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Also, please, please, please remember to update me if the jobs on this list are no longer active or working.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
Marin County (CA) Bicycle 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!)
- Mobility planner, WSDOT Urban Mobility/Access, Seattle
- Planning/land use manager, WSDOT Urban Mobility/Access, Seattle
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department First review of applications was October 29, but they will accept them now on a limited basis.
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)
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)
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.
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.
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