GIS Department Intern for qualified student
Published on May 01, 2025
GIS part-time (15-20 hours per week) paid internship is in-person only. Sorry no housing assistance or relocation assistance available. This is part-time and there is no hard timeframe for this position, start when you can. This is open to non-students, you do not have to be actively enrolled in any university or furthering education. You do not need to have a GIS certificate or degree but working towards GIS skills is highly desirable. You should be able to independently search for GIS information when a new skill is unknown.
The requirements are that you are aware of how to use GIS software, you have an interest in learning, and that you are technically able to operate and manage a computer without having to be shown basic operating in a Windows environment within a corporate network. You must operate under the County Information Technology rules and procedures, which you need to obey IT standards. The County uses ESRI ArcGIS Pro 3x, ArcGIS Enterprise 11.x, and ArcGIS Online and you should have some experience with these softwares.
We would like to provide an opportunity for the intern to engage in real-world GIS tasks allow them to apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios, thereby deepening their understanding and skill set. Additionally, the county would benefit from the fresh perspectives and innovative approaches that interns can bring to projects, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within the GIS department.
Some tasks are more involved, so the intern will focus on tasks they can learn and feel comfortable with, with our support and guidance. This could include editing data, creating Python code (in a Pro Notebook or standalone script), and assisting with content creation in an ArcGIS Online web map and web application. Here are some tasks we'd like the intern to work on, not necessarily in any formal order:
1. Editing County Road Centerlines for missing attributes (route id, address range, street name, etc.)
2. Quality Control and Quality Assurance with data - look for specific errors in recorded data.
3. Building ArcGIS Online application from existing data that is not normally geo-enabled; property tax values on agricultural lands, hot spot mapping of certain county building permits, health department non-HIPPA data.
4. Updating County data related from other sources (an AZ State Health Department dataset, AZ Department of Education, AZ Department of Water Resources, AZ Department of Environmental Quality, etc.).
5. Assist the Incorporated agency in road centerline attribute or geometry cleanup.
If you are chosen for the internship, you will be required to attend a 4-hour in-person HR orientation, you may be required to do an HR background check and be able to provide HR I9 verification documents. No application is required, email the gis team, Yavgis@yavapaiaz.gov, an email with your interest and what makes you qualified for this internship. Please identify that you understand this is temporary, part time and limited hours working in an office environment, working with a common space, and requires computer skills, willingness to learn, and must be able to understand basic GIS concepts.