You will help our Bike & Pedestrian team carry out the grant responsibilities for the SRTS, HTS, and SSNJ programs (see below) in our service area which is Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Union, and Monmouth counties.
- Community Outreach: You will contact and work with school and municipal staff, parent- teacher groups, health and safety coalitions, non-profit groups, and senior centers to setup safety talks and events and promote safer streets.
- Educate/Encourage/Train: You will present in person or virtually to groups about how to be a safe pedestrian and bicyclist and how to drive safely around pedestrians and cyclists. You will help with education efforts for Street Smart and help us develop new programs and resources. We expect our staff to take and pass the League of American Bicyclists exam to become certified trainers.
- Availability for weekend events and occasional evening events is required; weekend and evening work hours will be included in the 40 hour workweek; overtime is not expected.
- Technical Assistance: You will help schools and communities:
- Launch SRTS initiatives such as travel tallies, walk/bike to school day, walking school bus/bike trains, safe bike skills events, poster contests, and anti-idling campaigns.
- Conduct walk/bike audits, write school travel plans, apply for transportation grants, and other relevant projects.
- Adopt and implement Complete &Green Streets policies and Sustainable Jersey actions.
- Recognition Program: You will encourage and help schools/municipalities participate in SRTS and register them in the SRTS Recognition database annually.
- Miscellaneous: In addition, you will assist with:
- Monthly and quarterly team reports
- Online Records of Contact for NJ SRTS
- Crash maps and crash data analysis
- Research and writing news articles, blogs, case studies and SM posts
- Coordination and Regular Checks for the NJ Transit Bike Locker program
- Other tasks as assigned
Due to program needs, this position offers limited opportunities for remote work. Team members are expected to be in the office 2 days/week and we often do field work on other days. From spring to fall, we have outdoor bike events and during the school year, we are at schools or attend health and ped. safety coalition meetings.
We are looking for a candidate to work full-time, 40 hours a week; however, we are willing to explore a part-time opportunity of 20-24 hours a week for qualified candidates.