This is an exciting time for the Complete Streets movement. With tremendous momentum in towns, regions, and states across the country – not to mention incredible opportunities on the federal level – the National Complete Streets Coalition is looking ahead with a three-year push to make Complete Streets a reality nationwide.
To assure lasting change, our next steps are to pass a federal Complete Streets law, ensure successful implementation of state and local policies, provide more technical assistance and resources, and continue to raise the public profile of Complete Streets. Our 2010 Progress Report (.pdf) details these steps.
Our ambitions will be powered by committed, motivated staff, starting with the two new openings we’re looking to fill below.
Strategic Partnership Manager
The National Complete Streets Coalition seeks an experienced candidate to manage our relationships with Coalition partners, advance our federal policy goals, and oversee our new project to help measure the effectiveness of Complete Streets policy implementation. This is a full-time job opportunity features a great deal of responsibility and direct collaboration with a diverse national organizations.
Our ideal candidate will be a self-motivated, detail-oriented person with strong organizational and people skills. Hill or federal advocacy experience is highly desired and will make up about one-quarter of this position’s workload. A demonstrated ability to create and manage coalitions and/or coalition projects is required. The Strategic Partnership Manager will work in Washington, DC under the supervision of the Executive Director. Click here for more details.
Federal Policy Fellow
The National Complete Streets Coalition seeks a motivated Federal Policy Fellow to help advance our federal policy efforts by moving coalition members and partners to action and coordinating the federal policy efforts of the Complete Streets network. This is a tremendous opportunity for a candidate with initiative to take on significant responsibility while learning about transportation reform issues and working directly with a variety of well-known leaders and organizations in the field.
Candidates should be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and have exemplary research and writing skills. Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of programs is required, and experience in Salesforce and Knowlegis is a plus. The Federal Policy Fellow will work in the Washington, DC office of Smart Growth America, the Coalition’s host organization. This is a full-time, six-month fellowship. Click here for more details.