About Houston-Galveston Area Council   

 

The Houston-Galveston Area Council is one of the largest regional planning commissions in the country with a diverse service area of 13 counties and more than 7 million people. We are the pulse of our region addressing issues that cross city limits and county lines every single day.    

We make decisions that affect our transportation system, ensure the safety and well-being of our seniors, connect people to jobs, help families recover from natural disasters, preserve water quality for our children, and so much more. We work to make the region a great place to live, work, and thrive.   

 

What will I be doing?

ü Joining a team of motivated professionals at the 5^th largest Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in the country.

ü Assuming a mix of responsibilities, including database operation and analysis, transportation planning and project programming, tracking transportation project implementation, and participating in other typical MPO activities.

ü Becoming a subject matter expert on the region’s master list of transportation projects and helping track the status of local agencies’ progress.

ü Creating and maintaining transportation project databases using MS Access and MS SQL Server Management Studio including supporting database performance by monitoring database performance; evaluating and resolving processing and programming problems; designing database management tools; answering user questions.

ü Assisting in the administration of state, federal and regional transportation funding programs by supporting the preparation of Transportation Improvement Program, the 10-year Plan, the Regional Transportation Plan and annual reports (e.g., Annual Project Listing).

ü Performing quality control checks on detailed transportation planning-related project information.

ü Responding to TIP/RTP data inquiries from a variety of stakeholders and adding value with your perspective and experience.

 

Key Qualifications

ü Experience in urban or regional planning, public administration, monitoring and reporting, data analysis, database administration

ü Thorough knowledge of transportation and land use planning, policies, regulations, and best management practices, and the ability to solve planning-related problems

ü Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills

ü Proficiency with collecting, sorting and compiling data for analysis

ü Working expertise with MS Excel and understand how to efficiently manipulate tables, charts, graphs, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, and CHOOSE functions

ü Working technical knowledge in MS Access and MS SQL Server Management Studio and understand how to create, maintain, and manipulate databases, tables, queries, forms, reports, store procedures, and macros

ü Ability to coordinate and communicate with other team members and external partners

Do you have…

ü Bachelor’s degree in an applicable academic discipline or related field of study

ü 3 years of experience working with local government, nonprofit programs, or in similar job-related duties