Transportation Planner

Department Description:

Transportation & Parking (http://www.move.unc.edu/) is an essential service at UNC Chapel Hill and is responsible for coordinating traffic, parking, and transportation to meet the diverse access needs of an academic and health care campus population consisting of 30,000 students, 19,000 employees, and up to 1 million patients and visitors annually. Transportation and Parking strives to provide high-level service to students, employees, and visitors who work, live, and visit the University and UNC Health Care System. Transportation and Parking partners with stakeholders and customers to manage this key University infrastructure system effectively and efficiently balancing limited resources and the diverse access needs of the campus community.

The department manages 10 parking decks and 160 surface parking areas with approximately 23,000 parking spaces providing employee, student, patient/visitor, and event access to campus. The department has 96 permanent employees, approximately 45 temporary employees, and an operating budget of approximately $31 million. The University and UNC HealthCare System rely on a multi-modal transportation system, utilizing local and regional transportation to provide access to the campus and hospitals. UNC partners with local and regional transit agencies to provide fare-free-at-boarding transportation locally and subsidized regional transit opportunities for employees and students. Transportation and Parking plans, manages, and implements traffic, transit, and parking services daily and during major campus events. Transportation provides essential input for the campus Master Plan and Development Plan initiatives to ensure development and operation of key transportation infrastructure services to support institutional missions.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.

Position Description:

The Transportation Planner is responsible for research and development of strategies and plans for the campus transportations system, including vehicle, bicycle, transit and pedestrian movements. The responsibilities of the Transportation Planner include all aspects of developing and maintaining the multimodal transportation systems of the University partners for identifying and resolving day-to-day transportation-related issues on campus which may result from campus development projects, infrastructure improvement projects, or implementation of transportation planning initiatives.

The Transportation Planner is responsible developing and providing information on local and regional transit, promoting vanpool, carpool, and transportation choices to the university community as outlined within the Commuter Alternative Program (CAP). This position is responsible for developing incentive programs for the reduction of the use of single occupancy vehicles (SOV) for commuting. Hosting campus wide events promoting transportation alternatives including at major campus events such as Cyclicious, New Student Orientation, Transfer Student Orientation, and Employee Appreciation Day.

Budget development and management for transportation planning and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is also the responsibility of the Transportation Planner.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Strong analytical skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and on multiple projects at once
Familiarity with GIS software applications, both in terms of mapping and analytical tools
Understanding of the fundamental principles of transportation planning and traffic engineering
Experience with bicycle and pedestrian planning
A solid understanding of both Transportation Planning and Transportation Demand Management
Revelent work experience in a university setting preferred.

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.