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Samaritan's Purse is seeking a Geospatial Data Analyst to join our team in North Wilkesboro, NC. You can be a part of a highly professional North American Disaster Relief team. In this role, you will be responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of geospatial data for all areas of North American Disaster Relief (NADR), including the acquisition and preparation of data from various sources, both within and outside the ministry, and translation of key findings to leadership and other key stakeholders. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!
A day in the life of a Geospatial Data Analyst:
At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.
In the role of Geospatial Data Analyst, you will have the opportunity to:
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Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
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Analyze, interpret, and visualize geospatial data from numerous internal and external sources to support disaster response and recovery efforts, including damage assessments, response operations, and situational awareness in support of the ministrys common operating picture.
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Support the Operations Center, Volunteer Management System, Work Order Management system, and other teams and systems through the development and maintenance of maps, dashboards, applications, and processes related to managing response, volunteer, beneficiary, and partner data.
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Retrieve and transform data through Application Programming Interface (APIs) and integrations with new and existing applications, and through the use of Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) tools such as Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) and Knime.
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Offer informed and creative recommendations on how to use existing internal and external data for analysis, trend observation, and growth, and recommend acquisition of new data sources through internal or external partnerships to support the needs of the department.
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Develop and maintain documentation and training for NADR staff and volunteers on the use of maps, dashboards, and custom applications.
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Understand and be prepared to backfill for other roles on the NADR Information Technology & Data Systems team by developing familiarity with data visualization tools as well as general application support and project management processes.
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Provide on-call department technology support, to include after-hours and weekend support, on a rotating schedule.
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Stay current on the latest trends, technologies, tools, data, and analytics applicable to the work of NADR.
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Support teams across North American Disaster Relief and the broader ministry with special projects and assignments as needed.
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All other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications & Experience:
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Bachelors degree (strongly preferred) in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Computer Science, or closely related discipline and three (3) to five (5) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Thorough knowledge of Esri ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online and/or ArcGIS Enterprise Portal, Street Map, mobile GIS technology, GPS, enterprise databases, and/or their equivalents
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Ability to curate and document libraries of internal and external geospatial datasets and resources
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Ability to create, execute, and refine complex spatial analysis workflows
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Experience with Python and/or ArcGIS ModelBuilder (strongly preferred)
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Familiarity with and/or experience working within ArcGIS Enterprise environments (preferred)
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Experience with Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) software (preferred)
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Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies preferred, not required
Job Location: North Wilkesboro, NC
Type: Full-time
Language Requirement: Fluency in English
Benefits:
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Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
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Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
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Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
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Paid Family Medical Leave
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Term Life Insurance
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401(k) retirement savings plan
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10 paid holidays
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12 vacation/personal days
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10 sick days
Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)
- We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)
- We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16, 17, 18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)
- We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)
- We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
- We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)
- We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10
