Your New Opportunity
We have a unique opportunity for a full-time GIS or Senior GIS Consultant to join our team of GIS professionals committed to driving digital transformation and advancing our geospatial capabilities. If successful, you will be joining a diverse multi-disciplinary firm with offices across Scotland and Northern England, specialising in property sales and lettings, and the rural, energy, forestry and commercial sectors.
Our GIS Team delivers innovative geospatial solutions that support both clients and internal Business Streams through spatial analysis, mapping, web GIS and enterprise data management.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
Maintaining and operating a suite of GIS applications used internally and with client projects, and support the firm’s GIS user group, applying your expertise to improve project delivery.
Producing high-quality cartographic products, technical plans, and mapping outputs for a diverse range of client and internal projects.
Providing GIS technical advice to client and internal teams.
Developing new workflows and designing innovative solutions, helping clients unlock efficiencies across programmes, visualise and interpret complex data, and make data-informed decisions.
Identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement, proactively developing solutions that enhance service delivery and client outcomes.
This list is not exhaustive, so please get in touch by emailing
[email protected] to request a full job description.
Work Pattern
The role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis, Monday – Thursday 9am-5.30pm & Friday 9am-5pm, a total of 37hrs per week. The role's office base is Edinburgh and hybrid working will be offered following an initial training period. Further details of this will be discussed at interview.
To be Successful
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 4 years’ experience and for those looking to apply at the more Senior level, you will have experience in having responsibility for leading complex technical workstreams and mentoring colleagues.
You will have proven experience in providing GIS support to multi-discipline, client focused, project environments. Relevant industry experience is preferred, although not essential. You will have advanced knowledge of ArcGIS Pro (3.5 or later) and/or QGIS (3.4 or later), experience in spatial database design and management with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle databases, proven ability to publish, manage, and administer web feature and web map services using a GIS server (Esri ArcGIS Online, GeoServer, or equivalent), practical experience using FME (Form and Flow) for data integration and automation, and working knowledge of ArcGIS Online, including Field Maps and Survey123.
The successful candidate will also have strong digital cartography skills, with experience in producing high-quality maps, plans, reports, and visualisations to professional standard, and demonstrable experience analysing spatial data to answer questions and inform decision making.
Collaboration, trust, and knowledge sharing are central to the success of our GIS team. Your technical expertise, problem-solving ability, and communication skills will be instrumental in supporting technical governance, mentoring colleagues, promoting best practice, and contributing to the team's ongoing growth and development.
What We Offer
At Galbraith, we are committed to supporting the ongoing growth of our teams, and by keeping our people at the forefront of our firm ethos. A key part of joining Galbraith is that you buy into our key values and support our multi-disciplinary approach. As such we offer a competitive salary and benefits & perks package including:
Enhanced annual leave
Company pension
Access to a training budget
Private medical insurance
Life insurance
Enhanced family leave
Employee Assistant Programme (EAP)
Perkbox
Employee referral scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Tusker car scheme
Option to purchase additional annual leave
Firm wide events
Employees also have access to an annual paid volunteering day and charity match funding opportunities.
Galbraith is committed to supporting your professional development and long-term career progression. The role offers access to a wide range of learning opportunities, professional networking, industry events, and structured career development pathways, enabling you to continually expand your skills and achieve your professional ambitions.
The salary offered for the role is £35k-£42k depending on experience.
To apply, please submit your CV via Linkedin and covering letter to
[email protected]
indicating why you would be suitable for this role.