TRANSPORTATION PLANNER IV

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION / TRANSIT DIVISION

PARATRANSIT/RIDESHARE SECTION

Annual Salary Range: $74,483 - $94,411
Job Announcement: 08SN7859

OPEN:  6/30/08        CLOSE:  7/28/08

 

WHO MAY APPLY:   This recruitment is open to King County employees and the general public.  The recruitment will be used to fill one current vacancy. 

WHERE TO APPLY: Required forms and materials may be submitted in any of the following three ways:

• Emailed to transithr@kingcounty.gov.  Include job title and job posting number in the subject line. Your attached documents must be formatted in MS Word or Adobe PDF.
• Mailed to: 201 South Jackson St., M. S. KSC-TR-0419, Seattle, WA  98104-3856.
• Placed in the drop box in the lobby of the Career and Employment Center located at the King Street Center Bldg., 201 South Jackson St., Seattle, WA.

Application materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. on the closing date.  (Postmark dates are NOT ACCEPTED.)  Contact Susan Navetski at 206-296-3809 or susan.navetski@kingcounty.gov for further inquiries.  PLEASE NOTE: Applications not received in the places specified above may not be processed.

FORMS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED: King County application form, resume, letter of interest describing your interest in the position and how you meet or exceed the job qualifications, with a specific emphasis on how you meet the first four bulleted qualifications.

WORK LOCATION: Time will be split between the Yesler Building (5th and Yesler Way) and the Exchange Building (2nd and Marion St.), Seattle, WA.

WORK SCHEDULE: This represented position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and is not eligible for overtime pay. The work week is typically 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday however alternative work schedules will be considered.

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES INCLUDE: This position will be instrumental in formulating the strategic direction for Paratransit/Rideshare Operations (PRO), a 1700 vehicle, $60 million dollar per year program.  It provides leadership, guidance, research, and communications on cross-agency and statewide projects and programs that impact customer service, internal staff productivity, vanpool and paratransit program operations, scheduling of paratransit routes, ridematching and incentive program management, fleet maintenance and future procurements. This position will also act as liaison between PRO and information technology departments.

1. Lead in the development of the section’s long-term and short-term plans by conducting needs assessments, clarifying objectives and goals, and defining projects and programs. This may require performing feasibility and business process analysis, researching and recommending appropriate technology, developing project/program definitions that support section goals, seeking alternative funding sources, and contributing to section budget development.                         
2. Lead section projects and programs, especially those that are cross-agency and statewide by: developing project scopes, budgets and timelines; allocating resources and managing project teams; serving as business content expert; leading and/or performing requirements gathering and analysis; developing RFPs and vendor contracts, driving resolution of project issues; managing vendor relations, and acting as a liaison with other agencies.
3. Perform business process improvement, data analysis, data warehouse design and reporting by: developing business processes that maximize effectiveness of staff and leverage existing software solutions; ensuring a high degree of data quality by eliminating redundant data entry and maintaining consistency across multiple application databases; providing guidance and audit reporting to business units acting as data stewards; meeting information security and privacy goals; designing and developing complex reports using SQL-based tools; designing data marts and/or a data warehouse that gives management the ability to analyze, slice-dice and drill-down into data across multiple section and transit databases.      
4. Serve as staff lead, recommend hires, assign work, establish performance objectives, determine staff training needs, counsel employees regarding professional development, direct employees regarding policies and procedures, and resolve conflicts.     
5. Support section manager by coordinating/leading special projects in response to countywide and statewide initiatives, requiring research and analysis, and documentation of section responses by consolidating input from multiple sources.                                                                                                       

QUALIFICATIONS:  The most competitive candidates for this position will possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Planning or Public Administration or a closely related field AND five years public sector experience providing leadership, guidance, research, and communications on large cross-agency projects or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Knowledge and experience with information technology systems development including analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, documentation and training procedures and practices.      
• Strategic management experience to include developing long-term and short-term plans, conducting needs assessments, performing feasibility and business process analyses, clarifying objectives and goals, defining projects and programs, and obtaining funding.                            
• Experience leading and managing large, cross-agency project teams and programs to successful outcomes/results to include developing performance and/or quality standards, and serving as an organization’s technical expert/advisor to senior managers and/or elected officials.
• Experience developing program guidelines for internal and external communications and overseeing staff responses to media and public inquires.
• Experience performing business process improvement, data analysis and reporting.  
• Experience recommending hiring, assigning work, establishing performance objectives, coaching employees regarding professional development, directing employees regarding policies and procedures, and resolving conflicts.     
• Excellent oral and written communication skills that effectively communicate sophisticated and/or technical issues and the impact of these issues to management, elected officials and to other non-technical audiences.  Skilled in making presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Skilled in working effectively with county officials and the general public with divergent opinions and viewpoints. 
• Skilled in program advocacy and persuading others to initiate action.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and maintain excellent working relationships and/or public/private partnerships.
• Skilled in developing and managing budgets.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in the transit or transportation industry
• Knowledge of national transportation issues and state of the art transportation planning strategies, tools, techniques

SELECTION PROCESS: Applications will be screened for completeness, qualifications, and written communication skills.  The most competitive applicants may be invited to participate in a panel interview and written exercise.  Final selection will be contingent upon a reference check and a possible final interview with management.

UNION MEMBERSHIP: This position is represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 17.

CLASS CODE:  2421300