Community Planner Pathways Recent Graduate

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The Professional Development Program is hiring Community Planner Pathways Recent Graduates (GS-0020-07/09 - from $49,025 to $91,582 annually) in multiple locations throughout the United States. To apply, visit https://www.usajobs.gov/job/809930200 (open to U.S. Citizens). This job announcement closes on 12/16/2024.

The Office of Federal Lands Highway improves transportation to and within Federal and Tribal Lands by providing technical services to the highway/transportation community. They also to build accessible and scenic roads that ensure the many national treasures within the United States of America's Federal lands can be enjoyed by all.

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This position is under the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Recent Graduates Program" - the Federal Highway Administration's Professional Development Program (PDP) provides up to 24 months of entry-level career development training for participants to learn and apply technical skills to advance the United States of America's Federal-aid Highway Program. Participants matriculate through assignments with assigned professionals (PDP Coaches) as apprentices through mentored on-the-job training in the Community Planning discipline.

As a Community Planner Pathways Recent Graduate, you will:

• Review transportation plans, environmental and project development technical reports, impact analyses, and other documents.
• Participate with other Federal agencies and State Departments of Transportation and recommend changes to project plans and designs to eliminate conflicting factors relative to highway issues (with the goal of advancing Federal Aid and Federal Lands programs and projects).
• Coordinate programs and projects with other Federal, State, and local agencies, public officials, historic preservation offices, local developmental authorities, and other affected non-Federal organizations.
• Participate on interdisciplinary team reviews or activities, work groups, and task forces to address project or program issues or to ensure implementation for the transportation planning and project development processes.
• Demonstrate and promote new planning processes, procedures, techniques, and technology to the State, local agencies, and other groups.
• Participate in public involvement programs. Attend public hearings, agency meetings, and technical discussions to obtain information and data that have an impact on highway programs and projects. Prepare and present technical findings and project information.

The ideal candidate for this position is a beginning level community planner who has a desire to learn the technical, administrative, and program management aspects of administering Federal-aid Highway and Federal Lands Highway programs.

Additionally, the ideal candidate should have between 0 to 5 years of experience; be mobile and willing to travel to remote locations for extended periods of time; and be able to work independently and in a team environment.