Transportation Communications Manager

at  The City of Fort Worth

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in planning, civil engineering, or a related field
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in multimodal transportation, land use coordination, NEPA, regional and local planning, engineering, highway or street construction, maintenance, and operational activities;
• Two (2) years of administrative and supervisory responsibility.
• Valid Driver’s License.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in planning or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and/or Congress of New Urbanism credentials.
• Proficient in the use and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat), and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access), eBuilder, Bonfire, Grants.gov and Accela.

A Transportation Communications Manager’s responsibility includes:

• Extensive knowledge of transportation issues, local government, regional planning, funding sources, public outreach, communications, and project development;
• Manage the outreach, engagement, communications, and relationships associated with multi-modal transportation infrastructure projects;
• Ability to develop funding applications, detailed scopes of work, direct and manage consultant contracts;
• Ability to learn and effectively communicate relevant legal constraints, federal and state requirements, including relevant transportation legislation, development trends, land use (including zoning and form-based code), human environment, public health, and capital project development;
• Advise City staff, City Council, the public, and external stakeholders on transportation planning policy issues such as the capital project development, land use policy, state and federal requirements, safety, and equity initiatives using data-driven and inclusive approaches;
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus among competing interests on politically sensitive transportation projects while working with property owners, adjacent jurisdictions, the MPO, TxDOT, senior staff, the public, and City Council;
• Skills in managing people and projects; excellent writing and presentation, decision-making skills, and ability to be flexible and transparent.

Please refer the Job description for details