Deputy Director, Strategic Planning, OLS

Job Description

**To be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently in the title of City Planner, or be reachable on the civil service list.**

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The Office of Livable Streets (OLS) is tasked with prioritizing strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long-term management. Their goal is to create streets that are livable, supporting safety, accessibility, inclusion, resiliency, active modes, community cohesion, and economic vitality citywide. Additionally, they aim to enhance New York City's pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility networks, providing comfortable, connected, green, and reliable transportation options across the five boroughs. They place special emphasis on Priority Investment Areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets. The office also develops innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population with evolving needs and technologies.

The Public Realm Unit, working closely with other TPM units, is responsible for engaging New Yorkers to reimagine and utilize their city streets as public space and oversees the development of programs, policies, projects, and management tools to elevate the public realm experience for its primary user – the pedestrian., Through initiatives and programs ranging from the Pedestrian Mobility Plan, Public Space Programming, the Public Space Equity Program, Open Streets, Super Sidewalks, Street Seats, Complex Intersections, Shared Streets and Plazas, the Public Realm Unit creates vibrant and inclusive spaces that improve safety, accessibility, and walkability while enhancing commerce, community, and culture throughout New York City.

Reporting to the Director of Strategic Planning in Public Realm, the Deputy Director will support and manage the Strategic Planning team’s portfolio of work. In this role the candidate will provide vision and direction for the planning, outreach, and conceptual development of short-and long-term projects, policy considerations, and data management and creation. The chosen candidate will also supervise the creation of graphics such as renderings, illustrative plans and sections, maps, diagrams, and reports that are relevant to the Planning team’s work. Responsibilities associated with this role include supervising junior to mid-level staff, managing short- and long-term planning studies; analyzing and visualizing data sets, developing outreach plans, and presenting planning initiatives to senior leadership. The Deputy Director will also work in tandem with the Public Realm Policy and Research Analyst to develop policy recommendations related to pedestrian mobility and safety and manage updates to the Pedestrian Mobility Plan and Public Realm datasets.

The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.

Preferred Skills:
Professional experience in urban planning, urban design, architecture, or landscape architecture with a practical understanding of pedestrian and transportation-related issues, including emerging urban concepts and policies. Previous experience with mapping software (ArcGIS or QGIS), traffic analysis, Computer-Aided Design (AutoCAD), Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft 365 strongly desired. Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills, ability to work independently in a highly collaborative environment across multiple teams, respond to and manage against tight timelines, identify and prioritize among competing needs and opportunities, and manage multiple projects at the same time. Strong organizational, administrative, writing, and graphic communication skills, with a creative thinking and problem-solving approach. Strong communication skills with public speaking experience desired, and demonstrated interest in the public realm.

Work Location:
55 Water Street, New York, NY

Hours/Shift:
35hrs / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Additional Information:
**To be consid