Summary

The hiring salary range for this position is $5,802.31 - $7,398.28/semi-monthly or $11,604.62 - $14,796.56/month or depending on qualifications.

Bring your passion to the Denver region, along with your transportation planning expertise and people-skills to a rewarding, fulfilling position within a nationally recognized collaborative of local governments. Serving as the metropolitan planning organization for the Denver region, DRCOG is at the center of coordinated efforts to address today’s mobility challenges and to achieve our desired future through collective impact.

As the division director for Transportation Planning and Operations, you’ll lead the development and implementation of the Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan, guiding the region’s investments in multimodal transportation systems. Additionally, you will serve in a leadership role facilitating regional collaboration with existing and future partners to ensure the Denver region is connected and vibrant.

Interested in leading a talented team of professionals and shaping our transportation future? Apply today!

The Denver Regional Council of Governments serves as a visionary leader along Colorado’s central front range. We tackle the BIG issues, like growth and development, transportation and meeting the needs of older adults. Our success is built on, and defined by, long-standing partnerships and serving as a forum for discussing these and other emerging issues in an effort to collectively find innovative solutions. DRCOG is a Regional Planning Commission per Colorado state statute, and is the federally designated Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Denver region. Our culture and values fuel and inform the work we do,. Employees are rewarded with competitive compensation, generous benefits and an adaptable work environment. Sound like a good fit? We’d love to meet you!

Description of Work

• Provides overall direction and leadership to subordinate managers and staff, which may include: assigning projects and objectives; conducting performance evaluations; developing, motivating, and training employees; and making hiring, termination and disciplinary decisions.
• Provides oversight and senior level direction in the implementation of internal operations, which includes planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, standards, and/or service offerings; ensures compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards.
• Interprets, explains, and applies applicable laws, regulations, and policies; makes sound decisions in accordance with applicable guiding measures.
• Develops and administers budgets; approves expenditures; reviews financial statements; manages financial operations.
• Develops and maintains internal and external relationships; participates in a variety of meetings, committees, task forces, or related groups to communicate information regarding services, programs, areas of opportunity, and other information; represents assigned area on committees and advocacy groups.
• Administering the transportation planning and transportation operations programs, including management of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO);
• Identifying and developing funding sources, developing new programs, and directing research and analysis of transportation plan and model;
• Attending to requests from member governments and others.
• Participating in policy development, including identifying and analyzing critical issues affecting the DRCOG region, recommending alternative positions and actions.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Management principles and practices;
• Leadership principles;
• Strategic planning principles;
• Budgeting principles;
• Fiscal policy and financial management;
• Program development and administration principles and practices;
• Project management principles;
• Government administration principles and practices;
• Advanced principles and practices in assigned area of responsibility;
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes.
• Metropolitan transportation planning process;
• Federal regulations/laws pertaining to metropolitan planning organizations.
• Providing leadership to lower level staff;
• Delegating and prioritizing work;
• Developing and implementing strategies and goals;
• Directing, analyzing, monitoring and evaluating policies and procedures;
• Planning, coordinating, and implementing programs, projects, events, and activities;
• Developing and administering budgets;
• Analyzing processes and making recommendations for improvement;
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations;
• Interpreting analytical reports, summaries, and other related statements;
• Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications.
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
• Familiarity with basic concepts of digital accessibility, including techniques for accessible writing, presenting, remote meetings, and document creation.
• Comprehensive analytical, research, forecast and planning skills;
• Using statistical tools, metrics, and methodologies.
  
  

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in regional planning, transportation planning, transportation engineering or field directly related to assignment, eight to ten years of progressively responsible related experience that includes three to five years of management and supervisory experience. A Master’s Degree in a field directly related to assignment may be preferred. Some assignments may require additional certifications and/or licenses. OR An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.
  
  

Status

• Full-time, Exempt
  
  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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01

Which best describes your level of education?

• High School or GED
• Some College
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree
  
  

02

How many years of regional planning, transportation planning, transportation engineering or field directly related to assignment experience do you have?

• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than Ten years
• Ten to less than Eleven years
• Eleven to less than Twelve years
• Twelve or more years
  
  

03

Briefly describe the role you believe Metropolitan Planning Organizations should play in the transportation planning process.

04

In your career to date, what are some examples of regional or system-level challenges or opportunities you’ve been tasked with to help improve outcomes?

05

Please describe your experience working with elected officials and/or members of multi-sector collaboratives to advance, monitor and evaluate the achievement of collective impact.

• Required Question