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Application Material: Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland’s online portal. You will need respond to the supplemental questions and attach a résumé .
Note :
Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules.
About the position:
The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) Mobility and Safety Programs Division is seeking a Transportation Education & Encouragement Program & Grants Manager to lead the design, implementation and evaluation of programs that encourage people to walk, bike or take transit. These programs advance PBOT’s transportation demand management (TDM) work to ease traffic congestion and make the transportation system safer and more efficient.
Located in PBOT’s Mobility and Safety Programs division, this position is a member of the Education & Encouragement section. This position will be a key problem solver and collaborator in programs such as employer commute, SmartTrips, and bike encouragement. These programs serve a range of audiences including people who have recently moved, people who may face barriers to biking, people who commute, and employers. This position will help shape the implementation of strategies such as messaging campaigns, pop-up events, guided bike rides and workshops, online challenges, and individualized marketing.
What you’ll get to do:
- Lead the design, implementation and evaluation of transportation demand management programs and campaigns that encourage people across the City to use non-driving modes to get around
- Manage grant administration and relationships with funders
- Work with community-based organizations to co-create programming that serves their audiences needs
- Create program workplans, and delegate tasks across project teams
- Provide strategic direction, helping to shape the near- and long-term vision and goals for the section’s programs
- Utilize quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate and report on the success of programs and campaigns
- Be creative, innovative, and collaborate with team members, partners, and funders to achieve the best outcomes for the public
- Help people experience the freedom of transportation options, bike joy, and a sense of community
Who you are: - Program manager: You are comfortable leading a project team, and providing the resources needed to ensure the team's success such and timelines, task lists, budgets etc. and providing feedback and encouragement.
- Problem Solver : You can identify problems early and value collaboration. You have the ability to handle multiple priorities and timelines with a minimal level of supervision.
- Organized: You can work on a multitude of tasks and understand and respond to various situations in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
- Excellent Communicator: You have strong communication skills, including written, in-person, visual and public presentation skills.
- Collaborative: You are a professional who values partnership and develops and supports relationships with internal and external stakeholders to get things done.
- Detail-oriented: You are effective at tracking project details to ensure consistency and accuracy in project implementation, reporting, and grant management.
- Diversity Champion: You believe in, support, and fight for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the community. You prioritize ways to make it happen in a manner that benefits all stakeholders.
- Experience in transportation programming or behavior change: You understand that having access to transportation options gives people freedom and are interested in designing programs that leverage behavior change strategies to help them explore their options.
- Innovative : You have an aptitude for continuous improvement and can excel in change management. You’ve demonstrated the ability to remain flexible, agile, and calm in a high paced environment that relies on quick and stable decision making
About the division: The Mobility and Safety Programs (MSP) Division is located within PBOT’s Planning, Programs and Projects group. The Division works to make streets safer and increase the number of people walking, bicycling, and taking transit; and create equitable access in the community. MSP works in partnership with Planning and Project Delivery to achieve these goals. Other areas of work that MSP manages are Vision Zero, Safe Routes to School, Shared Micromobility, and Transportation Demand Management programs. The position provides support to team members, coordinates with external partners, and collaborates within the division and broader work of the division.
About the Bureau:
The Portland Bureau of Transportation i s a community partner in shaping a livable city. We plan, build, manage and maintain an effective and safe transportation system that provides people and businesses access and mobility. We keep Portland moving. For more information about the Portland Bureau of Transportation, please visit . The Portland Bureau of Transportation embraces diversity, models inclusivity, and promotes equity through its service delivery, internal operations, organizational culture, and in its work with partners and the community.
Questions? We're here to help! If you have questions about this recruitment or need assistance, contact:
Tamara Larison, Senior Recruiter Tamara.larison@portlandoregon.gov
Bureau of Human Resources
The following minimum qualifications are required for this position: - Experience leading a collaborative and effective project team, including developing and driving project work plans, timelines, processes, communications, and reporting, and troubleshooting issues.
- Experience with evaluating a program or project, analyzing data, identifying trends and reporting on findings.
- Experience engaging with Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, people with disabilities and people living on low incomes.
- Knowledge of transportation demand management or behavior change strategies that promote people walking, bicycling, riding transit, carpooling, and using other micro-mobility modes.
Although Not Required, you may: - Be bilingual in Spanish or another language
- Experience in managing transportation demand management (TDM) or behavior change programs
- Experience designing programming for large institutions like employers, and commuters
- Experience with grant management
Education/Training: A typical way of obtaining the knowledge, skills and abilities outlined above is graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in public administration, urban planning, transportation planning, or a related field.
AND
Three years of transportation programming experience in the private, nonprofit, and/or public sectors; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
STEP 1: Apply online between August 3, 2026 - August 17, 2026
Required Application Materials:
- Résumé
- Note : Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules.
- Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)
Optional Application Materials:
- Veteran’s Preference documents (e.g., DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter) must be submitted by the closing date.
- Effective January 1, 2026, the State of Oregon law ORS 408.225 - 408.238 is amended to expand eligibility for Veterans’ Preference to current and former Oregon National Guard service members. If applicants are existing state or former Oregon National Guard servicemembers, they are encouraged to attach appropriate documentation to their future recruitment applications.
- Update: As of March 3, 2025, if you have already submitted veteran documents and qualified for preference, you do not need to resubmit them for future recruitments.
- To update or remove veteran preference for this recruitment or from your profile, contact the recruiter listed in the job announcement.
Application Tips:
- Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
- Your résumé should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
- How We Determine Pay : The City of Portland is covered by the Oregon Equal Pay Act . Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all your relevant experience.
- Do not attach any additional documents. Do not attach a cover letter, it will not be reviewed.
- All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process by the closing date and time.
- E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.
- You can use AI tools to assist with your job application, but please make sure to personalize your responses to supplemental questions. Avoid copying and pasting. We encourage using AI to generate ideas and then tailor them to reflect your own experiences and skills.
Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of August 17, 2026
- An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their résumé and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.
- Your résumé and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
- You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you would like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
- Additional evaluation may be required prior to establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.
Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: Week of August 24, 2026
- Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list. ( Update if a Ranked list or other type of list is used)
Step 4: Selection (Interview): September 2026
- Hiring bureau will review and select candidates for an interview
Step 5: Offer of Employment: October 2026
- Some positions will require those offered employment to complete and sign a criminal background statement before being considered for employment. (Include if requires an in-depth background investigation.)
Step 6: Start Date: October 2026
- A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.
*Timeline is approximate and subject to change.
Click here for additional information regarding the following:
- City of Portland Core Values
- Recruitment Process - Work Status
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Veteran Preference
- ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations
Compensation details: 92081.6-117603.2 Yearly Salary
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Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours