Manager

About the role

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency that focuses on issues critical to the region’s success, including growth and development, transportation, water resources, services for older adults and workforce solutions. ARC is dedicated to unifying the region’s collective resources to prepare the metropolitan area for a prosperous future. This is done through professional planning initiatives, the provision of objective information, and the involvement of the community in collaborative partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with TPD Senior Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director for Planning & Analytics on identifying department work program priorities, budgets, and staffing assignments as part of the annual agencywide budgeting process.
• Oversee and direct staff in the development of a federally compliant annual UPWP, working with federal, state, regional, local, and internal partners to include all required information.
• Oversee and direct staff in the production of and periodic revisions to a federally compliant TIP, working with federal, state, regional, local, and internal partners to include all required information necessary for efficient implementation.
• Oversee and direct staff in proactively identifying opportunities for ARC to leverage technical experience and coordination/facilitation capabilities to help partner agencies expedite delivery of selected high priority projects and programs.
• Oversee and direct staff charged with conducting ongoing stakeholder and partner agency involvement in the development of all core MPO deliverables, as well as managing committee meeting logistics and providing assistance as needed on engagement activities supporting other planning initiatives led by ARC.
• Lead staff efforts related to defining annual Major Initiatives and Programs (MIPs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), used for reporting department accomplishments to executive management.
• Collaborate with the TPD Senior Managing Director in preparation of materials and leading discussions at quarterly budget hearings with ARC executive management.
• Ensure all core MPO deliverables reflect current national best practices.
• Serve as the ARC Chair of the Interagency Consultation Group, including developing agenda, conducting monthly meetings, and communicating key decisions and guidance from the group to other TPD and ARC staff as necessary.
• Assume lead role in preparing the department for the quadrennial MPO certification review conducted by FHWA, FTA, and EPA. This includes serving as the day-to-day point of contact with federal staff leading the review, arranging and facilitating meetings, responding to requests for documents and other materials, coordinating the preparation of responses to questions and comments on draft recommendations and findings, and briefing senior management at key milestones throughout the process.
• Represent TPD in the FTA triennial review process by proving information and participating in meetings as needed at the direction of other ARC staff.
• Serve as an initial point of contact and the department resource management decisionmaker when external partner agencies request financial and/or advisory assistance on transportation project and program delivery issues.
• Remain informed on federal and state policy and legislative initiatives and provide analysis and feedback on laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, and other directives as requested by the TPD Senior Managing Director and executive management.
• Manage special projects and assignments related to the overall operation and function of the department, such as participating on internal agencywide working groups updating bylaws, continuity of operations plans, staffing policies, Memoranda of Agreement with partner agencies, and others.
• Perform other duties as assigned by TPD Senior Managing Director and executive management to support agency goals and objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in transportation planning, urban or regional planning, public policy, public administration, business administration, or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Combined minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience with a public sector agency, non-profit organization, and/or private sector company that conducts transportation planning activities.
• Combined minimum of five years of relevant professional experience with a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and/or similar regional transportation planning agency.

Benefits

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) offers our full-time regular employees a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off and more!

Pay

$99,356.00 - $168,903.00 Annually

Schedule

Flexible/Hybrid