Job Description
Salary: $88,416 - $106,816 annually (GS.16)
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. (EST)
*Hours may vary due to work assignments or projects.*
Work Location: 1250 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN
FLSA Status: This is an Exempt position.
Department: City Planning
CLASSIFICATION SUMMARY:
Incumbents in this classification are responsible for assisting the Administrator in directing transportation planning functions of the Agency. This role also functions as the Coordinator for the Chattanooga Hamilton County/North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), the bi-state Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Chattanooga region. Duties include assisting in directing resources; serving as the Transportation Planning Organization Coordinator and lead for the TPO work program, budget, meeting coordination, and financial reporting for the TPO and budget; developing and updating policies and procedures; overseeing daily activities of the divisions to ensure compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, policies, and practices; managing vendor contracts and serving as an Agency liaison. Work is performed under administrative review, working with the maximum degree of initiative and judgment.
SERIES LEVEL:
The Director is a stand-alone classification in the Transportation Planning Division.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
(The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.)
Oversee transportation project and planning implementation, including support for design and development, in coordination with other City and County departments.
General oversight of transit planning, including coordination and support to Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA).
This role also functions as the Coordinator for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the bi-state Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Chattanooga region. Duties include assisting in directing resources; serving as the lead for the MPO work program, budget, meeting coordination, and financial reporting for the MPO.
Developing and updating policies and procedures; overseeing daily activities of the divisions to ensure compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, policies, and practices.
Developing and providing financial and operational guidance and the annual budget for the MPO; managing vendor contracts and serving as an Agency liaison.
Provides supervision over the financial, administrative, and graphics/communication activities as related to the MPO and Transportation Planning program.
Serves in a coordinator role with the responsibility of developing, managing, and coordinating the MPO work program and budget, and related contracts.
Oversees meeting coordination for MPO Executive Board and Technical Coordinating Committee.
Manages the preparation and execution of the MPO budgets; monitors expenditures and makes required budget adjustments and approves a variety of payments, including contractual payments.
Oversees departmental compliance with applicable ordinances, codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
Supervises lower-level staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
Develops, manages, and provides financial and operational guidance as related to the MPO, including the processing of payments for outstanding expenditures. Collaborates and confers with internal staff, external agencies, community organizations, citizens and/or other interested parties in executing the department's goals, objectives and strategies.
Prepares and evaluates specifications, scopes of work and requests for proposal for new projects; negotiates related contracts and change orders.
Communicates and collaborates with internal departments, external consultants, vendors, external agencies, regulatory officials, Boards, Commissions, the general public and/or other interested parties to coordinate work activities, exchange information and resolve problems.
Represents the City, County and/or the Department at a variety of internal and/or external meetings, public events, training sessions, on committees and/or other related events in order to receive and/or convey information. Leads or assists in special high-profile planning projects or programs.
Must meet regular attendance requirements.
Must be able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, co-workers, managers, and citizens.
Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in a timely manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES (if any):
None.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Urban/City Planning, Transportation Planning, or related field, supplemented by six (6) years of experience in urban planning, urban design, zoning, development review, project management, budget administration, and supervision; or any combination of equivalent experience and education.
OR
Master's Degree in Urban/City Planning, Transportation Planning, or related field, supplemented by four (4) years of experience in urban planning, urban design, zoning, development review, project management, budget administration, and supervision; or any combination of equivalent experience and education.
LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Valid Driver's License
American Institute of Certified Planners Certification (AICP) preferred.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Knowledge of management principles; transportation, urban planning, and design principles, practices, methods, and procedures; development review principles; research, data, and report presentation techniques; applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; strategic planning principles and practices; research and data analysis techniques; public relations principles and budgeting principles.
Skill in monitoring and evaluating the work of subordinate staff; prioritizing and assigning work; using a computer and related software applications; developing and administering budgets; reviewing, planning and designing projects; reviewing design and development data and information; coordinating inter-agency activities and projects; analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions and implementing recommendations in support of goals; responding to changing situations and needs; analyzing data associated with land-use and site plans; managing multiple projects simultaneously; facilitating negotiations and mediations; speaking in public; conducting research; preparing a variety of reports and business correspondence; developing and analyzing community outreach and education programs and communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, and the general public, sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Positions in this class typically require reaching, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.
Incumbents may be subjected to extreme temperatures.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Safety Sensitive: N
Department of Transportation - CDL: N
Child Sensitive: N
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
This position requires pre-employment screening(s) that include: background check
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