What: Summer Intern
- Transportation & Bicycle Safety. This
position mainly assumes the responsibility of educating the community on
bicycle safety, promoting the 90 miles of bikeways, and evaluating the bike
path and bike lanes for maintenance and repairs. Additional tasks include
traffic related activities such as traffic counts, traffic studies and bicycle
and pedestrian and transit related work. The position is typically for the
summer months from the middle of May through the middle of August typically
based on a 35 hour work week that generally consists of Monday to Friday 9:00
am to 5:00 pm. Flexibility in the scheduling is required to account for
staffing at other various events over the summer including some weekend and
evening hours.
Qualifications: Education
equivalent to a high school diploma. In process of obtaining an Associate’s or
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering,
Public Administration, or related field. Possession of a valid driver’s license
with no moving violations within the past two years plus have transportation
for access to and from inspection sites. Proficient in current computer
software systems such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and be functional
with email, calendar programs, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.
Familiarity with job-specific software and customer service systems is
preferred.
Candidates
should be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and possess superior organization
and writing skills. Ability to approach, speak directly to the public, and make
presentations before diverse groups. Ability to comfortably approach and speak
directly to the public. Experience developing and making presentations to the
public and village committees as assigned. The ability to ride a bicycle.
Ability to defuse possible volatile situations. Ability to communicate clearly,
lead and develop public presentations, follow oral and written instructions
effectively, and project a professional image. Ability to establish good
working relationships and work in a team environment. Ability to operate
computer equipment and software for data collection and maintaining databases.
Direct experience with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Google Docs. GIS
desirable.
Benefits: 11.56/hour. Not eligible for benefits.
Read the entire job posting and apply here.