Transit Coordinator

• Plans develops implements supports and promotes a transportation plan focusing on transportation needs for disabled older adults and lowincome residents; coordinates human service and service delivery of a variety of transportation methods and options that includes private operators public transit cycling walking volunteer drivers and other modes of transit; develops and administers new programs to support coordinated transportation; identifies short and long term planning needs and develops programs and strategies to implement planning efforts.
• Collaborates with other City departments local officials outside governmental agencies tasks forces action groups communitybased organizations local business and general public to deliver the transit options that best meet the Clinton County communitys needs; facilitates regular meetings with transportation providers in order to develop collaborative tactics to improve regional mobility; attends local interest group meetings to explain Clinton County transportation services and develop and implement other marketing and community awareness programs designed to increase a positive consumer consciousness of transportation services; conducts outreach to educate the community and transportation providers and to identify and fulfill unmet needs.
• Actively pursues grants and funding opportunities such as Medicare and Medicaid Transportation; participating in the bidding out of contract services; provides contract oversight on grants and service delivery activities governing the delivery of transportation services; ensures the completion and timely submittal of all local state and federal grant reports.
• Develops and updates marketing and regularly evaluates and updates county transportation resource information including resource manuals and brochures for distribution; creates maps graphs websites and other displays to develop public education and awareness; collects data from primary transportation providers in the county and prepare reports of the data collected for trends or gaps in service; conducts surveys of the number of rides and ridership demographics including number of persons with disabilities purpose of ride income level age gender and family composition and provides reports to City Council outside agencies and other interest groups.
• Responds to questions and inquiries from City officials key stakeholders and general regarding transportation services; builds relationships with transportation providers and with customers; provides information assistance referrals broker trips and education to any county resident on transportation services.
• Assists in the preparation of the departments annual budget; monitors budget expenditures and takes appropriate actions to modify services so that budgets are not exceeded; orders department supplies equipment and other necessary materials when needed and approves purchase orders.
• Attends conferences to educate and network with other professionals to gain knowledge of programs to enhance mobility managements activities; serves on committees as directed; attends training and seminars as directed.
• Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance; may be required to work extra hours evening hours weekends and/or holidays as necessary; due to the nature of the job when scheduled for oncall assignment the Transit Coordinator must be available to return to work after normal work hours or on weekends and/or holidays when called to do so.

• Bachelors degree from an accredit college or university with major course work in Transportation Community Planning Project Management Business or Public Administration or related field and two 2 years recent documented work experience in program management transportation human services case management and planning activities; or any equivalent combination of education experience and training which provides the required knowledge skills and abilities.

Required Experience:

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