Multimodal Community Coordinator - Philadelphia, United States - City of Philadelphia

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The Managing Director's Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) is charged with driving change through our transportation and infrastructure systems.

OTIS leads a portfolio of departments, including the Streets Department, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), and the Office of Multimodal Planning (OMP) to provide cost-effective quality services with a focus on the resident.

This position would be within the Office of Multimodal Planning. OMP staff have a passion for Philadelphia and are dedicated to making a positive impact.

OMP collaborates with a wide variety of organizations such as Amtrak, DVRPC, PATCO, PennDOT, and SEPTA as well as neighborhoods, Business Improvement Districts, and Registered Community Organizations Across the city.


Job Description Position Summary**:


The City of Philadelphia seek a highly motivated, flexible, creative, and independent coordinator with excellent communication, interpersonal, and project coordination and management skills to join the City in the role of Multimodal Community Coordinator.

The Community Coordinator will be involved in the implementation of a range of complete streets projects and advancing the goals of the City's CONNECT Transportation Plan and Vision Zero Action Plan.

Through their work and projects, the Community Coordinator will advance transportation equity and make Philadelphia a safer, more accessible city for all roadway users.


The Community Coordinator will be part of a team of planners, engineers, and other professionals with a portfolio of projects in a specific region of the city.

This position is responsible for developing community relationships in these neighborhoods while also supporting projects throughout Philadelphia.

They will collaborate closely with the team to assure that the community voice is centered in each project that OTIS undertakes.

The Community Coordinator will be a liaison—they will build relationships to ensure the voices of the community members are represented, and they will also advocate for the importance of each project within the communities where they will be built.

The Community Coordinator will be responsible for making sure that the work of the project team is clear, concise, and communicated to the external stakeholders and community members who will be impacted.


Essential Functions:

Do the work

  • Responsible for developing, planning, and implementing the community engagement and outreach strategy for a portfolio of several complete streets projects
  • Support additional projects as assigned to assure that project timelines are clearly communicated to stakeholders and completed on time
  • Assure that community voice is centered in the multimodal project delivery process project selection, scoping, planning, and implementation
  • Coordinate project implementation and review across City departments (Streets, Commerce, Parks & Recreation) and partner agencies such as SEPTA, PATCO, Amtrak, etc.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Collaborate

  • Collaborate with peers at OTIS and build relationships with staff across various City departments to better implement programs and projects
  • Participate in meetings with intergovernmental partners, stakeholders, and community groups related to transportation concerns
  • Support City projects that advance the goals in the CONNECT Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, the Philadelphia Transit Plan, and the City's Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan.
  • Support other OTIS initiatives and projects as assigned
Communicate

  • Lead and support community and stakeholder engagement across the department
  • Prepare and deliver communications materials such as presentations, memorandums, reports, data, and maps to a variety of audiences and in various forums
  • Support conversation with governmental officials and community groups to elicit support and promot
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