Job Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Urban Studies, Business, or a related field.
• Over one year of experience in transit planning or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications
• GIS experience.

 

Driver's License Requirements
• Valid South Carolina Class D Driver's License.

 

Performance Requirements
Knowledge of:
• Theory, principles, practices, procedures, and information sources of urban and transportation planning.
• Methods and procedures used in the development and analysis of planning information.
• Economic, environmental, and/or social concepts applicable to the transportation planning process.
• Local, state, and federal law and regulations governing the provision of public transit services.
• Community trends and market analysis techniques.
• Statistical analyses techniques and formulas relevant to the planning process.
• Methods and techniques of developing, coordinating, and implementing public involvement and outreach processes on complex and/or politically sensitive transit issues.
• Principles and practices of sound business communication.

 

Ability to:
• Create maps and analyze spatial information in ArcGIS.
• Create clear and compelling presentations and graphics in PowerPoint and/or graphics editing software.
• Create and organize complex data spreadsheets, including the use of calculating formulas.
• Prepare, organize, and submit technical documents for permit approvals.
• Prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive correspondence, technical documents, reports, studies, and other written materials.
• Present ideas and requirements clearly and persuasively, orally and in writing, to diverse, internal and external technical and non-technical audiences.
• Perform difficult and complex technical research and analysis of planning issues or problems, evaluate alternatives, and recommend or adopt effective courses of action.
• Understand, interpret, explain, and apply local, regional, state and federal law, regulations, policies, procedures and standards, and planning principles and practices to specialized and diverse planning processes.
• Interpret and present maps, graphs, statistical data, and visual displays clearly and effectively to a variety of audiences.
• Instruct others in work procedures and practices.
• Analyze complex confidential problems, evaluate alternatives and make sound, appropriate recommendations.
• Interpret personnel policies and procedures and applicable local, state, and federal legislation.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Exercise sound, expert independent judgment within general policy guidelines.
• Exercise tact, discretion, and diplomacy in dealing with sensitive, complex, and confidential personnel issues and employee situations.
• Establish and maintain effective customer-focused working relationships with all levels of management, employees, employee organizations and their representatives, other governmental officials, community groups, and the public.
• Operate general office equipment to include scanner, printer, copier, telephone, projector, and computer with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Utilize specialized software and systems to include Android OS, iOS, ArcGIS, and Google Maps.