Streetsblog San Francisco

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Membership and Outreach Associate, National Complete Streets Coalition, Washington, DC
The Coalition seeks a motivated full-time Membership and Outreach Associate to coordinate the involvement and activities of Coalition members in pursuit of Complete Streets.

Santa Monica Columnist, Streetsblog Los Angeles
Los Angeles Streetsblog is hiring a writer to contribute a weekly column covering transportation and livability issues in the city of Santa Monica. The winning applicant will have a knowledge of progressive urban planning and transportation policy as well as a familiarity with Santa Monica city government.

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Executive Director, Bike Cleveland
Bike Cleveland, a not-for-profit organization (501(c)(3) status pending) formed in September 2011, is seeking an inaugural Executive Director. Bike Cleveland builds livable communities by promoting all forms of cycling and advocating for the rights and equality of the cycling community.

Director of Finance, Transportation Alternatives, New York, NY
Transportation Alternatives is seeking an energetic, organized, and personable individual to work as a full time Director of Finance for a growing non-profit office with an operating budget of $3 million, 30 full and part time staff, and approximately 25 temporary workers annually.

Executive Director, Bike Walk Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Bike Walk Connecticut is changing the culture of transportation through advocacy and education to make bicycling and walking safe, feasible and attractive for a healthier, cleaner Connecticut. The Executive Director is responsible for managing the overall affairs of Bike Walk Connecticut including the implementation of board-approved projects, programs, policies and procedures in fulfillment of its mission and strategic plan.

Youth Programs Manager, Bike New York
Bike New York’s Education department seeks an energetic, organized, and enthusiastic person to manage our growing youth programs. These include Camp Bike New York, Bike New York After School, and Bike to School (Safe Routes to School).

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Grassroots and Outreach Fellow, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Anywhere
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is seeking a Grassroots and Outreach Fellow to grow the Safe Routes to School movement at the local level and engage them in grassroots advocacy. This opportunity will provide fellows with hands-on experience in coalition-building and grassroots lobbying.

StreetsMedia Development Intern, StreetsMedia, New York City
We are seeking a StreetsMedia Development Intern for Winter-Spring 2012. StreetsMedia is the online advocate for better transportation, smarter cities, and urban sustainability, and includes Streetsblog and Streetfilms. StreetsMedia is currently diversifying our funding strategy and the intern will play an integral part in supporting this effort.

Bicycle Valet Coordinator, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, San Francisco
The SF Bicycle Coalition is looking for a highly motivated, talented individual to manage the Coalition’s world famous Valet Bicycle Parking program.

Safety Educator, New York City Department of Transportation, New York City
Safety educators serve as a traffic safety outreach program coordinator/educator, conducting and assisting with the development of a variety of traffic safety educational presentations and creative art and theater projects for children, youth and older adults. Multiple positions available.

OpenPlans is pleased to officially launch our search for the next journalist to lead Streetsblog San Francisco. Thanks to the craigslist Charitable Fund, the Seed Fund, Mike’s Bikes, and the generous contributions of many, many readers for supporting our work in the Bay Area. (And thanks to Aaron Bialick for holding down the fort while we’re in between full-time editors.)

With a mayoral election next week and fresh possibilities for change on the horizon, we’re looking for a talented journalist to manage Streetsblog San Francisco’s coverage of sustainable transportation and livable streets in the Bay Area.

We welcome applications from engaging writers who share our vision of Streetsblog as a respected, influential source of information and commentary on transportation and planning issues. The ideal candidate will have a firm grasp of local politics and a keen sense of how Streetsblog coverage can help advance transportation policies that reduce traffic congestion and car dependence while improving conditions for transit, cycling, and walking.

Responsibilities

Streetsblog combines a distinct advocacy bent with newspaper-quality journalism. Toward that end, we are seeking a reporter to craft a well-rounded beat full of original content, interviews, event coverage and engaging commentary. Applicants should be enthusiastic about the notion that journalism can be conducted with integrity and fidelity to the truth while retaining a point of view. Knowing how to effectively impart a message without overwhelming your writing is an essential skill for this position.

The editor will:

• Create a daily stream of news and content that builds Streetsblog SF’s audience
• Research and write enterprise pieces about developments in transportation and planning policy happening around the city and elsewhere in the Bay Area
• Track ongoing stories, such as pieces of legislation or specific street redesigns, and build narratives around them
• Conduct interviews and cultivate relationships with lawmakers, public officials, advocates, and policy experts
• Produce commentary that holds officials to account for their decisions, and corrects errors and misperceptions that surface in the media
• Pinpoint opportunities for transportation improvements and reforms, and explain what has to change to enact them
• Mix in short posts and photo-based content
• Manage and edit freelance contributors

Qualifications

• Previous reporting experience, ideally covering transportation or planning issues.
• Passion for and knowledge of progressive urban planning, transportation, and land use topics
• Excellent writing and research skills, as evidenced by clips
• Experience with Word Press or other blogging/content production platforms is a big plus

To Apply

Send a resume, cover letter, and relevant clips/links to Ben Fried: ben@streetsblog.org.

Streetsblog is produced by OpenPlans, a New York City-based non-profit that improves cities using journalism and open-source software. The San Francisco editor position is full-time, and will report to the editor-in-chief in New York. 

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers.

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Senior Associate, Transportation Policy, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Madison, WI
In 2010 COWS launched the State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI). Current transportation policy and practices are draining public budgets, degrading the environment, worsening inequality, retarding competitiveness, and failing most measures of efficient democratic government project on transportation reform. SSTI aims to reform current U.S. transportation policy and practice from the “ground” of state and local transportation decisions up.

DC Regional Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Washington, DC
The Washington D.C. Policy Manager will build and maintain a regional network in the area comprising the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG). The goal is to increase funding and improve policies which result in more infrastructure and programs to support safe walking and bicycling for children and families, especially lower-income communities most vulnerable to childhood obesity.

Bay Area Regional Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Oakland, CA
The Bay Area Policy Manager will build and maintain a regional network in the nine-county Bay Area within the jurisdictions of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). The goal is to increase funding and improve policies which result in more infrastructure and programs to support safe walking and bicycling for children and families, especially lower-income communities most vulnerable to childhood obesity.

Southern California Regional Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Los Angeles, CA
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is looking for two (2) energetic and dynamic professionals to work as full-time Regional Policy Managers in the Southern California region. The goal is to increase funding and improve policies which result in more infrastructure and programs to support safe walking and bicycling for children and families, especially lower-income communities most vulnerable to childhood obesity at the Metropolitan Planning Organization (SCAG and SANDAG) level as well as at the County Transportation Commission level (CTC).

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Event Director, Bay Area Bicycle Coalition, San Francisco, CA
The Bay Area Bicycle Coalition is seeking a professional with experience in event coordination, media outreach and corporate sponsorships to coordinate regional bicycling promotions including the Bike to Work Day event for the 7 million residents of the San Francisco Bay Area and the regional bicycling website.

South L.A. Head Writer, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Streetsblog Los Angeles is looking for an experienced journalist to work with our executive editor as head writer of our new South L.A. Bureau. Stories can cover new transportation projects, political and community leaders in the area, transit oriented development, open space and parks and other issues that impact the public health and access to public space in South L.A.

Boyle Heights Head Writer, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Streetsblog Los Angeles is looking for an experienced journalist to work with our executive editor as head writer of our new Boyle Heights L.A. Bureau. Stories can cover new transportation projects, political and community leaders in the area, transit oriented development, open space and parks and other issues that impact the public health and access to public space in Boyle Heights.

Interim Streetsblog Reporter, Streetsblog Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
We are looking for a talented, experienced journalist to manage Streetsblog Capitol Hill while the editor is on parental leave. If you have a solid grasp of both the legislative process and the transportation reform movement, we want to hear from you.

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Please note: The window to list your job opening for free is closing fast. Starting Monday, the price for posting a job will be $50.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Senior Director of Programs, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a national environmental nonprofit organization is seeking a Senior Director of Programs for the national office.

Executive Director, Transport for NOLA, New Orleans, LA
Transport for NOLA is the first alternative transportation education and advocacy group of its kind in the State of Louisiana. We seek to promote transit that is connected to New Orleanians’ daily lives and already have the largest online and Twitter followings around City transportation issues.

Active Transportation Planner, San Diego Association of Governments
The Active Transportation Planner will work with a broad cross-section of disciplines including transportation demand management (TDM) and engineering and construction teams to coordinate projects, programs, and studies related to the development and implementation of active transportation planning initiatives.

5298 Planner III-Environmental Project Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
The Environmental Project Manager Planner III is responsible for environmental planning and review for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. We’re giving employers free listings, normally a $50 value, through the end of the summer.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Policy Intern, Greenbelt Alliance
Greenbelt Alliance seeks a motivated individual to provide policy research support for our campaigns for open space protection and better city planning throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Program Manager, Congress for the New Urbanism, Chicago, IL
CNU seeks an experienced program manager to coordinate a range of CNU initiatives and serve as the liaison between CNU staff and local chapters.

Public Relations Manager, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC
Smart Growth America seeks a full time Public Relations Manager to help with all publicity, media relations work and written communications for the organization.

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. We’re giving employers free listings, normally a $50 value, through the end of the summer.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Public Policy Intern, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) is one of North America’s preeminent urban planning and public policy organizations. Through research, advocacy and public education, SPUR promotes good planning and good government. The Public Policy internship position is appropriate for anyone with strong research skills and interest in government budget, finance and operations. This position will help provide project and administrative support for good government policy research and for pro bono consulting teams working to improve the functioning of city agencies.

Development and Communications Manager, Local Motion
Local Motion’s Development and Communications Manager will work closely with the Executive Director to plan, manage, and execute a wide range of fundraising activities. He/She will be responsible for our e-Newsletter, Member Bulletins, mailings, Facebook, Blog, and Twitter posts. We’re looking for someone with at least three years of fundraising experience, passion for bike-ped issues and great writing skills.

Looking for a job? If you work in transportation engineering, bike and pedestrian planning, transit planning, or transportation advocacy, you can find new opportunities on the Streetsblog Jobs Board. We just launched the board earlier this summer and every week we have new listings coming in.

For employers, posting your job openings on Streetsblog gives you access to the 200,000 visitors from all over America who read our sites each month. The listings you post here will reach a committed and educated audience: 41 percent of our readers have advanced degrees, and we have a strong following among transportation and planning professionals in the public and private sectors. All summer we’re giving employers the ultimate discount: Posting a job is free, 100 percent off the regular $50 price.

Every Thursday we’ll run the most recent job listings. Here’s the current batch:

Transportation Communications Manager, City of Portland, OR
The Portland Office of Transportation is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Transportation Communications Manager. The Transportation Communications Manager acts as principal spokesperson for the bureau.

City Traffic Engineer, Seattle Department of Transportation
The City Traffic Engineer is the key advisor to senior officials, including elected officials and the City of Seattle Attorney’s Office on professional engineering matters related to traffic system design and operations.

Project Manager/Field Engineer, Sensys Networks
The Sensys Wireless Vehicle Detection System is deployed in more than 30 U.S. states and 20 countries. Primary responsibilities include: managing traffic projects utilizing Sensys Networks’ wireless sensors throughout the Southeastern United States; providing technical support to contractors, vendors, and customers on Sensys Networks solutions.

Executive Director, Transport for NOLA, New Orleans, LA
Transport for NOLA is the first alternative transportation education and advocacy group of its kind in the State of Louisiana. We seek to promote transit that is connected to New Orleanians’ daily lives and already have the largest online and Twitter followings around City transportation issues.

Transportation Planning Intern, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority has graduate intern positions for students who are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and excited about making a meaningful contribution to San Francisco’s transportation system.

Bicycle Ambassador, Transportation Alternatives, New York, NY
The Bicycling Ambassadors will work with T.A.’s staff to plan, prepare for and attend cyclist outreach events around New York City.

Transportation Modeling Intern, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Assist with development of San Francisco’s activity-based travel demand and dynamic traffic assignment models.

Deputy Director for Technology Services, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
The Deputy Director for Technology Services directs all activities related to technology services within the Authority, including transportation modeling, graphics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), website design and maintenance, multi-media communications and general information technology support.

Safe Routes to Schools Program Coordinator, Prescott Alternative Transportation, Prescott, AZ

In addition, Streetsblog and Streetfilms are in the market for a few good volunteers. Streetsblog San Francisco is searching for an intern with excellent writing and research skills to assist with coverage and analysis of Bay Area livable streets news. And StreetsMedia (the umbrella for Streetsblog and Streetfilms) is looking for a fall intern to support the fundraising initiatives that keep our organization going strong.