Geospatial Technician

Geospatial Technician Advert Close date: 26/08/2026 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. 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 [email protected] Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Department Digital Locations The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market Our Perks & Benefits 28 days paid holiday We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday. Flexible working We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies. Market leading family friendly policies We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life. Workplace, Culture & Diversity It’s our ambition to be an inclusive organisation that reflects our society, one where all feel welcome, able to be themselves and belong. A workplace where you’re empowered to be yourself, diverse thinking is encouraged, and a place where you can realise your potential. About The Crown Estate 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.