LTAP Special Projects Coordinator New

General Summary

Who We Are

With three campuses along Colorado’s Front Range, FRCC is the state’s largest community college. We enroll close to 28,000 students annually from our diverse service area, which offers a variety of cultural and recreational activities.

Each year approximately 5,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year universities and FRCC offers more than 36 career training programs that prepare students for immediate employment and rewarding careers.

Last year, more than 5,000 high school students took concurrent enrollment classes with us, earning college credit without having to pay college tuition.

And we were recently ranked as one of the Top Online Colleges in the country by Newsweek.

One of FRCC’s main goals is to offer educational excellence for everyone. The college’s strong commitment to student success means we start by creating an inclusive and equitable environment one where both students and employees feel they belong and are supported.

FRCC’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of our college conversations and decision-making processes.

We are actively seeking to hire a workforce that reflects the diversity of our student body.

The college is also an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. For us, becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where our Latinx (and other historically marginalized) students thrive.

FRCC employees and leaders work hard to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and pride. We’re looking to hire people who share these values along with our commitment to student success, equity and excellence.

Colorado Local Technical Assistance Program

The Colorado Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is one of 52 centers nationally tasked by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to foster a safe, efficient, and environmentally sound surface transportation system by improving skills and increasing knowledge of the transportation workforce and decision makers.

Who You Are

As the Special Projects Coordinator, you will coordinate a wide variety of projects in partnership with local transportation agencies (counties & municipalities).

You will identify new projects and initiatives along with funding streams to benefit Colorado’s local transportation agencies and will specifically include opportunities with regards to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Additionally, this role guides the local agencies through processes such as funding application, planning and implementation, program reporting and post-implementation reviews.

You will work with the director of Colorado LTAP and perform the job duties with little supervision while working with a highly collaborative team.

You will occasionally travel and should have flexibility to attend overnight statewide training events as well as regional and national meetings and conferences and ability to travel and to drive long distances.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Colorado, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

Please note : You need to be a Colorado resident on your first day of employment.

SALARY : $51,603 - $54,183 / annually

BENEFITS : Please click here to find more information about APT & Faculty Benefits

SELECTION PROCESS : Position will remain open until filled with a priority deadline of September 3, 2023. This posting may be used to fill multiple or similar positions.

Preliminary screening will be made on the basis of completed application package submitted by candidate. In your application please include a resume and cover letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with requirements, qualification and responsibilities of the LTAP Special Projects Coordinator .

Primary Duties

Provide project management support to local transportation agencies including :

• Assist local transportation agencies with funding and grant applications.
• Guide local transportation agencies in the planning and implementation processes including drafting proposals, detailing project plans and timelines, identifying common milestones and defining and establishing project team roles.
• Support local transportation agencies in required funding and project reporting and post-implementation reviews, as appropriate and required.
• Create adoptable user tools, establishing templates to accomplish a consistent and scalable approach for local transportation agencies to leverage.

Bridge new local transportation agency projects and initiatives with funding streams and resources to benefit Colorado’s local transportation agencies.

• Research and identify federal and state funding opportunities for local transportation agencies, that will achieve their agency goals and meet regulatory requirements.
• Cultivate relationships with local transportation agencies and monitor state-wide efforts and initiatives with regards to locally owned transportation systems.
• Raise awareness of and connect local transportation agencies with available funding.
• Communicate and promote information including notice of funding opportunities (NOFO) and announcements to local transportation agencies.

Coordinate and transportation projects across multiple local transportation agencies.

• Identify specific projects and efforts for local transportation agencies.
• Identify state-wide trends in projects and project management with regards to local transportation.
• Report common project related gaps and challenges at the local level and facilitate possible solutions and work around.
• Communicate innovations, building out a more cohesive Colorado LTAP community.

Required Competencies

Critical Thinking : Develop and assess materials that will help local agency employees understand funding and project management practices.

Understand the needs and determine what will work and must be capable of researching, analyzing, monitoring and interpreting funding streams, regulatory and other information relating to the transportation industry including state, federal and local program plans as applicable.

• Communication Skills : Present to stakeholders, speak interpersonally with individuals, report to management and meet with strategic partners in a friendly and clear manner.
• Presentation Skills : Present opportunities, proposals and processes. Well versed in conducting and utilizing virtual meeting platforms.
• Interpersonal and Observational Skills : Strong interpersonal and observational skills to assess needs and understanding.

Must be enthusiastic, creative and capable of effectively functioning in a professional work setting with various levels of staff, Boards or Partners, in group settings, and independently with little to no supervision.

Equity, Inclusion & Diversity : Demonstrate and foster respect and appreciation for each person's background, race age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests.

Able to partner with diverse customers, professionals, consultants, stakeholders and staff.

• Mission, Vision & Values : Embrace the mission, vision and values of FRCC. Understand the importance of the work that you do to support institutional goals.
• Data Usage : Look at the data within the department, paying particular attention to what the data shows about the department's performance and student impact.

Work with the next level supervisor to brainstorm changes that can be implemented to improve a program or service that the department provides.

Cultural Competence : Recognize the need to become knowledgeable about the ways to communicate and support students of other backgrounds.

Change approach to reflect the new learning.

Collaboration : Willingness to work with colleagues across departments to further engagement. Must have excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in an efficient and timely manner and be flexible, versatile and / or tolerant in a changing work environment while maintaining effectiveness and efficiency.

Qualifications

Required Education / Training & Work Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree with at least one year of professional experience with project coordination or working in grant programs
• Any satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree and one year of professional experience with project coordination or working in grant programs.

Welcoming. Respectful. Inclusive. Together, we are FRCC.