GIS Mapping Coordinator

Clarion Associates is a nationally recognized consulting firm specializing in zoning, community planning, sustainability and resilience, community equity, housing affordability and diversity, and historic preservation. We have offices in Denver and Chapel Hill and affiliated offices in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. We have assisted over 200 U.S. cities and counties to plan for their futures. Clarion is highly regarded as a firm that forms strong partnerships with each of our client communities. We tackle complex projects and find creative solutions that lead to adoption and implementation of our work. We are known for building public support for ambitious local planning and zoning efforts. Learn more at www.clarionassociates.com.

About the Position
We are actively seeking a full-time GIS Mapping Coordinator to serve both our Chapel Hill and Denver offices. Successful candidates should have experience and interest in the following core job skills:

 GIS Database and File Management – The GIS Mapping Coordinator is responsible for working with client communities to receive, collect, transmit, organize, and inventory geospatial and related data. Experience preparing, maintaining, and using ESRI geodatabases is required.

Cartography – This core job skill involves development of professionally designed graphic representations of geospatial data, including maps, charts, and other graphic information displays to support the firm’s planning and zoning projects. A keen eye for design is required.

Land Use and Zoning Analysis – The Coordinator will prepare a wide array of geospatial analyses for planning and zoning projects, including analyses of community build-out, existing land use, future land use, zoning, natural assets, and preparation of land use scenarios, among others.

Drafting Technical Reports – This position requires technical writing to explain GIS methodologies, analyses, and findings, offered to a wide variety of audiences (community residents, local government staff, community stakeholders, and elected officials).

Development and Management of GIS-based Public Engagement Platforms – This core job skill involves building and managing mapping and data applications to support public engagement initiatives, including ESRI products such as StoryMaps, Dashboards, and Survey123.

Staying Current in Latest Cartographic and GIS-related Technologies – The coordinator researches new technologies and makes recommendations to the firm for software acquisition and implementation and advancement in the fields of GIS and cartography.

The Coordinator would also have the opportunity to provide other direct support for development of community plans and development codes as interested.

Strong candidates for the position:
• Are willing to work hard to help foster positive change in America’s cities, counties, and regions
• Are team-oriented
• Are detail-oriented
• Have excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Are able to work on (and balance) a wide range of assignments and concurrent projects
• Have a master’s degree in geography, urban planning, or a related field with a minimum of two years of professional work experience, or a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of three years of professional work experience; mid-career professionals are highly encouraged to apply                                                                                                                • Are proficient in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Word, and Excel. (Sketch-Up, InDesign, and Illustrator experience are pluses but not required)
• Are enthusiastic about planning and land-use consulting – because the work we do matters, and it changes the future

Additional “great to have,” but non-essential skills and characteristics include:
• AICP credential
• Spanish fluency
• Graphic design
• Project management experience
• Prior experience working in consulting and/or a general interest in learning the business end of consulting

Compensation and Benefits
Compensation is based on your experience and performance. The salary range for the GIS Mapping Coordinator is generally $60,000-$75,000. Clarion Associates offers competitive benefits to all full-time employees, including full health insurance coverage (medical, dental, vision), 401K plan with a 3% annual employer contribution, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, ten days of PTO and eight personal days accrued annually to start (up to 20 days PTO based on tenure), eight paid holidays, coverage of AICP and other professional dues, and a variety of professional development opportunities. A combination of in-person and remote work is offered.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Clarion Associates provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. We encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

To Apply
Please send a resume and cover letter, no more than one page each, along with a technical writing sample of no more than five pages, and two to three samples of your GIS capabilities to hiring@clarionassociates.com by December 18, 2024. Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive and interviews may be scheduled prior to the scheduled application deadline.

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How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/y98rh3fp by Oct 29.

NCDOT is a Great Place to Work.
Don’t take our word for it. Read what our people are saying at https://bit.ly/NCDOTGreatPlaceToWork. We are the highest rated state agency for employee satisfaction on Glassdoor with nearly 300 reviews.

Salary: $44-588 – $78,028

The Challenge
We are looking for a Regional Transportation Planner to join our Integrated Mobility team.

In this role, you will

• Provide technical assistance to multimodal transportation, planning, assistance to local/regional governments.
• Coordinate with Regional Planning Organizations (RPOs), Municipal Planning Organizations (MPOs), and public transportation systems within your geographic area that includes a 25-county region of urban and rural locales.
• Regularly coordinate with MPOs, RPOs, and local transportation groups.
• Lead planning assistance.
• Provide programmatic guidance.
• Coordinate and implement activities related to federal and state planning programs.
• Administer multimodal/bicycle/pedestrian plans, management and conduct planning projects for local governments and transportation systems.
• Assist with technical research projects.
• Create planning best practices, quarterly report reviews and tracking.
• Understand federal and state program areas
• Lead research, policy, and related projects.
• Research state/federal laws and policies regarding multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian and transit travel.
• Ensure our Division meets federal/state programmatic requirements.
• Provide guidance to other NCDOT business units
• Deliver public presentations about IMD’s work.
• Provide strategic leadership and support to our Planner I when leading projects and facilitating complex assignments.
• Work under our Regional Planning Manager in the Planning and Programming Section.
• Travel throughout the Western NC Mountains region for partner and stakeholder engagement.

What You Bring

• General knowledge of multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit planning principles, techniques, and procedures and their interrelationships.
• General knowledge and understanding of Federal & State laws, guidelines, and funding programs related to multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian, and public transportation infrastructure and systems.
• Demonstrated ability to concurrently manage multiple planning and research projects and studies.
• Demonstrated ability to direct, organize, and oversee activities of consultants and research partners.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain effective working relationships with state, federal, and local officials.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning, transportation planning, engineering, business administration, or economics, and
• 2+ years experience in the collection and analysis of economic and social data; or
• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Note: Your office can be in Raleigh or at an NCDOT facility agreed upon by IMD and the Division of Highways Division Engineer in any of these counties: Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Burke, Caldwell, Alexander, Catawba, McDowell, Rutherford, Polk, Haywood, Madison, Buncombe, Transylvania, Henderson, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Cherokee, Clay, or Macon.

Questions?
Call me: Faye T. McCullen at 919-707-4685.

Our team administers state and federal funds for public transportation, bike, and pedestrian programs and provides subject matter expertise related to multimodal transportation planning, innovation, technology, and emerging mobility trends.

Our core mission is to provide leadership for safe, affordable, and innovative multimodal transportation throughout North Carolina. Our team’s goals include eliminating transportation barriers, ensuring equal access to opportunities for all North Carolinians, enhancing quality of life by providing safe multimodal transportation choices, and ensuring safety for all road users.

We administer $100M+ annually in state and federal funds for public transportation, bicycle, and pedestrian programs. We review 200+ applications each year for funding, provide grant funding to 150+ subrecipients, processes 1,000+ reimbursement claims, provide performance reports to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on 30+ active grants, and provides risk-based oversight of 100+ subrecipients to ensure compliance with federal/state requirements. Ensuring subrecipient compliance with all federal/state requirements is also a core responsibility.

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How to Apply: You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/9ux2ayt9 by Nov 6.

NCDOT is a Great Place to Work. Don’t take our word for it. Read what our people are saying at https://bit.ly/NCDOTGreatPlaceToWork. We are the highest rated state agency for employee satisfaction on Glassdoor with nearly 300 reviews.

Salary: $46,817 – $81,930

The Challenge: We are looking for a Transportation Planner to join our Integrated Mobility team.

In this role, you will

• Provide technical assistance to multimodal transportation, planning, assistance to local/regional governments.
• Coordinate with Regional Planning Organizations (RPOs), Municipal Planning Organizations (MPOs), and public transportation systems within your geographic area that includes a 25-county region of urban and rural locales.
• Regularly coordinate with MPOs, RPOs, and local transportation groups.
• Lead planning assistance.
• Provide programmatic guidance.
• Coordinate and implement activities related to federal and state planning programs.
• Administer multimodal/bicycle/pedestrian plans, management and conduct planning projects for local governments and transportation systems.
• Assist with technical research projects.
• Create planning best practices, quarterly report reviews and tracking.
• Understand federal and state program areas
• Lead research, policy, and related projects.
• Research state/federal laws and policies regarding multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian and transit travel.
• Ensure our Division meets federal/state programmatic requirements.
• Provide guidance to other NCDOT business units
• Deliver public presentations about IMD’s work.
• Provide strategic leadership and support to our Planner I when leading projects and facilitating complex assignments.
• Work under our Regional Planning Manager in the Planning and Programming Section.
• Travel throughout the Eastern Piedmont region for partner and stakeholder engagement.

What You Bring

• Deep knowledge of multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit planning principles, techniques, and procedures and their interrelationships.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Federal & State laws, guidelines, and funding programs related to multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian, and public transportation infrastructure and systems.
• Demonstrated ability to concurrently manage multiple planning and research projects and studies.
• Demonstrated ability to direct, organize, and oversee activities of consultants and research partners.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with state, federal, and local officials.

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in urban and regional planning, transportation planning, engineering, business administration, or economics, and
• 1+ year experience in transportation or community planning; or
• Bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning, transportation planning, engineering, business administration, or economics, and
• 3+ years experience in the collection and analysis of economic and social data, one of which must have been in transportation or community planning projects; or
• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Note: Your office can be in Raleigh or at an NCDOT facility agreed upon by IMD and the Division of Highways Division Engineer in any of these counties: Orange, Durham, Wake, Johnston, Chatham, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Beaufort, Pitt, Greene, Lenoir, Duplin, Wayne, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Lee, or Moore.

Questions?
Call me: Faye T. McCullen at 919-707-4685.

Our team administers state and federal funds for public transportation, bike, and pedestrian programs and provides subject matter expertise related to multimodal transportation planning, innovation, technology, and emerging mobility trends.

Our core mission is to provide leadership for safe, affordable, and innovative multimodal transportation throughout North Carolina. Our team’s goals include eliminating transportation barriers, ensuring equal access to opportunities for all North Carolinians, enhancing quality of life by providing safe multimodal transportation choices, and ensuring safety for all road users.

We administer $100M+ annually in state and federal funds for public transportation, bicycle, and pedestrian programs. We review 200+ applications each year for funding, provide grant funding to 150+ subrecipients, processes 1,000+ reimbursement claims, provide performance reports to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on 30+ active grants, and provides risk-based oversight of 100+ subrecipients to ensure compliance with federal/state requirements. Ensuring subrecipient compliance with all federal/state requirements is also a core responsibility.

Connect me to NCDOT Careers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncdot-careers

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The Leadership Fellow Program is a two-year rotational program at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey open to students who are receiving a graduate degree between December 2024 and June 2025. Over the span of two years, Leadership Fellows have an opportunity to rotate through four different business functions. Recent rotations have included work in areas such as climate resilience, data analysis, transportation operations, planning, business development, engineering, project management, process improvement, finance, and more.

Leadership Fellows are full-time, permanent employees and receive a yearly salary and benefits. After successful completion of the program, Leadership Fellows are considered for key positions throughout the Port Authority.

The 2025 cohort is expected to start in the beginning of July. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, starting in October. The application deadline is December 1.

The Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for tenure-track faculty at the assistant or associate rank.

 

We are looking for a scholar whose research:

• Is rigorous, innovative and impactful;
• Focuses on one of these areas (or an intersection): affordable housing, real estate development, climate change and adaptation. Other areas to be considered will be natural hazards, housing and community development, economic development, workforce development, development finance, spatial analysis, and sustainable and resilient communities; and
• Seeks to inform and influence urban/rural policy to expand access to opportunity for everyone.

We are looking for a teacher who:

• Is engaging and committed to student success;
• Will develop new courses, or modify existing courses to best leverage their talents and knowledge to enrich our curriculum;
• Brings their research into the classroom, and vice-versa;
• Wants to mentor and collaborate with students; and
• Will teach a standard load (2 courses per semester).

We are looking for a colleague who:

• Wants to collaborate with faculty and practitioners;
• Is a good departmental citizen, brings forward good ideas will meaningfully contribute to advancing departmental and institutional initiatives; and
• Is a good mentor to junior colleagues and/or a proactive mentee.

 

Apply by October 31: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288275

A Community Planner within FEMA’s Region 3 engages communities regarding risk reduction strategies and provides technical advice and guidance in the development of mitigation strategies through planning to reduce vulnerability to future hazards. The ideal candidate has experience interpreting and applying land use and planning laws, regulations, and policies, conducting reviews of regional, district and/or community plans, and consulting with stakeholders regarding on community planning.

In this Community Planner position, you will be responsible for coordinating and providing technical assistance and training to state and local officials as applicable to the preparation, revision, and updating of hazard mitigation plans to comply with federal requirements, regulations, policies, and guidance

Typical assignments include:

• Providing written recommendations for plan improvements.
• Tracking assigned plans through all elements of the review process, including data entry and drafting of review and approval letters.
• Coordinating with regional Community and Hazard Mitigation Planners.
• Coordinating and providing training and technical assistance.
• Supporting other Mitigation activities as required, including Floodplain Management and Insurance, RiskMAP, outreach, and grants.

Please refer to the full Job Announcement on USA Jobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/791056300

Planner or Senior Planner

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) is seeking to hire a full-time planner or senior planner to assist with equitable municipal and regional planning. Planners at CCRPC work on a variety of projects in a diverse set of topic areas. Our work program includes writing comprehensive plans, developing municipal bylaw amendments, updating and implementing the regional plan, grant writing, and conducting project management for a wide array of municipal and regional projects related to land use, transportation, natural resources, emergency management, energy, and climate change. Proficiency in geographical information systems (GIS) is desired, but not required. Community engagement including justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion is major part of this position’s work.

The individual selected must be a self-starter, able to work independently and stick to deadlines. Regular night meeting attendance is expected. A valid driver’s license is required. Salary is dependent upon qualifications within the ranges ($50,000 – $72,800 for Planner and $65,000 – $88,400 for Senior Planner). Salary ranges will increase on July 1, 2024 based on a salary survey currently being conducted by CCRPC.

Please send a letter of interest and resume (with references and contact information) in one pdf to Charlie Baker, Executive Director at: cbaker@ccrpcvt.org. We will begin reviewing resumes on May 22, 2024. This position will remain open until filled. Job descriptions can be found at https://www.ccrpcvt.org/about-us/news/jobs/.

The CCRPC believes a diverse and culturally proficient staff are pivotal to creating an environment free of inequities. Accordingly, the CCRPC seeks to provide our membership and community with services enhanced by the professional contributions of culturally competent representatives of different races, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, physical ability, age, and sexual orientation. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse community populations and expected to strengthen such capacity if hired. CCRPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At CCRPC, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this position or other roles.

Self-Help is seeking a Senior Associate of Capital Development to join our team in Durham, NC. The Senior Associate, Capital Development is responsible for managing debt and equity fundraising initiatives to support Self-Help’s programs and impact, including identifying and securing new capital and fostering relationships with key funding partners and peers. This position will manage compliance and impact for active funding streams, ensuring Self-Help meets external deliverables and internal funding goals. Finally, this position will serve as a project manager and facilitator to align Capital Development activities with the needs and priorities of leadership and lending teams across the organization.

WHAT You’ll need:

• Master’s degree in public policy, planning, business, or finance or equivalent related field experience.
• 5 years of experience in capital development, legal, lending, real estate development or financial management or equivalent related field experience
• Experience working with tax credit programs a plus.
• Strong commitment to our mission – creating and protecting economic opportunity with and in traditionally underserved communities.
• Preference for working in organizations that place priority on teamwork and collaboration.
• Ability to effectively plan, organize, and prioritize multiple tasks and/or projects to meet deadlines.
• Ability to self-motivate, identify challenges and opportunities, and coordinate team responses.
• Strong communication skills including the ability to promote Self-Help through writing, presentations, and networking.
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability and willingness to work beyond normal work hours as needed and travel up to 20%.
• Ability to demonstrate Self-Help’s Core Values:
  • Mission Before Self
  • Service With Excellence
  • Embracing & Promoting Change
  • Results Not Credit
  • Diversity as a Strength
  • Financial Sustainability for Mission Impact

Our mission is creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for all, especially people of color, women, rural residents and low-wealth families and communities.

Self-Help Credit Union has branches in NC, SC, FL and VA, and we offer remote services like online and mobile banking to make joining us easy no matter where you live.

 

view the full job description here: Senior Associate Capital Development | Self-Help Careers (ultipro.com)

 

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The Transit Fellow Program is an opportunity for current or future students with an interest in the transit industry to gain valuable, real-world experience. The Fellow will work closely with the Transit Technology Senior Program Manager to implement the strategies of NVTC’s Northern Virginia Zero-Emission Bus Strategic Plan. They will also assist other staff, as needed. We are seeking applicants to begin the Fellowship in late spring or early summer, with a flexible start date based on school calendar. This Fellowship can be extended into the fall.

You can read the full job description, including directions on how to apply, here: https://novatransit.org/employment-opportunities/transit-fellow-spring-2024/

This role provides the opportunity to help shape development along the Bay shoreline, explore how to expand public access and encourage the development of new shoreline public access facilities. As BCDC’s Shoreline Development Analyst, you will analyze and provide recommendations to the Executive Director and the Commission on proposals involving a wide range of development types, including: mixed-use residential and commercial developments, shoreline parks and open spaces, San Francisco Bay Trail extensions and improvements, marine industrial facilities, transportation facilities, and more! You will also look at the resiliency of proposed shoreline development to future flooding from sea level rise and help permit applicants ensure that their project can adapt to rising tides.

See exam bulletin for eligibility requirements and exam instructions – https://calcareers.ca.gov/JOBSGEN/0PBJJ.PDF