This position is responsible for providing leadership, program expertise, and technical support for the implementation of Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) transportation planning process with an emphasis on planning, programming, and project development. This position is also responsible for providing technical assistance to FHWA staff, State and local agencies, and other parties in the development and implementation of transportation planning techniques and processes.
The Community Planner: Advances statewide, metropolitan, and rural transportation planning programs at the State, national, and international levels, including providing input for policy and legislation, developing regulations and guidance, providing training and technical assistance, and administering associated research programs and projects. Serves as a national authoritative advisor for transportation planning and plays a major role in developing and promoting national policies, programs, and procedures on numerous transportation planning and policy issues. Provides guidance to Federal, State and local governments on transportation planning issues. Identify planning issues and capability gaps using formal evaluations and contacts with professional and stakeholder groups. Develops new program directions and initiatives in response to capability gaps; designs, develops, and directs studies to be undertaken in-house or by outside contractors to resolve these gaps. Evaluates work results and implications with respect to overall transportation planning program objectives and policy implications. The ideal candidate for this position is a senior level executive who possesses a mastery of transportation planning and project management techniques and an in-depth knowledge of transportation planning processes, guidance, and policy. In addition, the ideal candidate should be an expert public speaker with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
Degree: Community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance. Note: Applicants with degrees in related fields, such as those listed above, who do not have the 12 semester hours of specified course work must have had at least 1 year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner. OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major in one of the above disciplines, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
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