Transportation Planner

We are looking for people who share our passion for fostering equitable, healthy, and sustainable cities and communities. We encourage a challenging, collaborative, and fun work environment and believe in work-life balance.

About RPA

RPA is an urban planning nonprofit, non-partisan organization that conducts planning, research, and advocacy to prepare the NY-NJ-CT metro region for the challenges of the next generation. These include major infrastructure, urban planning, housing, environment, and climate policies and investments. RPA is based in New York City, with offices in Newark, NJ, Princeton, NJ, and Stamford, CT.

Responsibilities

• Conduct statistical, geographic, and policy analysis of plans, programs, data, and reports on demographic and economic trends, regional land use, transportation, housing, energy trends, and climate and environmental policies.
• Provide technical support on research projects and advocacy campaigns and conduct research on relevant climate, energy, housing, transportation, and land use policies at local, state and federal levels.
• Organize, maintain, and visualize a diverse array of datasets.
• Draft memos and reports.

Requirements

• Master’s degree with demonstrated research experience, preferably with a concentration in urban studies, urban planning, environmental sciences, geography, sociology, political science, public policy, economics, statistics, civil engineering or other relevant fields.
• Minimum of two to five years professional experience showing increasing responsibility.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, writing, and presentation skills, as well as experience working in teams.
• Advanced proficiency with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Python and R (or relevant statistical and coding language) and LLMs.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google platforms.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and JavaScript is a plus.
• Ability to take initiative and balance multiple projects and responsibilities.

Benefits

RPA provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package.

Pay

Salary range is $65,000 - $95,000 annually.

Schedule

This position is hybrid, consisting of a combination of remote work, in-person meetings and events, as well as 1-2 days per week in RPA’s NYC office in Lower Manhattan.