MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE: • Bachelor’s degree with at least four years of work experience, or a Master’s degree with two year of work experience. • Preference will be given to applicants with a background in Urban Planning or Engineering. • Preference will be given to applicants with experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, or civil engineering. • Good written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to work independently utilizing critical thinking skills. • Ability to work well under pressure. • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff from numerous agencies and jurisdictions, citizens, and other stakeholders. • Basis working knowledge of MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. • Possession of valid California Driver’s License and proof of automobile liability insurance. Knowledge of: • Administrative principles and practices, including goal setting, program development, implementation, and evaluation, and supervision of staff, providing leadership within a matrix-style organization either directly or through subordinate levels of supervision. • Public agency budgetary, contract administration, and agency-wide administrative practices related to the functions of the assigned area. • Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of projects, programs, policies, procedures, and operational needs. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, and organizational policies and procedures relevant to assigned areas of responsibility. • Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation, and the training of staff in work procedures. • Technical, legal, financial, and public relations issues associated with the management of WRCOG programs. • Methods and techniques for the development of presentations, contract negotiations, business correspondence, and information distribution; research and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures. • Record keeping principles and procedures. • Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications related to the work. • English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation. • Techniques for effectively representing WRCOG in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups, various business, professional, educational, and regulatory organizations, and the public. • Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, contractors, and WRCOG staff. Ability to: • Develop and implement goals, objectives, policies, procedures, work standards, and internal controls for WRCOG in assigned program areas. • Work cooperatively with, provide staff support to, and implement the policies of the Director of Transportation & Planning, Executive Director, and Executive Committee. • Interpret, apply, explain, and ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. • Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate the work of professional, technical, and office support staff; delegate authority and responsibility. • Conduct effective negotiations and effectively represent WRCOG in meetings with governmental agencies, contractors, vendors, and various businesses, professional, regulatory, and legislative organizations. • Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, policies, procedures, and other written and visual materials. • Conduct complex transportation-related research projects, evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective technical staff reports. • Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines. • Operate office equipment and computer applications related to the work. • Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines. • Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer / laptop; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various meeting sites in Western Riverside, Southern California and beyond for the conduct of WRCOG business. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 25 pounds. |
