Student Geospatial Lab Assistant Part-Time, Flexible Hours

American University; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

American University is seeking a Student Geospatial Assistant to digitize and georeference historical maps for academic research. You will work with the Geospatial Research Support Program in the Library, training in core digitization skills and GIS workflows.

This part-time role (10 hours/week) offers hands-on experience with GIS software, metadata creation, and open-data publishing, plus involvement in a community mapping workshop and HOT map-a-thon.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be a current AU student.
• Attention to detail and ability to work independently with training.
• Interest in maps, geography, history, data, or GIS.

Responsibilities

• Georeferencing and digitizing historical maps.
• Extracting geographic features and building GIS data layers.
• Writing and publishing metadata.
• Assisting with design and facilitation of a creative mapping workshop.
• Helping organize and run a Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) map-a-thon.
• Documenting digitization workflows for future use.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interest in maps/geography

Independent working

GIS curiosity

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

GitHub

Job description

American University is seeking a Student Geospatial Assistant to digitize and georeference historical maps for academic research. You will work with the Geospatial Research Support Program in the Library, training in core digitization skills and GIS workflows.

This part-time role (10 hours/week) offers hands-on experience with GIS software, metadata creation, and open-data publishing, plus involvement in a community mapping workshop and HOT map-a-thon.