The City of Richmond Department of Public Works is seeking highly qualified candidates to fill the position of Deputy Department Director for Transit and Regional Transportation Planning and Investment. The incumbent is responsible for assisting the department director with the strategic direction and management of large-scale transportation projects, programs, transportation compliance reviews, and budgets.
Responsibilities:
- Directing, managing, and supervising staff, including performing supervisory duties such as performance evaluations and training, and supporting managers as needed.
- Managing, implementing, and monitoring large-scale projects, programs, reviews, budgets, etc., while determining each staff member's role.
- Preparing, reviewing, editing, and approving various documents, reports, contracts, expenditures, packets, budgets, etc., and ensuring proper reporting.
- Preparing presentations and conducting, attending, and participating in various meetings.
- Working with various internal and external departments on special assignments or projects and coordinating projects as needed.
- Forecasting the city’s long-range transportation needs and modifying plans based on current data and trends.
- Leading and collaborating with local, regional, state, and federal stakeholders to address and implement those needs.
- Actively participating in the Central Virginia Transportation Authority (CVTA) on long-range transportation investments as a representative of the city.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in public administration or a field directly related to the assignment.
- Eight years of progressively responsible related experience that includes significant management and supervisory experience.
- An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.
PREFERRED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- Experience with FTA Joint Developments, Transit Oriented Development (TOD), Triennial Reviews.
- Knowledge of federal and state transportation regulations and available funding sources.
- Familiarity with multi-module transportation projects and programs.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge:
- Budget analysis
- Community relations
- Computer programs such as Microsoft Office Suite
- Electronic databases and related software applications within the department's focus area
- Federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and statutes
- Government administration and legislative processes
- Government finance and budgeting practices
- Organizational structure in focus area
- Policy development
- Project management
- Related policies and procedures
- Specific knowledge and standards within focus area
Skills:
- Coaching and mentoring employees
- Communicating with various internal and external departments
- Conducting extensive research
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
- Managing and leading
- Performing data analysis
- Planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating operations of the department of focus
- Preparing, writing, and reviewing reports and other work, including scope of work
- Providing strategic oversight to City departments and functions
- Responding in a timely manner to inquiries and concerns of the public
- Serving as Director in the absence of the Director
- Using efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills
- Working strategically and collaboratively across departments and agencies
- Oral and written communication
- Interpersonal communication
Abilities:
- Being adaptable
- Anticipating future needs and assessing operational concerns
- Balancing conflicting priorities
- Making important decisions
- Being flexible
- Problem solving
- Self-managing
- Working in teams
Americans with Disabilities Act Requirements: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.
Environmental Hazards: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.
Physical Requirements and Working Environment: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraints.
The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to:
- Regularly finger, talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions
- Frequently reach, stand, walk, and grasp
- Occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, pull, feel, and lift The working conditions may not include environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be sedentary, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.