What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planning Assistant - Program Support position at Town of Chapel Hill NC?
Salary : $22.00 Hourly
Location : Chapel Hill, NC
Job Type : Internship
Job Number : T24 / 25 -01912
Department : Planning
Opening Date : 02 / 03 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 21 / 2025 4 : 59 PM Eastern
Summary
SUMMARY :
The Office of Mobility and Greenways is seeking a motivated and organized self-starter to fill the role of Transportation Planning Assistant. This position is responsible for working with Town staff on transportation planning projects, multimodal data analysis, Vision Zero, Safe Routes to School (SRTS), demographics studies, GIS data management, and other special studies. The position offers exposure to local government transportation planning focused on bicycle, pedestrian, and transit, and oversight from transportation planning professionals. The successful candidate will have opportunity to work with planners from multiple disciplines, other Town departments, private sector firms, and members of the public.
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
- Collect, analyze, present data in an engaging and user-friendly manner.
- Support Town's Safe Routes to School program - public outreach, event planning and execution, data collection, surveys / interviews, etc.
- Support Town's Vision Zero initiative.
- Prepare brief memos explaining methodology and findings.
- Assist with public outreach, meetings, surveys, focus groups, etc.
- Conduct field work, including data collection, observations, traffic counts, walk audits, and project installation.
- Prepare presentations and other materials for public consumption.
- Conduct research to assist staff, especially on peer city best practices that may lead to local policy, process, or infrastructure change.
- Assist staff on larger projects of interest (ex : development ordinance rewrite, area plan development, capital project implementation, placemaking efforts).
- Support other transportation planning projects and initiatives as needed and as interested.
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
Collect, analyze, present data in an engaging and user-friendly manner.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
The ideal candidate should have one of the following qualifications :
Proficiency in MS Office, Adobe products (including Illustrator and InDesign), and GIS is strongly preferred.
Supplemental Information
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION :
This position is available May 2025 - August 2025, with the option of extending into the 2025-2026 academic year. The candidate is expected to work 40 hours a week over the summer and 10-15 during the academic year, with flexibility to work more or less depending on course load, breaks from school, holidays, etc.
The candidate may not work more than 950 hours in a rolling 12-month period.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
Work is generally performed while sitting or standing at a desk with intermittent stooping. Event planning and execution may require standing for extending periods, walking / biking, lifting up to 30 pounds, setting up and breaking down tables, tents, banners, other equipment.
OTHER NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS :
A valid NC driver's license is preferred for this position due to meetings, outreach, and event participation. However, ability to transport oneself efficiently locally and regionally without a driver's license is acceptable.
The Town of Chapel Hill offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to regular full time and part time employees.
Health Insurance
Part-time regular employees. Part-time employees may, if they so desire, purchase group medical insurance through the town, either for themselves of for themselves and their families.
1) Where assigned part-time hours are equivalent to fifty (50) to seventy-four (74) per cent of a full-time position, (but not less than twenty hours per average workweek) a
proportional amount of the additional cost for dependent coverage.
2) Where part-time hours are equivalent to seventy-five (75) per cent or more of a full-time position, the town will pay a proportional amount of the additional cost for dependent coverage.
Retirement Health Savings Plan
Employees hired after June 30, 2010, in a regular full-time or regular part- time position are required to participate in the Retirement Health Savings Plan. Contributions are taken on a pre-tax basis. The current contribution amount is 1%.
Dental Insurance
Dental insurance is optional and is paid for by the employee. Coverage for eligible dependents is also available.
Paid Time Off
Local Government Retirement System
All employees in regular full or part time position are required to contribute to the retirement system. Contributions are taken on a pre-tax basis. The current contribution amount is 6%.
Supplemental Retirement Plans
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
The Town provides full and part time regular employees with an individual term life insurance policy. Employees have the option of purchasing additional life insurance for a small fee. Dependent life insurance is also available.
Direct Deposit
All employees hired after July 1, 2007 are required to have direct deposit.
Other Benefits
This is an unbenefited temporary part-time position with a starting wage of $22.00 / hr. Please confirm your understanding of this.
What interests you about the field of transportation planning?
What is one issue in transportation planning that interests you, and what is one step to make improvements on that issue?
This position will entail having to travel to various locations in Town. Should you be offered this position would you be able to provide your own source of transportation, or a valid driver's license to utilize a Town vehicle?
Required Question
Salary : $22
