Mpo Planner

MPO Planner

Job Description

Department: MPO

Reports To: Director

Location: Municipal Center, Jonesboro, AR

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

This position is responsible for assisting in maintaining a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive transportation planning process, resulting in plans and programs that consider all transportation modes and supports metropolitan community development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Compiles and maintains databases, organizes and structures data files, coordinates acquisition of data from outside agencies, ensures data accuracy, manipulates data for desired results and provides requesting parties with reports of an outcome. Performs drafting and graphic work. Prepares GIS maps for various demographic and transportation data. This duty is performed daily.

2. Participates in the update and implementation of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Helps in researching, interpreting, and commenting on assigned transportation related jobs. This duty is performed as needed.

3. Participates in the development and management of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Financial Plan for the proposed transportation improvements. Collect TIP information from member agencies and evaluate each project for its importance to the MPO. Assists in preparing and publishing the Annual List of Obligated Projects (ALOP). This duty is performed as needed.

4. Participates in the development and implementation of the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the transportation planning activities of the MPO. This duty is performed as needed.

5. Participates in the update and implementation of the Public Participation Plan (PPP) to ensure early and continuous public participation in the transportation planning activities of the MPO. This duty is performed as needed.

6. Participates in the preparation of the Consolidated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan (CPT-HSTP) and monitor coordination with other agencies. This duty is performed as needed.

7. Cooperates with regional planning, legislative, policy, and transportation staff to understand ongoing initiatives. Develops and maintains effective working relationships with related organizations, nonprofits, local, State and Federal agencies. This duty is ongoing.

8. Provides staff support to the Transportation Policy Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, Citizen Advisory Committee, and other ad hoc committees. Prepares the meeting agendas and distributes them to the Committee members. Researches and recommends special projects or activities for the organization. This duty is ongoing.

9. Monitors and maintains the MPO's social media presence, including updates to the MPO webpage and calendars.

10. Prepares Performance Reports, Expenditure Reports, and Financial Reports for submission to ARDOT. This duty is ongoing.

11. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Broad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc. Equivalent to a four-year college degree, plus 0 to 6 months related experience and/or training. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and understand general business/company related articles and professional journals; Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane, algebra, solid geometry and trigonometry.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Not indicated.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Membership of: American Planning Association, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Urban Land Institute, GISP

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED

Mastery: Alphanumeric Data Entry, Database

Advanced: Presentation/PowerPoint, Spreadsheet, Word Processing/Typing

Basic: Accounting, Contact Management, Human Resources Systems, Other, Payroll Systems, ArcGIS

INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Under direction where a definite objective is set up and the employee plans and arranges own work, referring only unusual cases to supervisor.

PLANNING

Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees, all performing basically the same type of work.

DECISION MAKING

Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of small organizational component and the organization's clientele.

MENTAL DEMAND

Intense mental demand. Operations requiring sustained directed thinking to analyze, solve, or plan highly variable, administrative, professional, or technical tasks involving complex problems or mechanisms.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING

Directed. Supervisory and/or professional skills using structured practices or policies and directed as to execution and review. Interpolation of learned things in moderately varied situations where reasoning and decision-making are essential.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS

No supervision.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT

Regularly responsible for property where carelessness or error would result in only minor damage or minor monetary loss. Almost continuous care and attention is required when handling this property in order to prevent loss.

ACCURACY

Probable errors would not likely be detected until they reached another department, office or patron, and would then require considerable time and effort to correct the situation. Frequently, possibility of error that would affect the organization's prestige and relationship with the public to a limited extent, but where succeeding operations or supervision would normally preclude the possibility of a serious situation arising as a result of the error or decision.

ACCOUNTABILITY

FREEDOM TO ACT

Generally controlled. General processes covered by established policies and standards with supervisory oversight

ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT

Very Small. Job creates a monetary impact for the organization up to an annual level of $100,000. Proper handling of organizational funds, including, but not limited to the departmental budget, is vital to receiving and maintaining federal funding.

IMPACT ON END RESULTS

Modest Impact. Job has some impact on the organizations end results, but still from an indirect level. Provides assistance and support services that facilitates decision making by others.

PUBLIC CONTACT

Regular contacts with patrons, either within the office or in the field. May also involve occasional self-initiated contacts to patrons. Lack of tact and judgment may result in a limited type of problem for the organization.

EMPLOYEE CONTACT

Contacts of considerable importance within the department or office, such as those required in coordination of effort, or frequent contacts with other departments or offices, generally in normal course of performing duties. Requires tact in discussing problems and presenting data and making recommendations, but responsibility for action and decision reverts to others.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS

Regular use of highly complex machines and equipment; specialized or advanced software programs.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Periodically exposed to such elements as noise, intermittent standing, walking, occasionally pushing, carrying, or lifting; but none are present to the extent of being disagreeable.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Semi-repetitive, low physical. Semi-repetitive type work which requires periods of concentration for varied time cycles as prescribed by the tasks. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear; regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms; and occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Not indicated.