Title: TIP Analyst
Type: Full-time
Location: Chicago, IL (Travel required)
Pay: ~$69,700 - $85,400
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is seeking to hire an experienced professional to lead and/or contribute to Federal Transportation Funding Program projects within the Research, Analysis, and Programming (RAP) division. This program is responsible for developing and managing the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO’s) annual Unified Work Program for transportation planning and for developing and managing multi-year, multi-agency programs of federally funded transportation capital projects that support the implementation of ON TO 2050 and other regional plans. The federal transportation funding program team closely coordinates with and contributes to the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Coordination program and contributes subject matter expertise to other agency program areas.
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Job Summary:
The TIP Analyst performs intermediate work
monitoring and promoting the implementation of processes and policies relating
to the Transportation Improvement Program and MPO activities to advance
transportation projects and policies for northeastern Illinois.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Organizational Stewardship:
• Builds
and maintains positive relationships with external partners, stakeholders, and
communities. Serves on committees, task forces, and other bodies where CMAP
representation is needed.
• Supports
colleagues and others to meet federal and state requirements and further the
implementation of ON TO 2050 and subsequent regional plans.
Communications/People:
• Coordinates
and communicates processes and policy regarding TIP/MPO activities.
• Attends
internal department meetings, internal and external committee meetings,
outreach events, and workshops as assigned.
Execution/Project Management:
• Manages
or supports multiple staff-led and/or consultant-led projects from inception to
completion.
• Establishes
objectives and timelines to ensure effective completion of projects or project
tasks and continuing completion of operational functions.
• Staffs
and supports CMAP’s committees ensuring compliance with the Illinois Open
Meetings Act and CMAP’s Public Participation Plan.
• Prepares
and maintains complete project and program reports and records to ensure
transparency for the public and all stakeholders.
Subject Matter Expertise/Technical Skills:
• Conducts moderately complex analyses and
investigations regarding transportation programming efforts
• Monitors
eTIP processes, performs quantitative and qualitative analysis, and ensures
compliance with state and federal regulations of regional and local programming
activities.
• Develops
and implements efficiencies or updated approaches.
• Serves
as an expert internal and external resource on issues related to transportation
project selection and active program management.
Required Skills/Abilities:
• Ability
to use clear communication to communicate effectively, both verbally and in
writing.
• Ability
to work collaboratively with internal and external partners, agencies, and
communities and maintain effective harmonious relationships.
• Ability
to effectively demonstrate and uphold CMAP’s core values.
• Ability
to work effectively in a hybrid environment promoting resourcefulness and
efficient practices.
• Knowledge
of computer systems and application tools, including Microsoft Office products.
• Ability
to efficiently manage work, projects, and multiple responsibilities to meet
deadlines and agency expectations.
• Intermediate
understanding of federal, state and local legislation regarding transportation
programming and other legislation pertinent to transportation issues.
• Intermediate
knowledge of MPO policy and procedures and operational processes for the
TIP.
• Specialized
knowledge in transportation project selection and programming.
• Understanding
of relational databases and skills or familiarity with statistical and/or
geospatial analysis.
• Ability
to effectively and efficiently use intermediate level spreadsheet functions and
tools (e.g. VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, IF, OR, AND, IFERROR, conditional formatting,
data validation, pivot tables, etc.) to organize, analyze, and/or summarize
large data sets.
• Understanding
of general principles of research, data collection and analysis, technical
writing and data visualization.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's
degree in transportation planning, engineering, public administration,
political science, urban planning, urban affairs, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• A
minimum of 2 years professional experience with transportation programming and
policy, research and analysis.