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We’ll start off this week in the usual fashion, with a bunch of job vacancies. Please note that, sometimes, even though the application deadlines can be some days or weeks away from the date when we publish this article, job postings are occasionally withdrawn early if positions are filled. So if a link no longer works, that’s probably the reason.

Anyway, first up is an opening at Victoria’s Department of Transport and Planning, where they’re looking for an Analyst in Land Supply and Development, who will use spatial information systems and non-spatial analysis tools to produce data sets, reports, and mapping in support of the Urban Development Program’s deliverables. A tertiary qualification in urban planning, spatial sciences or a related field is mandatory, while experience with GIS software and programming languages such as R or Python is desirable. Applications close on 20 February.

Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop Authority is looking for a Land Information & Survey Advisor to provide technical support for all activities relating to land identification, survey data, and related spatial and cadastral requirements for project delivery. Applications close 27 February.

Still in the same state, and Land Use Victoria is looking to appoint a Senior Manager, Surveying Services in the Service Delivery Operations section, to lead a team of licensed and technical surveyors delivering government land services. Applications close 1 March.

Queensland’s Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation is seeking a Senior Ranger to lead and supervise the Planning and Evaluation Team within South East Queensland Region. You need to be passionate about conservation and land management, and GIS skills would be a highly regarded string to your bow. Applications close tomorrow, 19 February.

Also in the Sunshine State, the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development is looking for a Spatial Systems Officer to support and enhance spatial applications across the department, and contribute to maintaining and improving spatial systems while supporting users and assisting with testing, documentation and enhancement activities. Applications close on 2 March.

In the Apple Isle, the University of Tasmania is seeking an AMIS Officer (Graphic) to support and contribute to maintaining accurate digital records and information systems forming the Asset Management Information System (AMIS). The role involves administration, maintenance, development, and integration of graphical information such as CAD plans, mapping and GIS. Applications close 25 February.

In Western Australia, the Public Transport Authority’s Information Management and Operational Systems division needs a Geospatial Information Lead to join the team to drive the Spatial WA ‘Infrastructure Projects and Assets’ use case. The role involves overseeing the development of geospatial standards, systems and governance, as well as providing strategic leadership. Applications close on 25 February.

And across the ditch in New Zealand, Stantec has an opening for a Principal GIS Analyst to join its water team and work on infrastructure projects and services. They’re looking for someone with eight years of experience and extensive background working with GIS platforms.

Are you finding these job postings useful? Do you have one to add to next week’s Spatial Snippets? Let us know.

Now on to other news.

And it’s sad news from the surveying world, with notification of the passing of Barbara Button, who served as CEO of the Association of Consulting Surveyors Australia in the 1990s. Under her leadership, Surveyors House was established in the Canberra suburb of Deakin, and she played a vital role in coordinating surveyors to monitor land movement at Thredbo during the successful recovery of Stuart Diver after the landslide. A memorial service was held on 12 February.

The federal Department of Education has opened applications for the latest round of the National Industry PhD Program, which “offers PhD candidates, industry and universities the opportunity to work together on industry-focused research projects that strengthen Australia’s research and innovation capability”. There are two streams, an Industry Linked PhD stream and an Industry Researcher PhD stream. Applications must be made by a university, and the closing date is 20 March.

Up north, and the Far North Queensland GIS Group, known as FunGIS, is celebrating its 35th birthday this year. This surely must be some kind of record in Australia? To mark the occasion, the Group’s upcoming conference (at the Cairns Hilton, 13 and 14 August 2026 ) will have a very appropriate theme of Past, Present and Future. They also have weekly breakfast coffee catch-ups on Wednesday mornings in the Cairns CBD. Please get in touch with them if you’d like to be involved.

Would you like to take part in testing a new virtual reality application for visualising 3D cadastres? Tori Murrant, Associate Professor Mohsen Kalantari and Dr Badal Pokharel, from UNSW’s Digital Twin and Land Tenure Engineering group, are looking for volunteers to take part in a study exploring how immersive technologies, such as virtual reality, can improve user comprehension of complex 3D cadastral information. It simply involves a 35-minute VR session (either at the uni or your workplace) and filling in a short questionnaire. Full details here.

The same UNSW group also has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Geospatial and Space Information Systems to work on the conceptualisation and prototyping of spatial data infrastructures and registries for space environments and objects.

Do you fancy yourself as an artist? The International Association of Geodesy is running its Geodesy Cartoon Competition again. The aim is to help people understand what geodesy is all about in an informative and entertaining manner. There’s up to 900€ and IAG membership on offer as prizes. The deadline is 22 March.

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