Location: Denver, Colorado or Atlanta, Georgia

Reports to: President

Hiring Range: $35-43/hour with benefits

To Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to Joddie Gray, President: grayj@urbantrans.com

In your cover letter, be sure to include a paragraph or two about how you see your skills being applied to the job overview and overall mission of UrbanTrans. We appreciate all applicants; however, only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. The position will remain open until filled.

Company Description

UrbanTrans North America (UrbanTrans) is a growing woman operated and owned transportation consulting firm with offices in Denver, Atlanta, Toronto, and Los Angeles. Our energetic firm is made up of complementary and collaborative industry experts. We share a common desire to deliver exceptional work to our clients and to our communities.

UrbanTrans specializes in innovative transportation solutions with a focus on transportation demand management (TDM) program development and delivery. This includes organizational development, stakeholder outreach/management, complete marketing services, market-based policy development, as well as multi-modal and active transportation planning.

Our mission is to create sustainable environments by developing and advancing innovative transportation solutions. We believe that increasing the availability and viability of convenient travel choices for all traveler’s benefits communities, employers, developers, and citizens by reducing transportation infrastructure spending, alleviating congestion, and improving air quality.

Job Overview

The successful candidate must be interested in assisting the firm as it grows. The candidate must be able to work collaboratively and take on a wide variety of job duties related to employee engagement and human resources, with the primary goal of enhancing and maintaining our existing company culture. The firm has a robust group of corporate resources, and the candidate would be expected to coordinate relationships with our U.S Professional Employer Organization (PEO) which provides benefits, human resources, and payroll services, as well as our Canada benefits and human resources specialists.

Example activities could include, but are not limited to:

• Partners with the Senior Leadership Team to understand and execute the organization’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
• Manages the talent acquisition process, which may include recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for job openings.
• Analyzes trends in compensation and benefits; researches and proposes competitive base and incentive pay programs to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent. • Creates programs and initiatives that provide professional development opportunities for employees.
• Coordinates with PEO (Insperity) on HR-related policies and changes.
• Coordinates and assists office managers on office-specific needs and events.
• Oversee and provide support for all employee-led committees (currently there are three: DEI, Sustainability, and Technology).
• Plans and executes company-wide events, retreats, and other engagement activities for UrbanTrans staff.
• Leads gathering employee feedback on job satisfaction, culture, and resources. • Researches and plans holiday, birthday, and other special occasion gifts for staff. • Maintains and assists with implementation of company standalone policies and procedures.
• Serves as a first point-of-contact for employees when there are questions about US PEO (Insperity) and the Canadian benefits and retirement plans. • Assist with onboarding and exiting employee processes. • Assist with communicating and managing health initiatives and policies in compliance with UrbanTrans standalone policies and procedures, CDC, and PEO.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field desired.
• A minimum of three years of human resource experience required.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP highly desired.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and project management software.

To Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to Joddie Gray, President: grayj@urbantrans.com

In your cover letter, be sure to include a paragraph or two about how you see your skills being applied to the job overview and overall mission of UrbanTrans. We appreciate all applicants; however, only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. The position will remain open until filled.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Reports to: Senior Principal Consultant – Marketing

Hiring Range: $50,000 – $62,500 per year

To Apply

Please email a resume, cover letter, and portfolio to Andy Knauer, hiring manager: knauera@urbantrans.com

Company Description

UrbanTrans North America is a woman owned transportation consulting firm with offices in Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and Toronto, ON.

UrbanTrans specializes in innovative transportation solutions with a focus on multi-modal transportation planning, transportation demand management (TDM) programs, shared-use mobility, strategic planning, stakeholder outreach, marketing services, and TDM program implementation and evaluation. Our mission is to create sustainable environments by developing and advancing innovative transportation solutions. We believe that increasing the availability and viability of convenient travel choices for all travelers benefits communities, employers, developers, and citizens by reducing transportation infrastructure spending, alleviating congestion, and improving air quality. Learn more about us at www.urbantrans.com.

Job Overview

A typical day will be anything but typical. But it will likely involve collaborating with our smart and talented teammates who are leading up key programs and projects in Los Angeles, Toronto, Denver, Atlanta, and beyond. Here’s a snapshot of this role’s key responsibilities, split out by our two primary marketing needs:

For Our Clients’ Programs and Projects: Our Marketing team leads the development and implementation of marketing strategies that support TDM planning projects and TDM program development and outreach. These include coordinating with the Senior Principal Consultant and Senior Marketing Specialist for key digital marketing activities. Primary responsibilities will include:

• Creating, publishing, and distributing content for targeted audiences via social media, email marketing, websites, sales sheets, brochures, and much more
• Designing and implementing customer journeys, including engaging and experimenting with varied marketing mediums, including digital, mobile, and automated marketing solutions
• Devising, managing, and optimizing paid social media campaigns for varying channels, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter
• Measuring and reporting analytics on the performance of various marketing campaigns
• Building and maintaining contact databases and audience segments
• Managing multiple client website properties, including publishing content and coordinating routine updates via the website CMS
• Following emerging industry and marketing technology trends as they apply to UrbanTrans’ work

For UrbanTrans: Our Marketing team also provides corporate marketing support to the firm’s Operations and Business Development teams. Primary responsibilities will include coordinating content for the UrbanTrans website and other client-facing and/or internal communications, including blogs, social media channels, newsletters, and more.

Skills, Knowledge, and Talents

We realize job descriptions often ask you to be great at everything. We’ve broken down the job skills based on what our perfect hire must have versus nice-to-have skills because we can’t all be super-humans (but we sure strive to be). This outline will help us both realize if this is a good long-term match. Our ideal candidate is an expert at:

• Getting the Word Out: You know how to reach people and get them to act, no matter the medium or character count. You have:
  • Strong communication skills, including verbal, written, and interpersonal
  • Experience creating messages for different audiences and varying mediums, including blogs, emails, press releases, websites, SMS, and more
  • Experience with coordinating and managing content and editorial calendars for use with social media, websites, email marketing, and other content distribution methods
• Crunching Numbers: You’re not intimidated by data or spreadsheets. You have:
  • Experience monitoring and reporting on marketing analytics
  • Knowledge of statistics and data analysis
  • A strong understanding of how to maximize spending with paid social advertising for optimal campaign performance
• Collaborating with people: You thrive when working with others and don’t hesitate to pitch in or step up when called on. You have:
  • Strong communication skills, including verbal, written, and interpersonal
  • Experience contributing to teams of all sizes
• Working with tools: You have in-depth knowledge of and experience with varying software, including:
  • Email marketing and automated marketing platforms (Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Autopilot, etc.)
  • CRMs or contact databases (e.g., Hubspot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, etc.)
  • Marketing analytics platforms and dashboards (e.g., Google Analytics or similar)
  • CMS websites (e.g., WordPress, Wix, etc.) with knowledge or experience in HTML
  • Project management software (e.g., Asana, Wrike, Basecamp, etc.)
• Managing tasks: Even if you have a lot on your plate, you have a good process to get work done. You have:
  • Strong skills in organizing, prioritizing, and producing several marketing tasks concurrently
  • Experience with building timelines and budgets

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, digital media or related field; and
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of professional experience in a digital marketing role
• Experience working for an agency, consulting firm, or similar multi-client environment

Other Desired Qualities

• Knowledgeable (or highly curious) about behavior change, sustainability, transportation, TDM, city planning, community development, economic development, or related
• Desire to positively affect the community, region, and environment
• Hands-on contributor
• Eagerness to build and refine your skills

To Apply

Please email a resume, cover letter, and portfolio to Andy Knauer, hiring manager: knauera@urbantrans.com

Location: Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA

Reports to: Senior Principal Planner

Hiring Range: $65,000 – $85,000 per year

To Apply

Please email a resume and cover letter to Andy Knauer: knauera@urbantrans.com

Company Description

UrbanTrans North America is a woman owned transportation consulting firm with offices in Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and Toronto, ON.

UrbanTrans specializes in innovative transportation solutions with a focus on multi-modal transportation planning, transportation demand management (TDM) programs, shared-use mobility, strategic planning, stakeholder outreach, marketing services, and TDM program implementation and evaluation. Our mission is to create sustainable environments by developing and advancing innovative transportation solutions. We believe that increasing the availability and viability of convenient travel choices for all travelers benefits communities, employers, developers, and citizens by reducing transportation infrastructure spending, alleviating congestion, and improving air quality. Learn more about us at www.urbantrans.com.

Job Overview

UrbanTrans provides planning services to a diverse clientele including local, regional, and state governments; developers; property managers; non-profits; and large employers. The successful planning candidate will support a broad range of transportation-related planning efforts, strategy development, evaluation, and research.

The senior planner will work on the following types of projects:

• Supporting and project managing TDM plans or related transportation and mobility plans, projects, and research tasks (approximately 60% of time)
  • Often includes regional and local plans that focus on mobility broadly or TDM specifically; site-specific plans to reduce vehicle trips and parking demand; and plans to improve access to transit and manage the use of shared-mobility service.
• Supporting transportation management associations (TMAs) that are managed or supported by UrbanTrans (approximately 30% of time)
  • Typically includes working closely with the TMA program managers on survey development and analysis for program development and evaluation purposes, GIS mapping, and development of TDM recommendations. May also include site visits and field work.
  • TMA support usually includes a variety of related transportation planning work. In the past, the senior planner has worked on first/last mile projects, shuttle assistance, shared-use mobility pilot programs, and research on various TDM and mobility topics.
• Internal projects/tasks and business development (approximately 10% of time)

The senior planner will perform the following activities:

• Develop tools and surveys to analyze the effectiveness of transportation programs and services
• Analyze data using Excel, Microsoft Access, and other analysis tools
• Develop maps and analyze geospatial data using ArcMap
• Conduct best practices research on mobility planning, policies, and programs
• Develop tools and procedures to collect pertinent input from stakeholder groups for the purpose of aiding the development of transportation plans and recommendations
• Collect and analyze data to develop recommendations that improve mobility for all community members and decrease use of single occupancy vehicles.
• Review and understand legislative/land use requirements as they pertain to transportation planning and assist clients with associated compliance
• Write planning reports and studies that summarize research and recommendations
• Create and conduct presentations
• Manage project tasks, timelines, and budgets
• Interact with clients and develop and maintain client relationships
• Support proposal development with scope writing, budgeting, timelines, and general assembly
• Support implementation of and provide input to departmental strategic plans and vision

Desired Talents

This role will be best suited for somebody who:

• Likes working collaboratively with colleagues, clients, and partner firms
• Is flexible and able to accommodate potential last-minute requests
• Genuinely enjoys crunching numbers
• Is self-motivated and likes to solve problems strategically
• Likes the variety of working on several different projects at a time and is able to prioritize
• Wants to positively affect the community, region, and environment

Required Skills

• Computer skills including knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office applications, database management, and GIS
• Data analysis and statistics skills
• Ability to translate complex data into easy to understand reports, maps, and presentations
• Ability to present recommendations using persuasive language
• Ability to deliver oral presentations in an engaging manner

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Master’s degree in urban planning or related field and four or more years of full-time professional experience related to transportation planning

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in urban planning or a related field and six or more years of full-time professional experience related to transportation planning

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of planning principles and practices
• Knowledge of the sustainable transportation industry including TDM, shared use mobility, and first and final mile planning
• Experience managing small to medium sized projects
• Experience developing and analyzing surveys and performing other quantitative data analysis

To Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to Andy Knauer at knauera@urbantrans.com.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Reports to: Principal

Hiring Range: $65,000 – $75,000 per year

To Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to Andy Knauer, Administrative and Compliance Lead: knauera@urbantrans.com 

In your cover letter, include a paragraph or two about how your unique skill set can be applied to this role and the overall mission of UrbanTrans.

Who is this job for?

Someone who is knowledgeable (or highly curious) about sustainable transportation, behavior change, sustainability, transportation, TDM, city planning, community development, or workforce development, and wants to put that passion and knowledge to work every day improving mobility and commuting.

If you want a job that directly and meaningfully improves communities, tackles climate change, and is a little bit different every day, then you’re in the right place.

Company Description

UrbanTrans North America specializes in innovative transportation solutions. We are a woman operated and owned transportation consulting firm with offices in Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and Toronto, ON.

We focus on multi-modal transportation planning, transportation demand management (TDM) programs, strategic planning, stakeholder outreach, complete marketing services, and TDM program implementation. Our mission is to create sustainable environments by developing and advancing innovative transportation solutions. We believe that increasing the availability and viability of convenient travel choices for all travelers benefits communities, employers, developers, and citizens by reducing transportation infrastructure spending, alleviating congestion, and improving air quality.

UrbanTrans provides a range of marketing services to a diverse clientele across North America, including local, regional, and state governments; developers; property managers; non-profits; and large employers.

Skills, Talents, and Experience

Our ideal candidate is an expert at: 

• Managing Programs and Projects: You have exceptional project management experience and skills such as:
  • Building and prioritizing resources, initiatives, and timelines to exceed goals.
  • Organizational skills and commitment to quality.
  • Strategy development and management to guide projects and/or programs across the finish line.
  • Budgeting skills that can match strategy and prioritization.
  • Stakeholder and client management to help frame and drive these projects successfully.
  • Team-building skills that result in amazing outcomes, happy teammates, and award-winning programs.
• Collaborating and communicating with people: You thrive when working with others and don’t hesitate to engage with your audience. You have:
  • Engaging and persuasive presentation skills (specifically making visually engaging presentations/content/delivery to varied audiences).
  • Experience leveraging interpersonal communication skills to achieve common goals.
  • Experience contributing to teams of varied sizes, locations, and forms.
  • Experience with building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Crunching Numbers and Changing Course: You’re not intimidated by data or spreadsheets and the stories they can tell us. You have:
  • Experience monitoring and reporting on program analytics.
  • Experience using data to inform or pivot strategy.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop metric/monitoring efforts to prove value/success.
  • Exceptional analytical, influencing, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
• Working with tools: You have in-depth knowledge of, and experience with, varying software, including:
  • Project management software (e.g., Asana, Wrike, Basecamp, etc.).
  • Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • General understanding of other platforms that directly aid in program delivery.

Job Overview

A typical day will be anything but typical. But it will always involve collaborating with talented teammates in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Toronto, Denver, and beyond. This position will lead projects and/or tasks from strategy development to the delivery of innovative, in-depth commuter transportation projects to key audiences.

Core work activities include:

• Leveraging transportation demand management (TDM), business and organizational development principles to achieve project goals.
• Developing and fostering local stakeholder partnerships to support project goals.
• Implementing programs focused on shifting travel behaviors of key audience segments including university students, hospitality, retail, and lower-wage workers.
• Leading place-based improvement tasks including strategic direction, project delivery, budget management, stakeholder engagement, and milestone reporting.
• Curating and communicating relevant and timely transportation information to commuters, employers, and stakeholders such as construction-related updates and information, transportation/transit service attributes, and other mode-specific details
• Implementing employer-facing outreach, sales, and partnerships for TMAs in collaboration with existing team members.
• Leading, planning, and staffing outreach efforts such as presentations to large groups, transportation fairs, kiosks/expos, tabling, lunch and learns, and other in-person engagement tactics.
• Supporting data collection tasks required to inform program measurement and evaluation, with a strong data-led approach to decision-making.
• Supporting public involvement and engagement strategies to effectively reach broad audiences. This may include navigating crucial conversations regarding under-resourced communities, vulnerable populations, and underrepresented demographics.

Required Skills

• Computer skills including knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office applications, database management, and GIS
• Data analysis and statistics skills
• Ability to translate complex data into easy to understand reports, maps, and presentations
• Ability to present recommendations using persuasive language
• Ability to deliver oral presentations in an engaging manner

Education & Work Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Four or more years of full-time professional experience, related to program management, communications, sales, public engagement, and/or community outreach
• Ability to pass a Homeland Security background check

To Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to Andy Knauer, Administrative and Compliance Lead: knauera@urbantrans.com 

In your cover letter, include a paragraph or two about how your unique skill set can be applied to this role and the overall mission of UrbanTrans.