Analyst/Senior Analyst or Planner/Senior Planner

Job Description

Job Description

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is seeking to hire two planners or policy analysts to contribute to regional planning and policy projects in northeastern Illinois. The ideal candidates for these positions will demonstrate thorough knowledge of public policy, urban and regional planning practice, and an understanding of transportation, environmental, social, and land use considerations in planning.

This position will be housed within CMAP’s Regional Policy and Implementation (RPI) division. Work conducted by this division primarily pertains to regional- and state-scale issues. Successful candidates will assist in research, writing, quantitative, and qualitative analysis across a range of topics, but will focus on transportation safety planning and policy.

The ideal candidate will have advanced knowledge and demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Transportation planning to advance bicycle, pedestrian, and transit access, mobility, and safety.
• Transportation safety for all road users.
• Factors influencing the design, operations, and administration of local, regional, and state transportation infrastructure and programs.
• Public health perspectives on the built environment and its contribution to traffic safety.
• The Safe System Approach to traffic safety and its application to regional and local transportation policy and planning.
• The intersection of economic development, climate, and transportation issues.

Examples of work to which the successful candidates could contribute include:

• A framework for regional safety policy that is informed by multiple safety action planning efforts.
• Advancing speed management practices at the local, regional, and state level through improved education, policy, practice, and guidance.
• Research on and analysis of existing and future funding and programming opportunities for transportation and safety planning.
• Research, analysis and writing related to policies and programs that advance a regional traffic safety culture.
• Analyzing, synthesizing, and visualizing a wide range of safety-related data, using a variety of methods including spatial analysis (GIS), coding, and statistical analysis.
• Outreach and engagement with regional and state partners to advance traffic safety improvements.

Education and Experience

Required: Required: Bachelor’s degree in transportation planning, engineering, public administration, political science, urban planning, urban affairs, or a related field.

Minimum Requirements for Planner/Analyst: a minimum of 2 years of directly applicable professional experience (not including research assistantships or internships) with transportation planning, project selection, programming, and/or policy and procedure development.

Minimum Requirements for Senior Planner/Senior Analyst: a minimum of 5 years of directly applicable advancing professional experience (not including research assistantships or internships) with transportation planning, project selection, programming, and/or policy and procedure development AND a minimum of 2 years of advancing project management experience leading and supporting aspects of the same.

Hiring Range for Planner/Analyst: $69, 769.35-$85,467.39

Hiring Range for Senior Planner/Senior Analyst: $77,087.78-$98,286.78