Information and Mapping Assistant 6 Month Contract
Edinburgh (Hybrid)
The Opportunity
This is a fast paced, exciting role supporting clients by producing a range of digital mapping services. Our plans are typically used to support transactions of land and property for registration in the land register, acquisition of land for road and rail schemes, infrastructure projects such as flood prevention works and identifying definitive ownership of areas of land. Communication with our customers is important as is producing high quality accurate plans services. We use ESRI GIS technology as our production system and output plans in a wide variety of soft and hard copy formats.
The role will include:
- Ensuring reports are completed accurately, in a timely manner and targeted levels are met.
- Creating, maintaining, and updating a range of digital datasets including plotting and data entry of attribute information and metadata.
- Mapping and visualisation of spatially referenced property ownership data.
- Assisting with map publishing, document production and scanning as required.
- Processing internal requests for information, publications, mapping etc.
- Preparing site, statutory and conveyancing plans as required.
- Extracting relative information from appropriate sources (may include site visits to sites across Scotland).
- Accessing Scotlis/digital mapping systems to view plans and read title sheets
- Dealing with telephone instructions from clients and other parties in a courteous and professional manner, ensuring that information taken is accurate.
About You
You will have good administrative, planning and organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise a varied workload. Experience of ESRI GIS products and database use and management would be a strong advantage.
You will also have/be:
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Extensive experience of providing outstanding customer service
• Proficient in Microsoft applications and use of internal and external databases
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to clearly communicate actions and priorities
• Ability to develop and sustain good working relationships with individuals and organisations (internal and external)
Top Skills
What We Do
Landmark Information, part of the Daily Mail General Trust, is the UK’s leading provider of land and property search information, including digital mapping, environmental risk reports and sophisticated property management tools to all property professionals such as Architects, Surveyors, Lenders, Environmental Consultants and Estate Agents. Giving access to the largest repository of professional mapping and data in the UK – including, small and large scale digital mapping and data, GIS, historical maps, aerial photography and site intelligence reports, together with high-quality environmental risk and planning information. our focus on quality data enables us to provide unrivalled expertise and solutions that create peace of mind for our customers. We work closely with industry leaders including Ordnance Survey, the Environment Agency, the Coal Authority and the British Geological Survey which enables Landmark to offer the most accurate data and information which has established Landmark as one of the largest geographical information databases in Europe.
