Job Description

Tazewell County, Illinois is seeking an experienced, highly motivated and collaborative individual to serve as a GIS Technician/Legal Description Clerk.

Appointed by and under the direct supervision of the Supervisor of Assessments and their designee, this position creates, maintains, and edits multiple layers of information in the GIS database. This position is critical for accurate transfer information processes and accurate quantitative values in the Supervisor of Assessments Office. This is a full-time, union position with a salary range of $15.85 to $19.82 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Create new polygons on Geo-data base using ESRI software products and utilizing independent decision making.
• Edit, create, or maintain multiple layers of GIS information using ESRI software and using data from a variety of sources.
• Analyzes existing GIS layers.
• Correct errors in base layer maps when superseding legal documents when they call for changes.
• Perform time sensitive review of all recorded documents representing sales of Tazewell County properties.
• Assign PIN numbers to all parcels.
• Process all new subdivisions by dividing parcels into lots using GIS software and tools.
• Analyze GIS data to print specific map types for a variety of problem solving situations.
• Combine or split parcels when requested per deed.
• Contact attorneys and title companies concerning discipline flaws which conflict with GIS database.
• Create additional map projects per request.
• Quality control by reviewing GIS layers for accuracy.
• Perform other assigned tasks as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Two-Year College Degree or Technical School Degree in GIS from an accredited college or four (4) years equivalent combination of education and experience
• Certified in GIS
• Computer experience necessary

How to Apply

We do not sponsor foreign nationals for immigration purposes. Applications should not be submitted if an immigration sponsorship will be required either now or in the future. Only United States Permanent Residents or Citizens will be considered.

We offer an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, paid holidays, personal days, sick days, vacation, and retirement. If you are interested in this position, please submit a resume.

Tazewell County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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About Tazewell County:

Welcome to Tazewell County, the central Illinois community which combines city assets with the serene beauty and quiet countryside of rural living. It is located on the Illinois River adjacent to Peoria and part of the Peoria-Pekin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has an estimated population of 352,164. Tazewell County was established in 1827 and has a population of 135,394, according to 2010 U.S. Census data, encompassing 658 square miles of which 649 square miles is land and nine square miles is water.