Geospatial Technician

The Crown Estate; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension

Performance bonus

Private healthcare

Life and critical illness cover

28 days holiday (option to buy more)

Job summary

The Crown Estate is seeking a Geospatial Technician to support the GIS Team in delivering routine geospatial tasks and data processing. You will focus on data capture, map production and quality assurance across ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online and related tools, contributing to a broad portfolio of land, marine and energy assets.

We welcome candidates early in their geospatial career who can work with established procedures, templates and deadlines while escalating more complex requirements to the GIS

Qualifications

• Practical experience using GIS to capture and update spatial data.
• Ability to create maps and deliver basic spatial analysis using GIS software.
• Familiarity with the ESRI ArcGIS platform, especially ArcGIS Pro.
• Understanding of coordinate systems, data quality and metadata.
• Clear communication with colleagues and requestors.
• Strong attention to detail to avoid errors in spatial records.
• Ability to work collaboratively and take ownership of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver routine mapping, data-processing and standard geospatial analysis tasks.
• Support transactional GIS tasks for legal transactions and asset management.
• Undertake proximity checks to assess spatial implications of developments.
• Maintain accurate geospatial datasets and ensure data quality.
• Produce maps and spatial outputs per specifications and templates.
• Review sources and extract spatial information following procedures.
• Perform quality-control checks before issuing work and update records.

Skills

GIS data capture

Maps creation

Spatial analysis

ArcGIS platform

Spatial data concepts

Clear communication

Attention to detail

Education

HND or BSc in GIS or related field

Tools

Python

FME

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Enterprise

Job description

Purpose of Role:

The Crown Estate manages one of the UK's most diverse property portfolios, spanning rural land, urban developments, marine assets, renewable energy infrastructure and natural environments. Our geospatial capability plays a critical role in supporting strategic decision-making, operational activities and long-term stewardship of these assets.

Working within the GIS Team, the Geospatial Technician delivers a high volume of routine and repeatable geospatial tasks supporting transactional and operational business processes. The role will focus on data capture and process driven work including producing maps and plans, undertaking standard spatial checks, quality assurance and capturing and updating spatial data.

The role is responsible for completing allocated work accurately, consistently and within agreed service times, while identifying and escalating exceptions, ambiguities or more complex requirements. This role is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their geospatial career to gain experience across a range of GIS technologies, datasets and business applications.

Our geospatial technology stack includes ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, FME and Databricks, hosted in an Azure based data platform.

Advert Close date: 26/08/2026

Context of opportunity / Main accountabilities:

• Deliver routine mapping, data-processing and standard geospatial analysis tasks in accordance with established procedures, templates and service standards.
• Support the delivery of transactional GIS tasks to support legal transactions and asset management activities, and other clearly defined tasks allocated through the GIS Team Lead.
• Undertake proximity checks to identify the spatial implications of proposed new developments on existing assets and external obligations.
• Maintain relevant accurate geospatial datasets, ensuring data quality standards are met, and jobs are delivered to customer deadlines.
• Produce maps, plans and other spatial outputs in accordance with agreed specifications, templates, quality standards and any requirements provided by the relevant business or Legal teams.
• Review and extract relevant spatial information from sources including maps, deeds, plans, coordinates, charts and aerial photography, applying established procedures and escalating unclear, conflicting or complex information.
• Complete required quality-control checks before work is issued, correcting errors and escalating uncertainties or exceptions.
• Maintain accurate casework records, file structures, task status and supporting information.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues, external partners and internal stakeholders to obtain information, clarify requests and support timely completion of allocated work.
• Provide practical feedback on recurring issues, inefficiencies and opportunities to improve documented processes, templates or guidance to generally improve GIS service delivery.
• Organise allocated work on a daily basis, following agreed priorities and escalating capacity, quality or deadline risks promptly to the GIS Team Lead.
• Monitor and support the administration of the GIS request intake process when required, logging and routing requests in accordance with agreed procedures.
• Undertake other defined operational GIS activities appropriate to the Technician role.

Person Specification - Essential:

• Practical experience of using GIS to capture, update, check and present spatial data, gained through employment, education, placement or equivalent experience.
• Ability to create maps and deliver basic spatial analysis and visualisations using GIS software.
• Familiarity with the ESRI ArcGIS platform, particularly ArcGIS Pro.
• An understanding of spatial data concepts such as coordinate systems, data quality and metadata
• Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and requestors, including asking appropriate questions and explaining routine GIS outputs.
• Strong attention to detail, with an understanding that errors in spatial records or outputs may affect subsequent business decisions and transactions.
• Is able to work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, take ownership of work, demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills and communicate openly and professionally.

Person Specification - Non-Essential:

• HND or BSc in Geographic Information Science or related field
• Familiarity with Python, FME or similar tools
• Experience with ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise to build web apps and dashboards etc.
• Some knowledge of land, rural, urban, marine, environmental, or energy sectors.

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly, or at [e-mail]

Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advert early.

The Crown Estate is a unique business with a distinct heritage and a portfolio unlike any other.

It includes some of central London’s best places to work, shop and spend time, retail and leisure destinations across the country, and a substantial rural portfolio. As manager of the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we play a role in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector as well as marine aggregates, cables and pipelines. We are also responsible for the Windsor Estate, including the world-renowned Windsor Great Park.