card holder. No temporary or student visas can be considered.
Logistical: This role is located ON-SITE in Charlottesville, VA and a hybrid schedule is available for working remotely 2 days of a 5-day workweek.
Compensation: Based on skills and experience range is $90,000 to $93,000. Medical, Dental and Vision insurance available upon starting employment, time off per month is 16 hours sick and vacation combined plus six federal holidays. Participation in retirement plan following one year of employment with employer matching contributions up to 3% of employee’s salary. Flex hours within the week or month are allowed to facilitate time for family life. If relocating from outside Virginia, a relocation stipend may be provided to cover some moving expenses.
Supervisor: This position reports to the GIC’s Executive Director and Director of Forest Conservation.
Start Date: This position is intended to begin in December 2025 and is full-time for 12 months. Continued employment is contingent on GIC’s obtaining future funding.
To Apply (no calls): send a resume, work samples (can be a link to online portfolio), and cover letter indicating willingness to relocate to Charlottesville VA and ability to begin work no later than January 2026. Send materials to: Only qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview. Due to the anticipated volume of applications, GIC is not able to respond to applicants not selected to interview.
Green Infrastructure Center Inc., 414 E. Water Street, Charlottesville VA, 22902