Transportation Planning Assistant-Program Support

The Transportation Planning Division is seeking a motivated and organized self-starter to fill the role of Transportation Planning Assistant. This position is responsible for working with Town staff on transportation planning projects, multimodal count data analysis, demographics studies, and GIS data management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

– Assist with data collection activities and analysis in the office and/or field
– Analyze and map data in an engaging and user-friendly manner
– Collect, enter, tabulate and analyze demographic and performance data
– Prepare brief memos explaining methodology and findings
– Assist with the preparation of existing conditions reports and other plan chapters
– Conduct research as needed to assist senior staff on projects
– Assist with the preparation of presentations and other community outreach activities

The position offers exposure to municipal transportation planning focused on bicycle, pedestrian, and transit access and connectivity.

The successful candidate will receive professional oversight from transportation planning professionals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate should have one of the following qualifications:

1. completed a BA/BS in Urban Planning, Transportation Planning, Public Policy, Geography or a related degree;
2. be currently enrolled in a graduate planning program; or
3. recently completed a graduate planning program.

Proficiency in MS Office, Adobe products (including Illustrator and InDesign), Google SketchUp, AutoCAD, and GIS is strongly preferred.

This position will work up to 15 hours a week until May 2019. There is the option to work additional hours during school breaks and/or holidays.

This position requires a work schedule of 40 hours during summer.
Program support staff who continue into the fall will work 10-15 hours per week.