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We’ll start off this week with the Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information (EISSI) Awards. The South Australian awards will be presented at a special ceremony this coming Friday in Adelaide; we’ll bring you news of the recipients next week. Nominations for the Queensland and Northern Territory awards have already closed, but if you’re in one of the other states it’s not too late to nominate yourself or someone else. The deadlines are as follows:
- New South Wales – 7 August
- Victoria – 14 August
- Tasmania – 14 August
- Western Australia – 4 September
You can find all the details about the awards and the nomination process on the EISSI website.
Organisers of the 2026 Pacific Islands GIS and Remote Sensing User Conference have put out a reminder for submission of presentation and workshop proposals. The event will be held in Suva, Fiji from 30 November to 4 December 2026, with this year’s theme being ‘Strengthening and expanding geospatial networks in the Pacific Islands’. Full details about the conference can be found here.
CubeSats have become one of the most useful tools in the Earth observation community’s toolbox, with many such innovative satellites testing new EO technologies or already serving as working remote sensing instruments. To a degree, they are the way of the future. If this is your kind of thing, then you might like to consider attending the CubeSatPlus 2026 conference at the University of NSW at the beginning of September. The event aims to bring together “the people driving Australia’s small satellite sector forward, engineers, researchers, mission operators, start-ups, students, and organisations turning ideas into working missions”.
In case you were wondering, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service has announced that a leap second will not be introduced at the end of December this year. Leap seconds can be added — or theoretically, even subtracted! — at the end of June or December in order to keep the world’s timekeeping systems in check. So, from 1 January 2017, 0:00h UTC, until further notice, UTC-International Atomic Time (TAI) = –37 seconds.
This week’s geospatial job vacancies
We have quite a few geospatial jobs to get through this week. These are ones that we’ve spotted on our journeys around the internet over just the past few days. As always, please note that some vacancies are filled quickly and their notices can sometimes be withdrawn before you get to click on the links below.
We’ll start off in NSW, where the National Parks & Wildlife Service has vacancies for Spatial Data Officers to join its Spatial Modernisation Project tasked with improving field tools, upgrading critical datasets, and building user-friendly web-based GIS apps used by over 2,000 staff across the state. Applications close on 9 August.
Transport For NSW has four positions going. The first is for a Manager Network & Geospatial Analysis, who will lead the delivery of high-quality geospatial analysis, GIS mapping, data-enabled services and performance reporting, while driving innovation in spatial analytics, data governance and enterprise geospatial capability. Applications close on 14 August.
The second vacancy is for a Senior Geospatial Specialist to join the Chief Data Office and become a trusted advisor, analytical leader and capability champion within the Enterprise Geospatial team, influencing how geospatial analysis is applied across planning, operations, infrastructure and service delivery. Applications close on 13 August.
The third opening is for a Geospatial Architect on a temporary basis for up to 24 months, to provide geospatial architecture advice and support to the Roads Asset Information Strategy Implementation project, and be responsible for architectural leadership, producing design documentation, participating in governance forums and driving best practices across geospatial delivery streams. Applications close on 10 August.
And the fourth vacancy is for a Network & Geospatial Analyst to work as part of a team delivering transport planning, network analytics and geospatial visualisation services that support evidence-based decision making across Transport for NSW. This includes developing maps and dashboards, analysing network and service performance, and contributing to strategic transport planning initiatives. Applications close on 14 August.
Moving on now to Sydney Trains, which is seeking a Registered Surveyor to deliver specialist railway projects and provide best practice survey advice and services to Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink to ensure the safety and reliability of clients’ assets throughout the asset lifecycle. Applications close on 11 August.
NSW Crown Lands and Public Spaces is looking for a Manager Survey Operations to play a pivotal role in leading professional survey services, influencing critical land use decisions and working with a diverse range of stakeholders including government agencies, industry professionals, communities and private sector partners. Applications close on 16 August.
The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has five remote sensing vacancies up for grabs. The first is a permanent opening for a Remote Sensing Scientist to join the Vegetation Monitoring and Reporting and Regulatory Mapping teams. This role involves supporting the statewide monitoring and reporting of woody vegetation change, delivering information that informs environmental regulation, government policy and evidence-based decision-making. Applications close on 16 August.
The other four roles are all temporary full-time Remote Sensing Scientist positions within the same Vegetation and Regulatory teams. The jobs will involve using satellite and aerial imagery, geospatial analysis and scientific methods to contribute to the development and maintenance of vegetation monitoring and regulatory mapping datasets, maps and reporting products. Applications close on 16 August.
Switching to Victoria, and the Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Officer, Geospatial and Data Analytics to play a critical role within Emergency Management Victoria. Duties will include supporting the production of mapping and other geospatial data products that may be required for decision support, planning and briefing the 24/7 Watch Desk and the State Response Controller/Watch Desk Lead, and supporting the production and delivery of high-quality and high-value predictive services, mapping and geospatial data products. Applications close on 16 August.
The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning has an opening for a GIS Specialist who will be responsible for creating, maintaining and delivering high-quality maps, spatial analysis and reporting products that support transport and planning initiatives across the department.
Also in Victoria, the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority has an opening for a GIS Transition Lead to provide technical leadership for the establishment of a governed, resilient and organisation-wide GIS capability through delivery of the Glenelg Hopkins CMA GIS Roadmap. The successful applicant will act as the GIS Platform Owner and Data Steward during initial implementation and will be responsible for developing standards, governance arrangements, data management systems, training programs and business processes that support the organisation’s transition to a QGIS-first environment. Applications close on 17 August.
And finally, across the ditch, LINZ is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join its Custom Applications team and work as part of a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART) process, helping to translate business needs and strategic objectives into well-defined, achievable outcomes. Applications close on 10 August.
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