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Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of December 3, 2018

Welcome to the twelfth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch!

I was just walking, as I do and I was struck by the site of this house, in red and green colors, with a wreath on the door. I thought about how ironic it was, especially since this house is that color 364 other days of the year. Plus, I was kind of jealous as that person never needs to do all the light stringing and deciding if it’s worth buying that $120 Santa that looks kind of like your dad because you want to uplift black dudes on your porch, but, its $120 for something that can only be displayed for roughly 30 days each year.

Oh and speaking of houses, namely those owned by black folks, both The Brookings Institution and Georgia State University released studies that discussed how black-owned homes have systematically been devalued and how black homebuyers have managed to somewhat overcome some of those barriers individually, respectively. I participated in a Twitter chat yesterday morning (12/2) with the Brookings researchers and other influencers on their report.

I want to take a moment and go a bit beyond what I discussed yesterday morning. It’s not that I don’t want people to have homes and assets. However, there’s an issue when it’s easier to get the goods to fill the homes than it is to actually find shelter. I also lived through the 2008 recession and I don’t know if I’ll ever, without a lot of help, be able to trust the housing and job markets the same way.

However, I realize many of you reading this, do trust the process, do trust the hustle and just need one connection or just awareness to help you get in the door. I’m happy I can be here for you.

One other thing before we get to the meat of the jobs and opportunities. I want to thank you so much for supporting me thus far. This newsletter will always be a free subscription (or if you’re reading this on the web, the website will always be free to access). However, starting today and over the next few months, I will be adding lots more advertisements to this dispatch, more aggressively promoting my Patreon and other means of supporting me financially, introducing more merchandise and courses and finally, will prioritize paid speaking and training engagements going forward.

On this email, I’ve included samples of ads of some of my other projects and pieces of The Black Urbanist platform. You’ll soon see a few other ads from outside sources. I’m taking great care to choose organizations and even companies that support this mission of providing a jobs and opportunities email that not just supports black, indigenous, queer and otherwise marginalized folks getting jobs and funding, but also makes sure that you have connections to real people who could be mentors, colleagues and friends and real funding for projects for our communities.

Finally, are you an organization or company that believes that you’re doing the right thing by our kinds of folks? Are you an organization that is owned, operated or funds or funded by our kinds of folks? Do you want to take an extra step beyond having me share your job and offer financial support? Reply back to this email and I’ll set up a time with you to go over ad rates, ad terms and make sure you’re a good fit for being aligned with the mission of this site.

Now, after a break, on to those jobs and opportunities for this week:

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The Still Open and Ready’s

SieX 1 and 2 ( A reminder that this is a start-up venture and that you would be taking on one of these roles and generating revenue. However, if you’re entrepreneurial, but don’t quite have an idea of your own, this would be a perfect fit for you).

US PIRG 

Bicycle Colorado 

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs. And remember, there are four new temporary positions that after ten months could become permanent.

The Loeb Fellowship  until January 4, 2019, you’ve got about a month left to get something together and feel free to reach out to friendof-the-site and fellow black woman urbanist and Loeb Fellow Karen Abrams if you want to learn more about the fellowship.

Cascade Bicycle Club  

The League of American Bicyclists

City of Bloomington, IN (Closes today — 12/3)

Walton Enterprises

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) (Position has been put on hold, so bookmark this page for updates if you’re interested).

Apex Design (Three of these positions are still open and searching).

IndyGo (With Jerome Horne and Austin Gibble!)

Uber 

TriMet

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) (Open until filled)

ODOT (Closes today — 12/3)

Atlanta Regional Commission 

Jarrett Walker & Associates (Original position has closed, but bookmark this page for two other upcoming position openings)

Seattle DOT 

Carson City, NV (Several potential opportunities but the bike/ped position may be the most interesting).

The City of Detroit

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) (Several openings with a variety of closing dates)

Friends of the High Line

The City of Eugene, OR (First application review was yesterday, but still accepting applications)

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

WashDOT 

Valley Regional Transit 

University of Washington

DVRPC (This is their main page which has jobs, internships and other partnership opportunities listed on a rolling basis).

TxDOT

Foothill Transit

The City of Toronto (The Director of the Transit Expansion Office one that closes 12/7)

Greater Greater Washington (Still not on the hiring committee, but can answer some questions personally)

The Coalition for Smarter Growth

Baltimore Regional Transportation Board Public Advisory Committee (Volunteer service opportunity with applications due on 12/4)

(Portland Area) Metro (Closes 12/7)

The City of Madison, WI ( Grant Foster is willing to answer questions about the position you may have and this closes on Monday 12/3)

Transit Center

Agency Landscape and Planning (Two positions with rolling close dates)

NYC EDC (Several positions with varied close dates)

Vote Solar (Several positions with varied close dates)

Buncombe County, NC 

WMATA-related Arlington, VA projects via First Group

City of Key West

Brink Communications (Closes 12/3)

Portland Oregon Office of Community and Civic Life (Closes 12/7 and Thomas Ngo is on the interview panel)

USDOT Fellowship Program

The Downtown Long Beach Association

Playworks

Fairfax County, VA (Closes 12/7)

Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) (Boston area org with several open opportunities).

Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) (Several positions)

From the Bike Equity Network listserv this week:

The National Park Service is hiring for two fellowships in Seattle one on River Programs and another on Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) Alex Stone is your point of contact for both of these positions and their priority deadline is December 10th.

The Tucson DOT is hiring a Transportation Program Coordinator for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program. Tucson, AZ. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary listed.

The Treasure Valley Family YMCA is hiring a Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator. Boise, ID. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary listed.

TransOptions is hiring a Safe Routes to School Coordinator. Cedar Knolls, NJ. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary not listed.

SFMTA is hiring a Director of Transit and a Central Subway Project Director. SF, CA. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. 

The City of Alexandria is hiring a Smart Mobility Program Manager. Alexandria, VA.  Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. 

SPUR is hiring a President/CEO. SF bay area (can’t tell which office). Source: Twitter user @lauraetam. Salary not listed. 

The City of Hyattsville is hiring a City Planner. Hyattsville, MD. Source: A Jobs Jawn. Salary listed.

The City of Houston is hiring a Transportation Planner III. Houston, TX. Source: sent to me. Salary listed.

 

Opportunities from the Blacks in Planning and Development Facebook Group

The City of Portland, Oregon is also hiring a transportation planning manager and Irene Marion would love to answer any questions you may have about the position. This does close on Monday 12/3 though.

Gensler, the multinational architecture firm,  is providing a number of scholarships to architecture students and their deadlines are on December 9th.

Penn Design has launched the Moelis Urban Scholars Program, for folks interested in doing a master of city planning degree with them. Direct any direct questions on the application process to Professor Lisa Servon. This is also the program in which Dr. Matthew Jordan Miller is a post-doc and Dan Reed is an alumnus. Dan is also willing to talk about his experience with you as a Penn student. 

A paid internship with Metro-North Railroad, the commuter rail that services Connecticut from Manhattan that closes on my birthday, 12/14.

More Jobs and Opps from Other Social Media Stalking and Email and DMs

The City of Oakland, City of Seattle and Bush International Airport in Houston are commissioning artist works. The Seattle link also has some helpful information on writing grants and links to other grant writing resources.

Enterprise Community Partners is looking for a Senior Program Director in Local and State Policy that will be based in San Francisco. 

Ann Hartell, who works over at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (a.k.a. The organization that houses the Transportation Research Board), let me know about a new position open in the TRB for an outreach strategist to help get the word out about the Transportation Research Record. The position description’s pretty detailed about what you would be doing, but suffice to say you’ll be going to the TRB Annual Meeting and doing things there as long as you want to stay on the job. Ann is not the hiring manager, but can also answer questions about the position. She also mentioned jobs at the FHWA, but she can’t be a reference to them, but knows some awesome people there who do want you to come work with them.

Calvin Gladney at Smart Growth America sent me their opening for a Director of Smart Cities, which will be under the Transportation for America banner. As of when I sent this newsletter out and put it up on my website, I don’t have a salary range for it, but I am following up with Calvin to see if I can get one.

Sasha Berger at NACTO emailed me to add a link to their careers page and per my request, she followed up with information on each position’s hiring manager and the position level as follows, though she was not able to provide a hard salary number per organization policy:

Event Coordinator; Hiring Manager: Sasha Berger; Level: Entry-Level

Program Manager, Climate Challenge; Hiring Manager: Kate Fillin-Yeh; Level: Mid-Level

Communications Associate; Hiring Manager: Alex Engel; Level: Entry-Level

Also, that main careers page link has job listings from NACTO-member cities and other jobs in the field so be sure to check that list for other positions. I will not include all of those here, but if you happen to have a personal tie, either as a hiring manager, potential colleague, board member on anyone else who can give specific help to someone hoping to get that position or opportunity, please reply back and let me know!

And finally, Seam Social Labs is also seeking freelancers with experience doing environmental studies, graphic representations (I’m thinking these are the folks that draw meetings as they go along), copywriters and other freelancy-type things. I’m putting in an application and for  NYC folks (or folks who want to get to NYC), there’s an open house on December 6th, which you can register for here.

Get Some Money (and Models) to Do Something 

Transportation for Massachusetts wants to fund transportation justice projects, both by established nonprofits and from independent and un-incorporated activists and advocates. While their efforts are primarily focused on Mass, there’s room for others outside of Mass to get funding to work on a specific climate justice project. What’s also nice, is that when Jessica Roberts tweeted this to me and several other awesome black/POC women-identified folks, several folks offered specific services or to partner. 

In addition Safe Routes to School National Partnership is encouraging nonprofits around the country and specifically one nonprofit or local government in Oregon to apply for ten slots (eleven if you include the Oregon specific one) that will provide funding and a suite of technical support and training to help create an action plan and build parks, especially in areas where equitable access to parks has been an issue. S/O to Dr. Adonia Lugo, who created the Bike Equity Network list, for sharing that with us this week on the listserv. All materials are due on December 10th.

The Transportation Review Board (TRB)’s Transit Cooperative Research Program is accepting requests for proposals for funded research or projects that could use some technical support.

UNICEF has published this guide on child-responsive urban planning.

Finally, several heavy-hitters in urban economic revitalization have released this equity toolkit to help you build your projects.

Work With Me

As I’ve been doing this platform for the better part of a decade, what’s emerged is that I’m really good at digging out stories, from individuals, from organizations, from governments and communities. I think it’s vital that we are clear on who we are, what we are about and how we hope to go about in the world. Plus, you can draw the prettiest maps, but if you’ve not gone to the community and learned what all used to be on that site and, more often than not, what the community’s sketched out for itself, you’re also doomed. Oh and that doesn’t even get into government funding cycles that cancel projects or private developers who don’t seem to have a soul.

So here I am, offering to build the public engagement campaigns, the neighborhood identities, and the individual personal brands that your work, community or venture deserves. Feel free to fill out this checklist I made to help you build your outreach and branding strategy and check out these six things I do when I present my work. Reply back if you’d like to hire me to help you implement some of the things you want to do that you developed from both of those resources. Oh and if you want me to come to speak to your group, here’s a sample of some of my other speeches from over the years. And yes, I’m available to be a subcontractor on your federal and state projects that need public engagement. I’m still working on getting myself to where I can be a full MWBE, but I have been able to work around that and team with some great folks, namely in Birmingham, AL.

Other Things To Do

— The flagship Transportation Camp, in Arlington, VA the weekend of the Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting, has opened registration. As much as I love big #transpocamp, having been on planning boards for Midwest and Baltimore and knowing how intimate the older DC camps were, I want to challenge you to pull together a group and get one going in your city, or, sign up for one nearby. DC is still fun, especially as part of the Transportation Super Bowl that TRBAM is, but don’t sleep on the other camps either.

Barb Chamberlain has also issued a challenge for white folks in the space to evaluate their conference invites and jobs for opportunities to include folks of color. She has also added a tweet in the thread for my fellow POC and otherwise marginalized folks to tag themselves and their work if you want to be considered for more panels, keynotes, workshops, commissions and the like. Absolutely do this and let me know when you are participating in these kinds of engagements. 

Send jobs! Tag me on any social media outlets, reply to this email, etc. The goal is getting this email out over the weekends, but occasionally, I’ll get a batch of jobs and throw them up quicker. Or, life happens and jobs come out a little later, but they will be here, in some email or on the job board page of the site. Please also don’t limit your jobs to transportation and planning. If it has anything to do with land use and mobility, regardless of what it’s called or where it’s located, please send it to me. 

Note the closing dates on jobs. As I said before, I try to get this out in a timely manner, as well as clean off old jobs that aren’t open anymore. Please also tell me when your jobs, especially those that have ambiguous close dates, actually close.

 Click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product. Also, don’t be afraid to reach out to specific folks that you might have in mind, especially from previously marginalized groups with invites or offers to do informational interviews. Also, if it matters that someone writes their cover letter or email or any application materials to a particular person, please go ahead and include that person, versus mocking candidates or not considering them for writing to a general department or person.

Advertise As I said above, email me and I’ll set up a time with you to go over ad rates, ad terms and make sure you’re a good fit for being aligned with the mission of this site

Before I Go…

The goal with this list is that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick listings and posts on some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career. Also, for those of you who live in SF-330 hell (and you know who you are), friend of the site and A/E/C marketing coordinators everywhere Matt Handal has released a new SF-330 survival guide. And if you’re discouraged in your job hunt, read this Twitter thread and know you’re not alone in the hustle.  Also, the American Institute of Architects has had this great guide out for a minute on how to start your own small firm, that I really like as someone who’s created a firm who wants to continue to grow.

Finally, Ashley Dash and Gisla Bush (can help coach you through this job and opportunity hunt if you’d like.

Alright, that’s been the twelfth job dispatch. Go forth and get your bag! And maybe that friendly Black Santa at the 14th and Irving CVS in DC.

Jobs, Opportunities, and Funding as of November 24, 2018

The Black Urbanist Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch for November 24, 2018

Welcome to the eleventh Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch! I was out in the future National Landing area long enough to grab this shot over top of Pentagon Row, which is still new to me despite spending lots of time in that area over the years, as I mentioned in this tweet stream when we received the HQ2 news last week. 

I’m also sure, despite this being a cold and sometimes dreary Thanksgiving weekend, that it’s packed with people, but on Wednesday November 21, when I shot this image, it was bright and glistening.

Let me take a moment and tell you how thankful I am that so many of you are getting value from this newsletter. I appreciate all the feedback, from sending me new jobs, to the number of jobs I send, to the types of jobs I send. I hope that maybe this list can be the present you need, of a new job, a funding lead or just awareness that there are positions and places in the world. Plus, please continue to write me if you have questions or want to do more things. Also, I misspelled Gordon Chaffin’s name in my imagery and this dispatch last week. My regrets.

Now, on to those jobs and opportunities:

The Still Open and Ready’s

SieX 1 and 2 ( A reminder that this is a start-up venture and that you would be taking on one of these roles and generating revenue. However, if you’re entrepreneurial, but don’t quite have an idea of your own, this would be a perfect fit for you.

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs.

The Loeb Fellowship (until January 4, 2019, so you have some time, but again, this is a fellowship so it can take some time to get an application package together).

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition.) Just a reminder here to  have your final materials in by November 30th.

Cascade Bicycle Club

The League of American Bicyclists

City of Bloomington, IN (Closes 12/3)

Walton Enterprises

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)

Apex Design

IndyGo (With Jerome Horne and Austin Gibble!)

SLF Consulting (Henry Pan can connect you with a staff member)

And not just one, but a second position at Uber. For the second Nadia Anderson is the actual hiring manager.

TriMet

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) (Open until filled)

ODOT (Closes 12/3)

Atlanta Regional Commission

The Federal Highway Administration— this is that one that’s only taking the first 150 candidates, so be sure to jump on that fast.

Jarrett Walker & Associates (Original position has closed, but bookmark this page for two other upcoming position openings)

Seattle DOT 

California Walks (Closes 11/30)

Carson City, NV (Several potential opportunities but the bike/ped position may be the most interesting).

The City of Detroit

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) (Several openings with a variety of closing dates)

Friends of the High Line

The City and County of Denver

The City of Eugene, OR

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

UNC Charlotte (Closes on 11/25)

WashDOT

Valley Regional Transit

University of Washington

Adventure Cycling (Closes 11/27)

DVRPC (This is also their main page which has jobs, internships and other partnership opportunities listed on a rolling basis).

TxDOT

Foothill Transit

The City of Toronto (The Director of the Transit Expansion Office one that closes 12/7)

The I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition (Closes 11/30)

Evenergi

Greater Greater Washington (Still not on the hiring committee, but can answer some questions personally)

The Coalition for Smarter Growth

Baltimore Regional Transportation Board Public Advisory Committee (Volunteer service opportunity with applications due on 12/4)

(Portland Area) Metro

Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA (Closes 11/29)

The City of Madison, WI ( Grant Foster is willing to answer questions about the position you may have).

Transit Center

Agency Landscape and Planning

NYC EDC

Vote Solar

Buncombe County, NC

WMATA-related Arlington, VA projects via First Group

What Jessica Roberts slid us in the Bike Equity Network listserv this week:

The City of Key West is hiring a Multimodal Transportation Coordinator Planner. Full job description linked here. Key West, FL. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary listed.

The City of Boston is hiring 4 temporary Bicycling Program Team Members. Boston, MA. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary listed.

USDOT is hiring a (paid) Traffic Safety Data Fellow. DC. Source: A Jobs Jawn. Salary listed. 

The Mayor of Stockton,CA is hiring a part-time Program Manager III / Transformative Climate Communities Manager. Stockton, CA. Source: A Jobs Jawn. Salary listed. ( Closes Monday 11/26)

The Downtown Long Beach Association is hiring a Placemaking Manager. Long Beach, CA. Source: emailed to me. Salary not listed. 

Playworks is hiring a Program Manager. Oakland, CA. Source: A Jobs Jawn. Salary not listed.

Fairfax County, VA is hiring a Transportation Planner IV.  Source: A Jobs Jawn. Salary listed. (Closes 12/7)

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is hiring a Public Health Planner. Boston, MA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.

Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is hiring a Transportation Travel Demand Modeler. Pittsburgh, PA. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary not listed. 

The City of Santa Monica is hiring a Transportation Planning Assistant. Santa Monica, CA. Source: LinkedIn. Salary listed. (Closes 11/30)

More Jobs and Opps from My Own Social Media Stalking and Email and DMs

Thomas Ngo sent me a couple gigs, one more with his agency in Portland, Brink Communications, as a copywriter  (Closes 12/3) and another with Portland’s Office of Community and Civic Life as a strategic communications officer, for which he will be serving on the interview panel and closes on 11/17).

Get Some Money to Do Something

Transportation for Massachusetts wants to fund transportation justice projects, both by established nonprofits and also from independent and un-incorporated activists and advocates. While their efforts are primarily focused on Mass, there’s room for others outside of Mass to get funding to work on a specific climate justice project. What’s also nice, is that when Jessica Roberts tweeted this to me and several other awesome black/POC women-identified folks, several folks offered specific services or to partner.

In addition Safe Routes to School National Partnership is encouraging nonprofits around the country and specifically one nonprofit or local government in Oregon to apply for ten slots (eleven if you include the Oregon specific one) that will provide funding and a suite of technical support and training to help create an action plan and also build parks, especially in areas where equitable access to parks has been an issue. S/O to Dr. Adonia Lugo, who created the Bike Equity Network list, for sharing that with us this week on the listserv. All materials are due on December 10th.

The Transportation Review Board (TRB)’s Transit Cooperative Research Program is accepting request for proposals for funded research or projects that could use some technical support.

Finally, several heavy-hitters in urban economic revitalization have released this equity toolkit to help you build your projects.

Work With Me

As I’ve been doing this platform for the better part of a decade, what’s emerged is that I’m really good at digging out stories, from individuals, from organizations, from governments and communities. I think it’s vital that we are clear on who we are, what we are about and how we hope to go about in the world. Plus, you can draw the prettiest maps, but if you’ve not gone to the community and learned what all used to be on that site and, more often than not, what the community’s sketched out for itself, you’re also doomed. Oh and that doesn’t even get into government funding cycles that cancel projects or private developers who don’t seem to have a soul.

So here I am, offering to build the public engagement campaigns, the neighborhood identities, and the individual personal brands that your work, community or venture deserves. Feel free to fill out this checklist I made to help you build your outreach and branding strategy and also check out these six things I do when I present my work. Reply back if you’d like to hire me to help you implement some of things you want to do that you developed from both of those resources. Oh and if you want me to come speak to your group, here’s a sample of some of my other speeches from over the years. And yes, I’m available to be a subcontractor on your federal and state projects that need public engagement. I’m still working on getting myself to where i can be a full MWBE, but I have been able to work around that and team with some great folks, namely in Birmingham, AL.

Other Things To Do

— The flagship Transportation Camp, in Arlington, VA the weekend of the Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting, has opened registration. As much as I love big #transpocamp, having been on planning boards for Midwest and Baltimore and knowing how intimate the older DC camps were, I want to challenge you to pull together a group and get one going in your city, or, sign up for one nearby. DC is still fun, especially as part of the Transportation Super Bowl that TRBAM is, but don’t sleep on the other camps either.

Adina Howard, a black woman planner posted this in the newly revamped Blacks in Planning and Urban Development Facebook Group and I asked her if I could repost it here—If any jurisdictions are undergoing the Analysis of Impediments or Assessment of Fair Housing and in need of consulting I am offering free 30 minute “pick my brain” sessions. Schedule a time at www.seespotrunllc.com.  She’s only doing this until the end of this month and this which is probably the last time you’ll see this offer here, so make sure you don’t miss out.

Barb Chamberlain has issued a challenge for white folks in the space to evaluate their conference invites and jobs for opportunities to include folks of color. She has also added a tweet in the thread for my fellow POC and otherwise marginalized folks to tag themselves and their work if you want to be considered for more panels, keynotes, workshops, commissions and the like. Absolutely do this and also let me know when you are participating in these kinds of engagements.

Send jobs! Tag me on any social media outlets, reply to this email, etc. The goal is getting this email out over the weekends, but occasionally, I’ll get a batch of jobs and throw them up quicker. Or, life happens and jobs come out a little later, but they will be here, in some email or on the job board page of the site. Please also don’t limit your jobs to transportation and planning. If it has anything to do with land use, mobility or making black communities stronger, please send it my way.

Note the closing dates on jobs. As I said before, I try to get this out in a timely manner, as well as clean off old jobs that aren’t open anymore. Please also tell me when your jobs, especially those that have ambiguous close dates, actually close.

 Click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product. Also, don’t be afraid to reach out to specific folks that you might have in mind, especially from previously marginalized groups with invites or offers to do informational interviews.

Before I Go…

The goal with this list is that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick listings and posts on some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career. Also, for those of you who live in SF-330 hell (and you know who you are), friend of the site and A/E/C marketing coordinators everywhere Matt Handal has released a new SF-330 survival guide. And if you’re discouraged in your job hunt, read this Twitter thread and know you’re not alone in the hustle.  Also, the American Institute of Architects has had this great guide out for a minute on how to start your own small firm, that I really like as someone who’s created a firm who wants to continue to grow.

Finally, my colleagues Ashley Dash and Gisla Bush (Congrats on becoming chair of your local planning board Gisla!) can help coach you through this job and opportunity hunt if you’d like.

Alright, that’s been the eleventh job dispatch. Go forth and get your bag! Santa can’t bring it all :).

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Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of November 17, 2018

The Black Urbanist Jobs, Opportunites and Funding Dispatch for November 17, 2018

Welcome to the tenth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. It is November 17, 2018 and I don’t think we really had a fall. Upper 60s and low 70s for Halloween night, and then this snow thing that several of us have had now. I was laughing at Kansas City until Thursday morning when I still had to go out and give a speech. And a good one I thought! Thanks to the Capital Trails Symposium, which was put on by the Capital Trails Coalition, which is administered by my friends at  the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, for putting on such a great program and letting me part getting folks excited to be there. Listen to my remarks, which start at the 13:38 remark with my introduction and end at the 24:10 mark. Thanks again to Gordon Chaffin for the image leading this picture and the recording and a very special shout out to Les Henderson to for being my pep squad on that day (and tbh, every day these days).

Now, on to the jobs.

The Still Open and Ready’s

SieX 1 and 2

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs.

The Loeb Fellowship (until January 4, 2019, so you have some time, but again, this is a fellowship so it can take some time to get an application package together).

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition) Just a reminder here to  have your final materials in by November 30th.

Cascade Bicycle Club

The League of American Bicyclists

City of West Hollywood That 11/20 close date is almost here and basically before the next email, so get on this one!

City of Bloomington, IN (Closes 12/3)

Walton Enterprises

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)

Apex Design

IndyGo (With Jerome Horne and Austin Gibble!)

SLF Consulting (Henry Pan can connect you with a staff member)

And not just one, but a second position at Uber. For the second Nadia Anderson is the actual hiring manager.

TriMet

Sound Transit (Program Director closes on 11/20)

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) (Open until filled)

The City of Alexandria (Closes 11/18)

ODOT (Closes 12/3)

Atlanta Regional Commission

The Federal Highway Administration— this is that one that’s only taking the first 150 candidates, so be sure to jump on that fast.

Jarrett Walker & Associates (Original position has closed, but bookmark this page for two other upcoming position openings)

Seattle DOT (Director and Transit & Mobility Division Director; The first is open until filled and the second closes 11/20)

California Walks

MNDOT

Carson City, NV

The City of Detroit

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA)

Friends of the High Line

The City and County of Denver

The City of Eugene, OR

The City of Westminster, CO (Closes 11/19)

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

UNC Charlotte (Closes on 11/25)

WashDOT (One, which closes 11/20 and Two)

Valley Regional Transit

University of Washington

Adventure Cycling (Closes 11/27)

DVRPC

What Jessica Roberts slid us in the Bike Equity Network listserv this week:

TxDOT is hiring a bicycle/pedestrian Planner III/IV (officially in the Public Transportation Division). Austin, TX. Source: APBP list serve. Salary listed.

The City of Toronto is hiring a Public Realm Project Manager. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: can’t remember. Salary listed. (Closes 11/21)

Foothill Transit is hiring a Policy and Programs Manager. West Covina, CA. Source: Emailed to me. Salary listed.

The City of Toronto is hiring an Executive Director – Transit Expansion Office. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Emailed to me. Salary not listed. (Closes 12/7)

The I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition is hiring a part-time TDM Program Coordinator. Frisco, CO. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary listed. (Closes 11/30)

Evenergi is hiring an eMobility Associate. Sydney, Australia. Source: Emailed to me. Salary not listed.

More Jobs and Opps from My Own Social Media Stalking and Email and DMs

Greater Greater Washington’s main advocacy person, David Whitehead, is moving on to bigger things and to replace him, they are hiring for two positions. Note, I’m only the messenger here as while I’m on the editorial board, I may or may not be on this hiring committee. But it’s worth looking into both positions, especially as a person of color, as I wholeheartedly believe we are in need of POC staff.

Another DC area smart growth and urbanism advocate, the Coalition for Smarter Growth, is looking for a Maryland Policy Manager. Again, this is an all-white office, but they want to change that reputation. They are also encouraging folks to go ahead and apply if they meet at least 75-80% of the criteria. You’ll also be working and managed by Aimee Custis and working with everyone else there in that office. They are a good squad and as many of you know, or should know, Aimee inspired me, along with my buddy Marcus Slade in NC, to crank up this jobs letter and I’ve been thrilled to see so many of you use this to find your way and find your place in the land use and mobility world as a result. Anyway, this position is open until filled.

This is a volunteer service opportunity, but Baltimore region folks, consider being part of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board Public Advisory Committee. You have until 12/4 to submit an application to do so and you’ll be in the company of some great folks working to make transportation better in the Baltimore region.

Even though those in-house jobs from Thomas Ngo’s firm have closed, he sent along this one from the (Portland Area) Metro for a Safe Routes to School Coordinator.

The folks at the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA reached out to let me know they would be posting this position as a communication manager, which again, if I was a little closer, would be very tempting for me to flex into, but it’s perfect if your both a transportation and communication nerd like myself. Apps are due by November 29th.

The City of Madison, WI is hiring a bike/ped coordinator and you’ll be working with Jessica Wineburg and Baltazar De Anda Santana, both who insist that this next person needs to have a mind towards bike/ped equity. I also like that the actual title of the position lists pedestrian first. Additionally, Grant Foster is willing to answer questions about the position you may have. Finally, when I was there in 2011 for CNU 19, the ability to get around on bike the way you can in Madison was life-changing and I hope they can continue making equity strides.

The lovely staff at Transit Center need a program associate (or senior program associate). I love the work they do, I’ve been honored to visit their office a couple of times and again, if I wasn’t building this platform, I’d be tempted to apply. (h/t Jerome Horne, who as you may remember, can help you with any jobs at his current agency, IndyGo)

I saw one particular NYC EDC job on Justin Garrett Moore’s LinkedIn, but here’s a whole list of open opportunities. Also, he posted a slew of open opportunities at Agency Landscape and Planning.

Vote Solar has a number of positions open, many across the Southeast region and one as an equity director. One of my favorite environmentalists, Katherine Kershaw, shared this on my LinkedIn. She’s just on of a handful of folks from my first job out of college I’ve either reconnected with or been privy to things they’ve been doing.

Buncombe County, NC (Asheville Metro) is seeking a County Manager. You wouldn’t be working with Kimberlee Archie’s agency in-house, but you would be working with the City of Asheville and other adjacent places in and around that part of the North Carolina strain of the Great Smoky Mountains.

A contracted (via First Group) project manager for WMATA-related Arlington, VA things. Can’t remember who posted this one, but it’s here and I think it’s worth a shot. Arlington folks, let me know if you can answer project questions.

Get Some Money to Do Something

Transportation for Massachusetts wants to fund transportation justice projects, both by established nonprofits and from independent and un-incorporated activists and advocates. While their efforts are primarily focused on Mass, there’s room for others outside of Mass to get funding to work on a specific climate justice project. What’s also nice, is that when Jessica Roberts tweeted this to me and several other awesome black/POC women-identified folks, several folks (including me!) offered specific services or to partner.

In addition Safe Routes to School National Partnership is encouraging nonprofits around the country and specifically one nonprofit or local government in Oregon to apply for ten slots (eleven if you include the Oregon specific one) that will provide funding and a suite of technical support and training to help create an action plan and build parks, especially in areas where equitable access to parks has been an issue. S/O to Dr. Adonia Lugo, who created the Bike Equity Network list, for sharing that with us this week on the listserv. All materials are due on December 10th.

The Transportation Review Board (TRB)’s Transit Cooperative Research Program is accepting request for proposals for funded research or projects that could use some technical support.

Finally, several heavy-hitters in urban economic revitalization have released this equity toolkit to help you build your projects.

Work With Me

As I’ve been doing this platform for the better part of a decade, what’s emerged is that I’m really good at digging out stories, from individuals, from organizations, from governments and communities. I think it’s vital that we are clear on who we are, what we are about and how we hope to go about in the world. Plus, you can draw the prettiest maps, but if you’ve not gone to the community and learned what all used to be on that site and, more often than not, what the community’s sketched out for itself, you’re also doomed. Oh and that doesn’t even get into government funding cycles that cancel projects or private developers who don’t seem to have a soul.

So here I am, offering to build the public engagement campaigns, the neighborhood identities, and the individual personal brands that your work, community or venture deserves. Feel free to fill out this checklist I made to help you build your outreach and branding strategy and also check out these six things I do when I present my work. Reply back if you’d like to hire me to help you implement some of things you want to do that you developed from both of those resources. Oh and if you want me to come speak to your group, here’s a sample of some of my other speeches from over the years. And yes, I’m available to be a subcontractor on your federal and state projects that need public engagement. I’m still working on getting myself to where i can be a full MWBE, but I have been able to work around that and team with some great folks, namely in Birmingham, AL.

Other Things To Do

— The flagship Transportation Camp, in Arlington, VA the weekend of the Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting, has opened registration. As much as I love big #transpocamp, having been on planning boards for Midwest and Baltimore and knowing how intimate the older DC camps were, I want to challenge you to pull together a group and get one going in your city, or, sign up for one nearby. DC is still fun, especially as part of the Transportation Super Bowl that TRBAM is, but don’t sleep on the other camps either.

Adina Howard, a black woman planner posted this in the newly revamped Blacks in Planning and Urban Development Facebook Group and I asked her if I could repost it here—If any jurisdictions are undergoing the Analysis of Impediments or Assessment of Fair Housing and in need of consulting I am offering free 30 minute “pick my brain” sessions. Schedule a time at www.seespotrunllc.com.  She’s only doing this until the end of this month, so make sure you don’t miss out

Barb Chamberlain has issued a challenge for white folks in the space to evaluate their conference invites for panels, keynotes, workshops  for opportunities to include folks of color. She has also added a tweet in the thread for my fellow POC and otherwise marginalized folks to tag themselves and their work if you want to be considered for more panels, keynotes, workshops, commissions and the like. Absolutely do this and also let me know when you are participating in these kinds of engagements so I can tell people to attend and congratulate you on your achievements! Also, I heard the Untokening this year was great. Sorry to miss all of you, but you know there’s always room for you on my proverbial podcast couch!

Send jobs! Tag me on any social media outlets, reply to this email, etc. The goal is getting this email out over the weekends, but occasionally, I’ll get a batch of jobs and throw them up quicker. Or, life happens and jobs come out a little later, but they will be here, in some email or on the job board page of the site.

Note the closing dates on jobs. As I said before, I try to get this out in a timely manner, as well as clean off old jobs that aren’t open anymore. Please also tell me when your jobs, especially those that have ambiguous close dates, actually close.

 Click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product. Also, don’t be afraid to reach out to specific folks that you might have in mind, especially from previously marginalized groups with invites or offers to do informational interviews.

Before I Go…

The goal with this list is that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick listings and posts on some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career. Also, for those of you who live in SF-330 hell (and you know who you are), friend of the site and A/E/C marketing coordinators everywhere Matt Handal has released a new SF-330 survival guide. And if you’re discouraged in your job hunt, read this Twitter thread and know you’re not alone in the hustle.  Also, the American Institute of Architects has had this great guide out for a minute on how to start your own small firm, that I really like as someone who’s created a firm who wants to continue to grow.

Finally, my colleagues Ashley Dash and Gisla Bush (Congrats on becoming chair of your local planning board Gilsa!) can help coach you through this job and opportunity hunt if you’d like.

Alright, that’s been the tenth job dispatch. Go forth and get your bag!

Please forward this to anyone who needs this. And if you’re new here, come over and let’s get to know each other better.

Also, this platform doesn’t have a paywall,  but I still need to eat. Buy me a meal via PayPal or Cash App, or many meals via Patreon.

Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of November 10, 2018

The Black Urbanist Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch November 10, 2018

Welcome to the ninth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. Today is November 10th and as it is when you wait a little late to get an email out, more opportunities pop up. Plus, I wanted to take advantage of ninth on the ninth, but the best I could do is to send this out in the 9 a.m. hour for some of you. Anyway cue up this song, appropriately called Number 9. And this classic, which is what you probably thought I was linking to in the first place.  Or this one. Anyway, you got a soundtrack,here’s more jobs.

The Still Open and Ready’s

Rockingham County, NC Marcus Slade is your guide

SieX 1 and 2

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

livingLAB Detroit

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs.

The Loeb Fellowship (until January 4, 2019, so you have some time, but again, this is a fellowship so it can take some time to get an application package together).

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition.) Friday was the last day to submit your intention to compete and you have to have your final materials in by November 30th.

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department First review of applications was October 29, but they will accept them now on a limited basis.

Cascade Bicycle Club 

The League of American Bicyclists

Cal Poly Pomona November 16th is the hard deadline, but they’ve even said it themselves that the sooner the better.

City of West Hollywood. This one’s close is coming up but it’s still not till 11/20

City of Bloomington, IN (Transportation Engineer)

Walton Enterprises

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)

Apex Design

IndyGo (With Jerome Horne and Austin Gibble!)

SLF Consulting (Henry Pan can connect you with a staff member)

And not just one, but a second position at Uber. For the second Nadia Anderson is the actual hiring manager.

TriMet

Sound Transit (Program Director closes on 11/20)

Brink Communications. (This is Thomas Ngo’s firm in Portland).

Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department (First review November 15)

SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) (Close November 16)

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) (Open until filled)

TriMet

DRCOG (Closes 11/12)

The City of Alexandria (Closes 11/18)

ODOT (Closes 12/3)

Atlanta Regional Commission (Principal Program Coordinator and Senior Principal Program Coordinator)

The Federal Highway Administration— this is that one that’s only taking the first 150 candidates, so be sure to jump on that fast.

Jarrett Walker & Associates

Seattle DOT (Director and Transit & Mobility Division Director; The first is open until filled and the second closes 11/20)

California Walks

MNDOT

Carson City, NV

The City of Detroit

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA)

Friends of the High Line

The City and County of Denver

The City of Eugene, OR

The City of Westminster, CO (Closes 11/19)

The City of Toronto (Closes 11/13)

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

UNC Charlotte (Closes on 11/25)

What Jessica Roberts slid us in the Bike Equity Network listserv and on the web this week:

The Oregon DOT is hiring an Equity and Inclusion Officer. Salem, OR. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (This is  an exciting opportunity and it closes Monday, November 12, so I would get on that now).

WashDOT is hiring a Multimodal Planner. Olympia, WA. Source: Twitter user @barbchamberlain. Salary listed. (She also tagged me in this tweet and for this job as a commerce specialist, the planning position closes 11/20 and the other is open until filled).

Downtown on the Go is hiring a Business Outreach Coordinator. Tacoma, WA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (The first review for these started yesterday, but they are still accepting applications until they fill the position)

Valley Regional Transit is hiring a Mobility Collaborative Program Director. Boise, ID. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary listed. (Boise was so dope when I was there. You will be living large on that salary and yes, there are folks of color there and you won’t be alone if that’s you too!)

UW is hiring a Commute Options and Planning Manager. Seattle, WA. Source: emailed to me. Salary not listed.

Adventure Cycling is hiring a Safety Coordinator. Missoula, MT. Source: emailed to me. Salary not listed. (Barb tweeted this one to me as well and they RTed that RT. Also, they will start their application review on November 27)

DVRPC is hiring a Planner/Research Analyst. Philadelphia, PA. Apply here. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (This is a link to their full job board, so bookmark them if you are interested in the organization in any capacity).

WMATA is hiring a Project Manager in the Office of Real Estate and Parking. DC. Apply here; job ID 180851. Source: emailed to me. Salary not listed.

A Very Special Opportunity to Work Together for Transportation Justice

Transportation for Massachusetts wants to fund transportation justice projects, both by established nonprofits and also from independent and un-incorporated activists and advocates. While their efforts are primarily focused on Mass, there’s room for others outside of Mass to get funding to work on a specific climate justice project. What’s also nice, is that when Jessica Roberts tweeted this to me and several other awesome black/POC women-identified folks, several folks offered specific services or to partner.

Additionally, I want to be more specific about my offer on that thread, for communications services. As I’ve been doing this platform for the better part of a decade, what’s emerged is that I’m really good at digging out stories, from individuals, from organizations, from governments and communities. I think it’s vital that we are clear on who we are, what we are about and how we hope to go about in the world. Plus, you can draw the prettiest maps, but if you’ve not gone to the community and learned what all used to be on that site and, more often than not, what the community’s sketched out for itself, you’re also doomed. Oh and that doesn’t even get into government funding cycles that cancel projects or private developers who don’t seem to have a soul.

So here I am, offering to build the public engagement campaigns, the neighborhood identities, and the individual personal brands that your work, community or venture deserves. Feel free to fill out this checklist I made to help you build your outreach and branding strategy and also check out these six things I do when I present my work. Reply back if you’d like to hire me to help you implement some of things you want to do that you developed from both of those resources.

Other Things To Do

— The flagship Transportation Camp, in Arlington, VA the weekend of the Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting, has opened registration. As much as I love big #transpocamp, having been on planning boards for Midwest and Baltimore and knowing how intimate the older DC camps were, I want to challenge you to pull together a group and get one going in your city, or, sign up for one nearby. DC is still fun, especially as part of the Transportation Super Bowl that TRBAM is, but don’t sleep on the other camps either.

Adina Howard, a black woman planner posted this in the newly revamped Blacks in Planning and Urban Development Facebook Group and I asked her if I could repost it here—If any jurisdictions are undergoing the Analysis of Impediments or Assessment of Fair Housing and in need of consulting I am offering free 30 minute “pick my brain” sessions. Schedule a time at www.seespotrunllc.com.  (She’s only doing this until the end of this month, so make sure you don’t miss out!)

—I’ll be opening for the opening plenary at this coming week’s Capital Trails Symposium on November 15 at Trinity Washington University here in D.C. You can register here and please do by November 13th.

Send jobs! Tag me on any social media outlets, reply to this email, etc. The goal is getting this email out over the weekends, but occasionally, I’ll get a batch of jobs and throw them up quicker. Or, life happens and jobs come out a little later, but they are there.

Note the closing dates on jobs. As I said before, I try to get this out in a timely manner, as well as clean off old jobs that aren’t open anymore. Please also tell me when your jobs that have ambiguous close dates, actually close.

 Click on this link if you just want notifications once a week,with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product. Also, don’t be afraid to reach out to specific folks that you might have in mind, especially from previously marginalized groups with invites or offers to do informational interviews.

Before I Go…

The goal with this list is that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick listings and posts on some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career. Also, for those of you who live in SF-330 hell (and you know who you are), a friend of the site and A/E/C marketing coordinators everywhere Matt Handal has released a new SF-330 survival guide. And if you’re discouraged in your job hunt, read this Twitter thread and know you’re not alone in the hustle.

Finally, my colleagues Ashley Dash and Gisla Bush can help coach you through this job and opportunity hunt if you’d like.

Alright, that’s been the ninth job dispatch. Go forth and get your bag!

Please forward this to anyone who needs this. And if you’re new here, come over and let’s get to know each other better.

Also, this platform doesn’t have a paywall,  but I still need to eat. Buy me a meal via PayPal or Cash App, or many meals via Patreon.

Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of November 6, 2018

Welcome to the eighth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. Today is November 6, 2018, and it’s decision time. I’ll be voting in the District today, much like I did in 2016. I posted this Instagram post highlighting how easy for me to do everything on the same day (register, vote, brag). Later that night I would weep openly at the Meridian Pint on 11th Street and then I would channel that aggression over Women’s March weekend into my Patreon.

You all know that I’m as blue as they come and sometimes very, very green. Please research and vote for progressive, forward-thinking candidates (or consciously abstain if you don’t have anyone like that on your ballot). Please try to get to the polls and if you have issues there, challenge them and make sure they register your vote. And even better, this work comes from the mandates of progressive, forward-thinking candidates and officials. Do the work you can, but know that some work will require you to run yourself or convince an official to appoint you to a board. And sometimes that work is as simple as a conversation or a post/email like this one.

Anyway, I still have lots of government and nonprofit and other similar jobs here and we’ll do what we’ve come to do and recap still open jobs and opportunities, add some new ones and then I’ll add a couple more announcements before I leave you to your job and opportunity hunting and voting.

Also, please, please, please remember to update me if the jobs on this list are no longer active or working. Sometimes the links on these posts go away, but sometimes they don’t.

The Still Open and Ready’s

Rockingham County, NC Marcus Slade is your guide

SieX 1 and 2

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

livingLAB Detroit

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs.

The Loeb Fellowship (until January 4, 2019, so you have some time, but again, this is a fellowship so it can take some time to get an application package together).

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition. There’s one more information session on the first of November, but you have to submit your intention to compete by November 9th and you have to have your final materials in by November 30th.

Two of those Washington State jobs  (That Barb Chamberlain can help guide you with. She’s also available for informational interviews and today’s (11/6) her birthday!)

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department First review of applications was October 29, but they will accept them now on a limited basis.

Cascade Bicycle Club 

The League of American Bicyclists

Cal Poly Pomona November 16th is the hard deadline, but they’ve even said it themselves that the sooner the better.

City of West Hollywood. This one’s close is coming up but it’s still not till 11/20

City of Bloomington, IN (Transportation Engineer)

Walton Enterprises

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)

Apex Design

Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (Closes today)

IndyGo (With Jerome Horne and Austin Gibble!)

SLF Consulting (Henry Pan can connect you with a staff member)

And not just one, but a second position at Uber. For the second Nadia Anderson is the actual hiring manager.

TriMet

Sound Transit (Program Director closes on 11/20)

NYC Planning Thanks to Perris Straughter for sharing that position and note that it closes on November 8th.

Brink Communications. (This is Thomas Ngo’s firm in Portland).

New from Jessica Roberts’s  last couple of roundups in the Bike Equity Network listserv (With asides from me):

Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department is hiring a Scenic Bikeways and Waterways Coordinator. Salem, OR. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (First review November 15)

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) is seeking a Transportation Planner II to focus on Vision Zero. SF, CA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (Close November 16)

The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is hiring a Mobility Programs Manager for the TDM/Mobility Programs team. Apply here. Richmond, VA. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Can’t tell if salary is listed. ( Here’s a direct link with salary. There’s no listed close date)

TriMet is hiring a Manager, Marketing & Outreach Services. Portland, OR. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (Open until filled)

DRCOG is hiring a Regional TDM Program Sales Specialist. Denver, CO. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary listed. (Closes 11/12)

The City of Alexandria is hiring a Division Chief of Mobility Services. Alexandria, VA. Source: Twitter user @bikepedantic. Salary listed.  (Closes 11/18)

ODOT is hiring a Principal Planner. Portland, OR. Source: LinkedIn. Salary listed. (Closes 12/3)

The Atlanta Regional Commission is hiring both a Principal Program Coordinator and a Senior Principal Program Coordinator. Atlanta, GA. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary listed.

The Federal Highway Administration has openings for the Pathways Recent Graduate – Community Planner. Many locations possible. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. First 150 applicants only. 

Jarrett Walker & Associates is hiring a Transit Analyst. Arlington (VA) or Portland (OR). Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (Will be interested to see how this hiring process shakes out and if someone marginalized does make it into this position, considering how they will be making the process blind to identity).

The Seattle DOT is hiring a Director and a Transit & Mobility Division Director. Seattle, WA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (The first is open until filled and the second closes 11/20)

California Walks is hiring a Walk San Jose Program Manager. San Jose, CA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. (Closes 11/30)

MNDOT is hiring a Transportation Operations Manager for the Office of Transit and Active Transportation. St. Paul, MN. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary listed.  (Closes 11/19)

Carson City is hiring a Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator. Carson City, NV. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary listed. (No closing date listed)

The City of Detroit is hiring a Project Manager and Analytics Specialist IV (Smart Mobility Strategist). Detroit, MI. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. (No closing date listed)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) has a lot of jobs open, in IT and research and engineering.

Friends of the High Line is hiring a Senior Director of the High Line Network. NYC. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary not listed. (Closing date not listed)

The City and County of Denver is hiring a Transportation Engineer (Vision Zero / Area Engineer). Denver, CO. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. (Closing date not listed)

The City of Eugene is hiring a Traffic Engineer. Eugene, Or. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. (Open until filled)

The City of Westminster is hiring a Transportation & Mobility Planner. Westminster, CO. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. (Closes 11/19)

The City of Toronto is hiring a Big Data Innovation Research Analyst 1. Toronto, ON, Canada. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. (Closes 11/13)

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hiring a Traffic Engineer. NYC. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary not listed. (Close date not listed)

A Few More Things

— I was tempted to throw my hat into this research job at UNC Charlotte, but I’m not quite ready to come home. It also has a hard time limit of September 2020, but it could become more, especially if the research bears fruit. Check it out. It closes on 11/25.

— The flagship Transportation Camp, in Arlington, VA the weekend of the Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting, has opened registration. As much as I love big #transpocamp, having been on planning boards for Midwest and Baltimore and knowing how intimate the older DC camps were, I want to challenge you to pull together a group and get one going in your city, or, sign up for one nearby. DC is still fun, especially as part of the Transportation Super Bowl that TRBAM is, but don’t sleep on the other camps either.

Adina Howard, a black woman planner who owns the planning firm See Spot Run posted this in the newly revamped Blacks in Planning and Urban Development Facebook Group and I asked her if I could repost it here: If any jurisdictions are undergoing the Analysis of Impediments or Assessment of Fair Housing and in need of consulting I am offering free 30 minute “pick my brain” sessions. Schedule a time at www.seespotrunllc.com. She would also like you to know that this is only for the month of November.

The Fine Print

If you want to add jobs, the best way to do so is to email me at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, to tag me on your job posts on LinkedIn, share it in The Black Urbanist Facebook group, or tag me on any tweets or social media posts where you see this job. After a few weeks of doing this and realizing so many jobs close on Fridays, and that there are so many jobs that do come recommended, I’m considering changing how this list comes out. Right now, I’ll officially be doing one of these a week, but don’t be surprised if you start to see more Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatches to the point where they come out every weekday but holidays. That probably won’t happen until I get more staff here at The Black Urbanist, but be ready.

Either way, the minute you see or post a job, send it over and I’ll get it out as soon as I can. Also, please let me know if any links don’t work and also if you’ve filled these jobs and they just happen to still be sitting on your website. The goal with this list is still that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick out some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

Also, a reminder to review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career. Also, for those of you who live in SF-330 hell (and you know who you are), friend of the site and A/E/C marketing coordinators everywhere Matt Handal has released a new SF-330 survival guide. And if you’re discouraged in your job hunt, read this Twitter thread and know you’re not alone in the hustle. Finally, my most recent podcasts are a wealth of info on making your voice heard.

I’ve noticed several of you unsubscribing, before you do, click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Vote, if you can, and may our odds ever be in our favor!

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Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of October 26, 2018

The Black Urbanist Jobs Opportunities and Funding Dispatch for October 26, 2018

Welcome to the seventh Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. Today is October 26, 2018, and I’ve been a Washingtonian again for just about a month. As I say all the time, I don’t know for how long and I’m honestly just going with the flow. I love my roommates and I have some other special folks popping up in my life that are making this round even better, so we shall see.

In the meantime, we’ll do what we’ve come to do and recap still open jobs and opportunities, add some new ones and then I’ll add a couple more announcements before I leave you to your job and opportunity hunting. 

Also, please, please, please remember to update me if the jobs on this list are no longer active or working. Sometimes the links on these posts go away, but sometimes they don’t. Anyway, the still opens:

Rockingham County, NC Marcus Slade is your guide

SieX 1 and 2

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

livingLAB Detroit

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

City of Long Beach Advance Planning Coordinator (CLOSES TODAY)

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

Options for Homes in Toronto. This position has been reviewing resumes for the past couple of weeks and a decision may have been made. I would call or email to double check before submitting any information.

The University of Washington, Tacoma Urban Studies Department  (Dr. Mark Pendras is leading the search for this tenure-track position and the priority deadline is November 5, one and a half weeks from today.

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs.

The Loeb Fellowship (until January 4, 2019, so you have some time, but again, this is a fellowship so it can take some time to get an application package together).

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition. There’s one more information session on the first of November, but you have to submit your intention to compete by November 9th and you have to have your final materials in by November 30th.

And finally all those Washington State DOT Jobs (That Barb Chamberlain can help guide you with. She did say that the planning ones are closing very soon. Not sure what very soon means, but I would get that app in ASAP if you want to work with them. Also, please do reach out, even if it’s just to add another potential mentor or friend to your roster of people in this world.

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department First review of applications is October 29, but they will accept them afterward on a limited basis. 


Cascade Bicycle Club
 

The League of American Bicyclists

Cal Poly Pomona November 16th is the hard deadline, but they’ve even said it themselves that the sooner the better.

City of West Hollywood. You have just over a month to get this application in, as it closes on 11/20/2018

City and County of Denver

City of Bloomington, IN Bike/Ped and Transportation Engineer)

Walton Enterprises

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)

City of Berkeley (These do close on November 5th and your information will be kept on file for future positions if you don’t get in on this round).

Orange County (FL) Transportation Division (All positions close tonight)

Apex Design

Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (Closes on November 6th)

City of Missoula, MT (Closes on Monday October 29th).

IndyGo (With Jerome Horne and Austin Gibble!)

SLF Consulting (Henry Pan can connect you with a staff member)

And not just one, but a second position at Uber. For the second Nadia Anderson is the hiring manager.

New from Jessica Roberts’s roundup in the Bike Equity Network listserv. 

TriMet is hiring a Director, Bus and Rail Operations. Portland, OR. Source: WTS Portland chapter e-newsletter. Salary listed.

Sound Transit is hiring a Program Director. Seattle, WA. Source: NACTO job board. Salary listed.

The City of San Antonio is hiring a Streets Outreach Coordinator. San Antonio, TX. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed.

The Wisconsin DOT is hiring an Advanced Urban and Regional Planner. Madison, WI. Source: APBP Career Center. Salary listed.

From the Facebook group, NYC Planning needs a Senior Planner in its Queens and Staten Island Division. Thanks to Perris Straughter for sharing that position.

And, friend of the site Thomas Ngo and I have been friends since the TRB that we not only ran into each other at the convention hall and some of the official happy hours but on the Metrobus, not rail, but bus, headed to a local spot that’s a little off the beaten path for most tourists. Anyway, after time in New York and time in government service, his new firm Brink Communications is hosting a meet and greet next week. They also have openings for communications associate and project manager, positions that you can happily ask them about. If you want to attend it’s at their office, 1300 SE Stark St #201, Portland, OR 97214 on October 31, 8-9 a.m. PDT.  Anyone who’s interested in attending should email alyssa@brinkcomm.com by 8 a.m. PDT on October 30. Also, Thomas, congratulations on your speaking engagement in Portland. You’re going to do awesome!

Finally, if you want to add jobs, the best way to do so is to email me at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, to tag me on your job posts on LinkedIn, share it in The Black Urbanist Facebook group, or tag me on any tweets or social media posts where you see this job. After a few weeks of doing this and realizing so many jobs close on Fridays, and that there are so many jobs that do come recommended, I’m considering changing how this list comes out. Right now, I’ll officially be doing one of these a week, but don’t be surprised if you start to see more Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatches to the point where they come out every weekday but holidays. That probably won’t happen until I get more staff here at The Black Urbanist, but be ready.

Either way, the minute you see or post a job, send it over and I’ll get it out as soon as I can. Also, please let me know if any links don’t work and also if you’ve filled these jobs and they just happen to still be sitting on your website. The goal with this list is still that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick out some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

Also, a reminder to review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career

I’ve noticed several of you unsubscribing, before you do, click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Happy job hunting and have a wonderful weekend!

Please forward this to anyone who needs this. And if you’re new here, come over and let’s get to know each other better.

Also, this platform doesn’t have a paywall,  but I still need to eat. Buy me a meal via PayPal or Cash App, or many meals via Patreon.

Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of October 19, 2018

An image of a cupcake in front of a Baltimore apartment building advertises the October 19th jobs, opportunities and funding dispatch by The Black Urbanist

Welcome to the sixth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. Today is October 19, 2018, and Wednesday was the 8th Anniversary of the creation of The Black Urbanist!

I’ve always been interested in how cities work and as I got older, I really wanted them to work better. As the platform has grown, I’ve really become invested in telling the stories of black towns and cities, people in the African Diaspora and how we interact with all kinds of cities, critiquing theories and practices that we’ve all accepted as fact in land use and planning, and finally, helping people get their foot in the door and find their place as practitioners of place.

It’s been a joy to see all of you open and respond to these emails and I’m happy I can provide value to you and your colleagues and friends. That being said, before I get into the job check-ins and the new gigs, please stop, listen to Episodes 9 and 10 of The Black Urbanist Radio Show with Ashley Dash and Gisla Bush respectively. Both of these women have powerful insights into how to up-level your career and how to make it work along with having a life! Take that advice and go after one or more of the jobs on this list!

Alright, let’s check on the still opens…

Rockingham County, NC Marcus Slade is your guide

SieX 1 and 2

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

livingLAB Detroit

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

City of Long Beach Advance Planning Coordinator (But only until next Friday 10/26)

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

Options for Homes in Toronto. This position has been reviewing resumes for the past couple of weeks and a decision may have been made. I would call or email to double check before submitting any information.

The University of Washington, Tacoma Urban Studies Department  (Dr. Mark Pendras is leading the search for this tenure-track position and the priority deadline is November 5, two and a half weeks from today

All those jobs in Boston but some are already starting to review resumes and interview candidates. I would suggest continuing to check that pages regularly if you are interested in any of these posted or upcoming City of Boston jobs. I also want to applaud the City of Boston for modeling a great way to write a job description and recruitment sites for the government jobs. A lot of the government positions are good about showing salary and being clear on what type of job, but this also gives you some insight on culture, hiring timelines and also encourages people to come to this page and ask questions that aren’t found.

The Loeb Fellowship (until January 4, 2019, so you have some time, but again, this is a fellowship so it can take some time to get an application package together).

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition. There’s one more information session on the first of November, but you have to submit your intention to compete by November 9th and you have to have your final materials in by November 30th.

And finally all those Washington State DOT Jobs (That Barb Chamberlain can help guide you with. She did say that the planning ones are closing very soon. Not sure what very soon means, but I would get that app in ASAP if you want to work with them. Also, please do reach out, even if it’s just to add another potential mentor or friend to your roster of people in this world.

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department First review of applications is October 29, but they will accept them afterward on a limited basis.

 The University of South Florida This closes tomorrow night 10/20/2018

Cascade Bicycle Club  I want to applaud them for being so transparent about what working for this kind of organization means and what is required. If you are looking for a great model to write those job apps, this is a good one , especially for my private and other non-governmental folks out there.

The League of American Bicyclists

Cal Poly Pomona November 16th is the hard deadline, but they’ve even said it themselves that the sooner the better.

City of West Hollywood. You have just over a month to get this application in, as it closes on 11/20/2018

Uber (Nadia Anderson is a potential future colleague).

Don’t forget about the Bike Equity Network group or the Untokening if you’re doing any kind of mobility and transportation-related work and want to stay in the loop around debates and discussions. Also, Jessica Roberts’ webinar is now on-demand and watchable whenever you’d like. Here’s her list from this week (both the Tuesday and Friday lists are included here):

The City and County of Denver is hiring a Safe Routes to School Program Administrator. Denver, CO. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.

The City of Tukwila, WA is hiring a temporary part-time Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program Assistant. Tukwila, WA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. 

The City of Bloomington is hiring a Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator. Bloomington, IN. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.

Denver’s Department of Public Health and Environment is hiring a Program Administrator (Safe Routes to School). Denver, CO. Source: APBP career center. Salary listed.

Walton Enterprises is hiring a Bike Culture Program Manager. Bentonville, AR. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary not listed.

Salt Lake City is hiring a Transportation Planner I or II. Salt Lake City, UT. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed. 

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. (TCAT) is seeking a Project Manager. Ithaca, NY. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary not listed. 

The City of Berkeley is hiring an Associate Planner. Berkeley, CA. Source: A Jobs Jawn. Salary not listed.

Orange County Transportation Division is hiring an Assistant Project Manager/Transit Planner two Planner IIIs, and two Planner IIIs (Transit Focus). Search here. Orlando, FL. Source: APBP career center. Salary not listed.

Apex Design is hiring a Multimodal Transportation Planner. Denver, CO. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary not listed. 

The City of Bloomington is hiring a Transportation and Traffic Engineer. Search here. Bloomington, IN. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary not listed. 

The Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition is hiring an Executive Director. Santa Rosa, CA. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary listed.

The City of Missoula is hiring a Program Assistant – Transportation. Missoula, MT. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary listed.

My brother from another mother  (and King of NUMTOT ;)) Jerome Horne  would be thrilled to have you as a colleague at his and Austin Gibble’s agency, IndyGo in Indianapolis. They are hiring for the following positions and more:

  • Strategic Planner
  • External Communications Coordinator
  • Internal Communications Specialist
  • Customer Service Supervisor

Henry Pan sends over this call for three (yes, three) Associate Planners for the City of Berkley and while he doesn’t have a personal connection to this job, he does note that applying to this job will at the very least put you in the pipeline any future openings in the Berkley planning department.

He does know and can connect you with someone for the public engagement coordinator opening, at SLF Consulting, a Twin Cities area firm.

You could dump city life completely and go work on a farm with the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust on the Soul Fire Farm in Upstate New York. There’s a coordinator position open for applications until November 1st and there’s still time to become a Farm Apprentice for next year. Thanks to David Kanthor for bringing this opportunity to my attention via email.

And finally, if you want to add jobs, the best way to do so is to email me at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, to tag me on your job posts on LinkedIn, share it in The Black Urbanist Facebook group, or tag me on any tweets or social media posts where you see this job. After a few weeks of doing this and realizing so many jobs close on Fridays, and that there are so many jobs that do come recommended, I’m considering changing how this list comes out. Right now, I’ll officially be doing one of these a week, but don’t be surprised if you start to see more Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatches to the point where they come out every weekday but holidays. That probably won’t happen until I get more staff here at The Black Urbanist, but be ready.

Either way, the minute you see or post a job, send it over and I’ll get it out as soon as I can. Also, please let me know if any links don’t work and also if you’ve filled these jobs and they just happen to still be sitting on your website. The goal with this list is still that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick out some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

Also, a reminder to review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career

I’ve noticed several of you unsubscribing, before you do, click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Happy job hunting and have a wonderful weekend!

Please forward this to anyone who needs this. And if you’re new here, come over and let’s get to know each other better.

Also, this platform doesn’t have a paywall,  but I still need to eat. Buy me a meal via PayPal or Cash App, or many meals via Patreon.

Jobs and Opportunities and Funding as of October 11, 2018

Hello folks. This is the 5th Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. It’s October 11, 2018 and I’m here a day earlier than promised because several of the jobs listed here are closing on Friday and I have one that’s double recommended! Plus, the planet is going through climate change and I know a lot of jobs on this list will help to fix that.  Or you could do like this person above did and build a vehicle that raises awareness. Or even better, do both, we could use all the help we can get.

First, the still open jobs and opps, some with rolling applications, others with deadlines that aren’t tomorrow.

Rockingham County, NC (Marcus Slade is your guide)

SieX 1 and 2

US PIRG

Bicycle Colorado

livingLAB Detroit

Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition

City of Long Beach Advance Planning Coordinator

Wilsonville, OR (But only until Monday 10/15)

Silicon Valley Bike Coalition

Options for Homes in Toronto

The University of Washington, Tacoma Urban Studies Department  (Dr. Mark Pendras is leading the search for this tenure-track position)

All those jobs in Boston, namely this one!

The DDOT Hospitality and Commuter Outreach Coordinator (housed with Foursquare ITP)

The Loeb Fellowship

The NAACP National Headquarters Design Competition

And finally all those Washington State DOT Jobs (That Barb Chamberlain can help guide you with)

Then the closing tomorrows (Friday 10/12/2018) that I know of from the Bike Equity Network List.

  • The NCDOT is hiring a Transportation Planner I. Wake County, NC. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary Listed. This is the one that I double recommend.  Hanna Cockburn who is the Bike and Pedestrian Director at NCDOT along with a number of other folks I’ve known over the years of doing bike/ ped and transportation work period in North Carolina are doing some great things and Hanna’s really awesome. I first worked with her on the Greensboro Bikeshare Task Force and I remember seeing her Planning Department booth at several of our noted street festivals and can vouch that she will be a good resource, not just colleague (and maybe supervisor, I can’t tell how this will fall on an org chart but she will be in the building.)
  • The City of Providence is hiring a Planner. Providence, RI. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.
  • The City of Sacramento is hiring a Program Analyst. Sacramento, CA. Source: NACTO jobs board. Salary listed. (I also appreciate that this one notes that the driver’s license requirement can be waived due to physical disability. I don’t know if they read last week’s email, but thanks for making this note).

And then everything else from Jessica Roberts’s Bike Equity Network list with longer/rolling deadlines

  • Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is hiring a Recreation Trails Planner. Salem, OR. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.
  • The University of South Florida is hiring a TDM Outreach Coordinator focusing on bicycle safety education. Tampa, FL. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary Listed.  ( I also want to add that this is a part-time opportunity and a great way to test out the field or get back into the field after a pause if you’re local to the area).
  • Cascade Bicycle Club is hiring for a Policy Director, a Digital Communications Manager, a Rides Program Manager, and a Major Taylor Project Ride Leader/Instructor. Apply here. Seattle, WA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.
  • The League of American Bicyclists is hiring a Communications Director. Washington, DC. Source: National Center for Walking and Biking. Salary Listed.

I appreciate that Jessica’s well-organized in sending this list on Tuesdays in the Bike Equity Network Google Group. and I also suggest that if you’re interested in getting some of these jobs well before their close date and you live in Bike World (those of you know who you are) and you want to keep working there, hop into the Google Group! Also, thanks to Jessica for mentioning me on that list!  (And I didn’t realize until this morning I wasn’t in the Google Group and I’m very happy to be there now) It’s not too late to catch her webinar, Transportation Seminar: Transportation Behavior Change…Now With SCIENCE! which will be live at noon Pacific tomorrow (10/12/2018), but on-demand as long as you register for it.

Also, BIPOC folks who are community planners, advocates and all other related activities, the Untokening 2018 is accepting applications for its next iteration in Detroit. This is an excellent opportunity for those of us who are BIPOC to come together and learn from our peers, heal from prior injustices in the sector and plot out what’s next. I was at the first, I yielded space for Californians to convene for the second and I’m leaning towards not being in Detroit again this year (even though this promises to be an even more focused and purposeful version of the Allied Media Conference), but you should apply. Please ask for the fee waiver and scholarship if you think you have an inkling that you need it! The convening is only a month away, so I’d hurry and get your information in so the organizers can follow up with next steps.

Another phenomenal resource for jobs and opportunities. is Lynn Ross. Lynn runs Spirit of Change Consulting and is a veteran of HUD (under the Obama administration), the Urban Land Institute, APA and the Knight Foundation and she currently runs the @urbanistleadersofcolor Twitter handle, where she retweets opportunities, such as this newsletter and other activities of note from a list of other black and POC urbanists throughout the world. If you still read this and marvel at our existence, this will help you see that we’re pretty normal. Also, she just retweeted these job leads on her personal account. I think she’s just the messenger, but they seemed cool. She also tweeted a link to the Hindsight Conference, APA Metro New York’s 2nd Annual Equity Conference which is going on a week prior to the Untokening and she, like me shares great articles and resources around POC and places and spaces.

A couple more leads and then I’ll close the book for this week.

Lisa Nisenson, who you may know from Alta Planning, CNU and also as one of the co-creators of Cards Against Urbanity passed this opportunity along to go work for the city of West Hollywood as an Urban Design and Architecture Studio Manager. You could literally go to Hollywood, but still be a planner. Go figure.

Several folks in the Planning and the Black Community Facebook group have recommended applying for the Design Director position for the City of Detroit and I add myself to that list.

One of my fellow Congressional Black Caucus transportation panelists Nadia Andersonhas posted an opportunity to work partially with her team at Uber. More on that opportunity as a product marketing manager.

And finally, if you want to add jobs, the best way to do so is to email me at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, to tag me on your job posts on LinkedIn, share it in The Black Urbanist Facebook group, or tag me on any tweets or social media posts where you see this job. After a few weeks of doing this and realizing so many jobs close on Fridays, and that there are so many jobs that do come recommended, I’m considering changing how this list comes out. Right now, I’ll officially be doing one of these a week, but don’t be surprised if you start to see more Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatches to the point where they come out every weekday but holidays. That probably won’t happen until I get more staff here at The Black Urbanist, but be ready.

Either way, the minute you see or post a job, send it over and I’ll get it out as soon as I can. Also, please let me know if any links don’t work and also if you’ve filled these jobs and they just happen to still be sitting on your website. The goal with this list is still that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick out some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you (the potential applicant) should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

Also, a reminder to review your announcements for areas of potential inequity and to publish at least a salary range. It’s not enough to include an EEOC pledge or invite for certain groups to hire, especially if things like work environment, licenses, and other things don’t actually affect your day to day work product.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career

I’ve noticed several of you unsubscribing, before you do, click on this link if you just want notifications once a week, with a link to content from the prior week. I’m still determining a hard date for that (truly weekly) recap.  And do nothing if you don’t mind seeing me in your inbox 3-5 times a week, as I increase the frequency that I share jobs and content from The Black Urbanist platform.

Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll be releasing two podcast episodes from Ashley Dash and Gisla Bush on moving around to make a career (and how that shapes our black urbanism) and on getting more people to become planners, especially black women, respectively. Be sure to bookmark the RSS feed,  the special podcast release email,  Radio Public or your other favorite podcast platform.

I’ll see you tomorrow with a podcast announcement unless you click the button, otherwise, I’ll see you next week with more jobs and links to those podcasts.

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Jobs and Opportunities as of October 8, 2018

Interior of the Boston Opera House September 2018

Good morning folks! This is the fourth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Weekly and it’s October 8, 2018. I’m feeling as golden as this room I snapped in Boston a couple of weeks ago. In fact, said room is the room where it happens. And because I don’t want to miss my shot or for you to do the same, here’s a list of jobs and opportunities for the upcoming week. (NOTE that there were three significant additions, hence why I’ve changed the date on this post and that there’s a new email that’s been sent out with a new date).

…But before we get started with new jobs, these jobs from previous weeks are still open.

Rockingham County, NC 
SieX 1 and 2
US PIRG
Bicycle Colorado
livingLAB Detroit
Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition
All those jobs in Boston!

Meanwhile, Jessica Roberts sends us these jobs

  • The City of Long Beach is hiring an Advance Planning Officer. Long Beach, CA. Source: LinkedIn. Salary listed.
  • SMART is hiring a TDM Technician with a strong focus on youth including SRTS activities. Apply here. Wilsonville, OR. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.
  • Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is hiring a Santa Clara County Advocate. San Jose, CA. Source: emailed to me. Salary listed.
  • DRCOG is hiring an Outreach Specialist and a Planner III. Denver, CO. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary listed.
  • Foursquare is hiring a Hospitality and Commuter Outreach Coordinator for the goDCgo project. DC. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary not listed.
  • VIA is hiring a Director of Innovative Services. San Antonio, TX. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary not listed. (Note, friend of the platform Lanzell Harper also works for this agency).

And this coming Friday, October 12 at 12 noon PDT (but available on demand after), Jessica will be doing a webinar called Transportation Seminar: Transportation Behavior Change…Now With SCIENCE!. Click on the name of the webinar to register and learn more.

Barb Chamberlain, longtime friend of the platform and champion for equity has offered to connect folks with informational interviews for all jobs listed below with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and notes that any in Seattle will work down the hall from her in their offices in Pioneer Square and will work closely with public transportation and urban mobility/access issues.  Reach out here if you’re interested in having her recommendations before you apply for these positions.

Abigail Moriah of New Commons Development in Toronto passes on this opportunity from her colleagues at Options of Homes. If you are a Canadian national, have the ability to obtain a drivers license and have a good sense of what the salary range for this kind of position would be, this could be a perfect fit. Please direct all applications and inquiries to careers@optionsforhomes.ca Please reference
“Development Manager” in the subject line.

Not interested in leaving the States just yet, but going to a colder and more northern state?Henry Pan sent me a note after the original dispatch went out on Sunday night and wanted me to add this transit assistance program coordinator job in the Twin Cities, that closes tomorrow (October 9, 2018. Note also that he’s not with the agency or planning to become part of it soon). It’s a temporary position for one year and it does require a drivers license, something that seems a bit ironic and also a bit exclusionary, especially for a job in a major metro with carsharing and ridesharing options. Maybe in light of the nature of the position, you could negotiate a car share or rideshare allotment and offer to add it to your final report, noting all the areas that you absolutely had to take rideshare or carshare. I am pleased to see that this position has pledged to not let prior justice system interactions interfere with the potential to hire.

Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Loeb Fellowship applications for the class of 2019-2020 are open and will be until January 1.

And an additional RFP/RFQ  I saw after I hit send–The NAACP is starting the process for rebuilding its headquarters in the spirit of embracing climate and environmental justice. While their procurement timeline has started, you have time to put together a team and put in a proposal. Learn more and get started with the process.

One more addition since original publication of an academic nature– Dr. Mark Pendras of the University of Washington, Tacoma Urban Studies Department is seeking a colleague to teach community-based urban planning on the tenure-track. More information, including the application process, is here. Dr. Pendras is also the chair of the search committee and you can direct questions to him.

And finally, if you want to add jobs, the best way to do so is to email me at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, to tag me on your job posts on LinkedIN (I’m at Kristen Jeffers, share it in The Black Urbanist Facebook group, or tag me on any tweets or social media posts where you see this job. Priority for inclusion is the Thursday prior to the weekend before I send each email. While I’ll shoot to release the email on Fridays, sometimes it won’t be out until Sunday like this one.

Again, the goal with this list is that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick out some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads and add anything of note that I think you should shoot for,  regardless of if there’s a lead from this list or in your own personal life.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities, we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career.

Finally, I want to challenge those of you reading this who will write job ads or manage a hiring process in the future, to be clear about your salary and benefits. The current process I see for many jobs assumes that people know how much they are worth and it encourages far too much negotiation. Additionally, this gets into asking people to provide their salary history, which is illegal in New York City and several other states and cities. You may still have negotiators, but for those who are fine taking the first package they see, please consider offering as solid and helpful of a package you can. This also gives folks the opportunity on cover letters to note if they would be willing to take a pay cut, or even offer to write grants or do fundraising or find sponsors to make up salary gaps. Once this is saved for an offer letter, it takes that leverage away from your candidate to make a mutual decision to come work for your company for the salary and benefits you’ve provided.  While I will post your jobs anyway, I will not stop noting how unfair this is and how this is one small thing you can do, especially those of you who are looking for small things, to make the world better.

Other News From Me

Thanks to Planning Magazine, produced by the American Planning Association, for including The Black Urbanist Radio Show and my contributions to Third Wave Urbanism in their Planning Playlist this month both online and in print. And I’m literally editing two episodes now, that will release over the course of next week. Look for them in your RSS feed, in your podcast players, and on www.theblackurbanist.com/podcasts. Also, a special email with both episodes and summary will go out on their release date.

Don’t miss out on showing your support for black urbanists! Merch is available, along with a few other items I’ve designed via Print All Over Me. Especially for the winter holidays. I ordered my first set at the beginning of August and didn’t receive it until the end. I chose this vendor because it allows me to wholesale products and also I can get a slightly higher take of the proceeds. Plus, this all happens while paying fair wages to people who are creating the products. So I don’t mind the wait knowing that this vendor is doing what it can to provide quality service and a good working environment. Are you or someone you know a vendor, especially a vendor of color, of promotional products with quicker turnarounds, wholesale fulfillment capability, and a solid work environment? Please let me know and I would love to discuss with you how we can work together.

That’s all for now. Look out for the podcast episodes later this week and another job dispatch on or shortly after October 12, 2018.

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Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of September 27, 2018

Good morning folks! This is the third Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. And yes, it’s really September 27th, 2018 and you get a bonus in that you get two emails this week. Partly because I was traveling over the weekend and I’m moving back to DC today and will be adjusting to my new space before working at the coffeehouse over the weekend. Baltimore, we had a good time and I look forward to many visits. But it’s time to make this commute make sense and not make me think (and that’s putting that lightly), as I’m doing in the picture leading this dispatch. Speaking of commutes, maybe one of these jobs or opportunities is worth commuting to…

First of all, Jessica Roberts sent out a few more jobs this week as well, many that have close dates tomorrow (Friday, September 28, 2018).

The City of Boston is hiring two Active Transportation/Vision Zero Planners. Boston, MA. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary code listed; perhaps you can find out what that corresponds to.

The Pima County Health Department is hiring a  Program Manager (Bike and Pedestrian Safety Program Manager). Tucson, AZ.  Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary listed. 

The City of San Antonio is hiring a Pedestrian Mobility Project Manager. San Antonio, TX. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary listed.

Wake County is hiring a Program Coordinator III. Wake County, NC. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary listed.

Investing in Place is hiring a Policy Advocate and a Policy Analyst. LA, CA. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary not listed.

U.S. PIRG is hiring a Transportation Advocate for their national 21st Century Transportation program. Washington, DC. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary not listed. 

Bicycle Colorado is hiring a Development Director. Denver, CO. Source: TRANSP-TDM list serve. Salary not listed.

Living Lab Detroit is hiring a Mid-Level Landscape Architect and Project Manager. Detroit, MI. Source: sent to me. Salary not listed.

The Marin County Bicycle Coalition is hiring a Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Education Lead Instructor. Fairfax, CA. Source: National Center for Biking and Walking. Salary not listed. 

Plus, a longtime friend of the platform, Kimberlee Archie, tagged me on LinkedIN with a great opportunity to come to Asheville and work in her department as a Training Consultant for Diversity and Inclusion. The job’s really tempting to me, as I think the world of anything North Carolina mountains or cities in mountain valleys period, but I think you’ll really like it if that’s you too.

And Facebook group member Patrice Brady sent along not just one, but two Planner II positions for the City of Columbus, Ohio with an emphasis on historic preservation. Bachelors degree with two years of relevant experience or masters degree with one year of experience is required. You can send your application materials to the attention of or reach out to Tamara Sanford with questions.

Also, if you missed the earlier dispatch from this week it’s here.

And finally, if you want to add jobs and opportunities the best way to do so is to email me at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, to tag me on your job posts on LinkedIN or other social media networks, share it in The Black Urbanist Facebook group, or tag me on any tweets or social media posts of job.

The goal with this list is that these are jobs you are either a point of contact for, either as a future colleague or hiring manager or can mentor applicants to producing a successful application. I may also pick out some of your social media accounts that are excellent resources for good leads.

I believe that while being a prepared or preferred candidate may not be a job guarantee, it will start the process of building a bigger group of mentors and friends for all of us throughout the industry and in the communities we both serve and live.

Plus, I’ve heard from multiple people that my post where I included some questions to ask and traps to avoid when considering this career field has helped them decide on planning school and also have a better balance of their career.

Have a great week and I’ll see you here on or shortly after next Friday, October 5th.

P.S. I Am A Black Urbanist and I Support Black Urbanists T-Shirts are here! $20+ shipping via Print All Over Me. So far it’s just the green, black and white colors of the brand, but coming soon I hope to offer colors to help you represent your specific city, sports team, organization or colors you like.

Never heard of me before this post? Come over here and let’s get to know each other better.  This platform doesn’t have a paywall,  but I still need to eat. Buy me a meal via PayPal or Cash App, or many meals via Patreon.