MOBILITY AND GREENWAYS PLANNER

Summary

This new position will help to build out the Town of Chapel Hill’s Everywhere to Everywhere Greenway network. The Town has ambitious goals of lowering single-occupancy vehicle use and offering safe and convenient transportation options for all residents. This position will manage bicycle and pedestrian capital projects from funding identification through construction, while supporting other Town mobility projects and initiatives.

The Mobility and Greenways Planner is part of the newly formed Office of Mobility and Greenways, housed within the Town’s Planning Department. This position reports to the Transportation Planning Manager.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Project Management: manages and oversees transportation capital projects
  • Prioritizes projects
  • Identifies funding
  • Develops and manages budgets
  • Manages consultants
  • Manages construction activities
• Staff support: provides staff support to committees, internal and external customers, and local/regional project teams
• Prepare memos, reports, and presentations for distribution to the Council, Advisory Boards, Town departments, and the public
• Develop and manage effective and inclusive public processes and facilitate stakeholder meetings
• Conducts research as needed to initiate and provides assistance on projects
• Other duties as assigned

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Work requires functioning as a project manager that may include overseeing a consultant team, work quality, training, instruction, and scheduling work.

Minimum Qualifications

An equivalent combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Basic principles and practices of planning, multi-modal transportation planning, project management
• Local, state, and federal funding, requirements, and management of transportation projects
• Software programs such as: ArcGIS, Adobe Suite (Illustrator and InDesign), Microsoft Suite

ABILITY TO:

• Manage multiple complex projects effectively and efficiently
• Solve problems and resolve issues in difficult, complex, and contentious situations
• Maintain accurate financial records and prepare reports
• Learn and apply relevant federal, state, and local laws
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, community partners, external colleagues, and the public
• Develop and communicate presentations in a public setting
• Learn new software programs to perform and/or enhance job functions
• Read and interpret ordinances, statutes, site plans, maps, engineering drawings, etc.
• Think strategically and evaluate existing projects, programs, and procedures
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Manage a heavy workload and manage time effectively
• Model behavior that is consistent with our values of RESPECT

EXPERIENCE:

Three to five years of experience in transportation planning or a related field. Project management experience necessary. Candidates should have experience with GIS and related visualization tools.

EDUCATION:

A Bachelor’s Degree in city and regional planning or a related field such as landscape architecture, urban design, public administration, geography, urban studies, or engineering. Master’s degree preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work is generally performed while sitting or standing at a desk with intermittent stooping. An incumbent in this position might also be required to lift light objects and spend time in the field.

OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION:

A valid NC driver’s license is preferred for this position due to meetings, outreach, and event participation. However, ability to transport oneself efficiently locally and regionally without a driver’s license is acceptable.