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Also, please, please, please remember to update me if the jobs on this list are no longer active or working.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
Marin County (CA) Bicycle Coalition
City of Long Beach Advance Planning Coordinator (CLOSES TODAY)
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.
- Director of Government Relations at WSDOT, Olympia
- CTR/TDM in WSDOT Public Transportation Division, Seattle
- Regional administrator for WSDOT SW Region, Vancouver
- 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 is October 29, but they will accept them afterward 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. You have just over a month to get this application in, as it closes on 11/20/2018
City of Bloomington, IN Bike/Ped and Transportation Engineer)
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)
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
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Happy job hunting and have a wonderful weekend!
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