Public Transportation Services Corporation (PTSC)

Non-Represented EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Bulletin No: 009894-064

Job Title: SENIOR MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (MOBILITY CORRIDORS PLANNING)

Specialty: Mobility Corridors Planning

Closing Date: 04-MAY-21

Salary Grade: H1O

Salary Range: $102,045 - $127,566 - $153,067

External/Internal: EXTERNAL

Other Info:

This bulletin is posted to establish or add to a Qualified Candidate Pool(QCP)

Basic Function

Oversees, manages, and executes work activities that may have broad organizational-wide impact in an assigned organizational unit and manages the work of assigned staff and consultants on related projects.

Example Of Duties

• Manages complex transportation planning, implementation, funding, and analytical projects and programs
• Leads and facilitates development of strategies, processes, and policies
• Develops, negotiates, and executes major cooperative and service agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, and interagency funding plans to include scopes of work, financial plans, schedules, and contracts with other agencies and private developers
• Provides technical support and policy guidance to management on Metro plans, programs, and projects
• Applies, develops, and evaluates analytical, quantitative, and statistical tools and their results
• Represents Metro and makes presentations before various public/private audiences
• Participates and takes a leadership position in committees, forums, interagency task forces, and/or technical advisory groups
• Coordinates with municipal partners and ensures compliance with relevant policy guidelines and regulations
• Supports the acquisition processes and consultant contracts; manages schedules, staffing, technical deliverables, and budgets from the end user/business unit perspective
• Develops, forecasts, and monitors budgets for plans, programs, and projects
• Evaluates proposed legislation for impact on specific plans, programs, and projects
• Evaluates the costs, benefits, and risks of alternative funding plans, programs, and projects
• Prepares comprehensive reports, correspondence, and cost estimates
• Manages and coordinates the work of staff and/or consultants
• Guides work plan, staff, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement strategy to advance implementation of pilot projects and to implement Metro's Vision 2028 Strategic Plan
• Coordinates with municipal partners to pilot new initiatives and to implement Metro's Vision 2028 Strategic Plan
• Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, and procedures in support of the agency's safety vision and goals; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees
• Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out

May be required to perform other related job duties

Knowledge:

• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing transportation policies, funding, and planning for a public agency

• Theories, principles, and practices of project and program management, transportation and land use planning, and regulations, contracts, and funding

• Financial, analytical, statistical, and reconciliation methods and practices

• Organization and processes of local, regional, state, and federal government, including legislative and funding processes and policies

• Political, socioeconomic, and environmental issues that influence transportation

• Modern management theory

• Applicable business software applications

Skills:

• Managing the activities of a major transportation mode, project, or program

• Managing projects effectively

• Determining strategies to achieve goals

• Conducting studies, research, and analyses

• Understanding complex planning concepts

• Analyzing situations and issues, identifying problems, recommending and implementing solutions, evaluating outcomes, and making course corrections

• Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions and solving complex problems

• Preparing reports and correspondence

• Establishing and implementing relevant policies and procedures

• Communicating effectively orally and in writing

• Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees, outside representatives, and the public

• Writing and editing documents for diverse audiences, including complex and technical documents; and translating complex concepts into easy to understand terms

• Mediating and negotiating

• Managing multidisciplinary professionals to achieve goals

• Managing procurement contracts and negotiating

• Building consensus and support around new concepts and innovations

Abilities:

• Work independently or in teams

• Think and act independently

• Compile, analyze, and interpret complex data

• Negotiate consensus solutions

• Promote and build support for innovation with internal and external stakeholders

• Effectively navigate complex political, controversial, and challenging subjects to build consensus and achieve desired outcome

• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements

• Represent Metro before the public

• Make financial decisions within a budget

• Supervise, train, and provide expert technical assistance to assigned staff

• Read, write, speak, and understand English

Selection Procedure

Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

Application Procedure

To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.

Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:

METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.

All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. (TW)

*Open to the public and all Metro employees

This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.