About the Role
The Office of Livable Streets is seeking a Program Coordinator to support the launch and implementation of the Secure Bike Program (SBP). This role is crucial for deploying and managing 500 secure bike parking facilities across New York City over the next five years, aiming to make cycling more accessible and practical for all New Yorkers.
Responsibilities
- Identify technically viable locations for SBP installation through field investigations and site evaluations.
- Review installation plans for accuracy and compliance with project requirements.
- Maintain and manage accurate databases to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
- Develop data collection protocols.
- Assist with performance reporting.
- Oversee pre-installation notifications and post-installation inspections and reporting.
- Create maps using ArcGIS.
- Produce presentations and outreach materials using Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Liaise with internal divisions, sister agencies, and community stakeholders to facilitate installations and activations.
- Support public education and engagement efforts related to program goals and facility types.
- Respond to inquiries and support communication efforts related to SBP.
- Perform additional planning, analysis, and operational tasks related to the implementation and ongoing management of the Secure Bike Program.
Requirements
- Must be serving permanently in the title of Transportation Specialist, or be reachable on the open competitive civil service list for Exam No. 3027.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative professional.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
- Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
- Willingness to conduct fieldwork year-round while traveling by bicycle, on foot, or via public transit.
Skills
- MS Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- ArcGIS
- Adobe Illustrator
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Location
- 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041
Work Type
- Remote work up to 2 days per week (eligible)
- 35 hrs. per week
Experience Level
- Professional experience in design, engineering, or planning or a related field.
Education Level
- Master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields.
- Baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs.
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above.
- Associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above.
- Four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above.
Salary/Compensations
- USD 78740 - USD 114033
About the Company
- The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents.
- TPM is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City.
- The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists.
- The Office of Livable Streets (OLS) is tasked with prioritizing strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long-term management.
- Their goal is to create streets that are livable, supporting safety, accessibility, inclusion, resiliency, active modes, community cohesion, and economic vitality citywide.
- Additionally, they aim to enhance New York City's pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility networks, providing comfortable, connected, green, and reliable transportation options across the five boroughs.
- They place special emphasis on Priority Investment Areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets.
- The office also develops innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population with evolving needs and technologies.
- The Cycling & Micromobility Unit is responsible for the nation's largest network of on-street bicycle facilities (1,200+ lane-miles), enhancing street safety for all users, and increasing bike ridership in the five boroughs.
- The team's focus is the innovative redesign of city streets to expand and improve the bike network, with emphasis on improving connectivity between neighborhoods, increasing access to safe bicycle infrastructure across the city, and creating a more equitable transportation network that serves all New Yorkers.
Equal Opportunity
- DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
- The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
