Transportation Policy & Outreach Specialist

CDM Smith; Eugene (OR); On-site; USD 64,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a recent graduate to join its Transportation Advisory Services group in the United States. The role focuses on identifying, analyzing, and solving public policy issues related to transportation funding, technology, energy, emissions, and equity, while collaborating with senior policy and communications specialists.

You will conduct financial analyses, engage stakeholders, draft policy proposals, and help design and facilitate commissions and working groups.

Qualifications

• Working understanding of top transportation public policy challenges facing U.S. federal, state, and local governments, including funding, technology, energy, emissions, and equity
• Excellent analytical skills including stakeholder and political awareness especially as relates to revenue collection systems
• Fluency with financial analysis including cost analysis of revenue collection systems
• Understanding of transportation technology and innovation trends
• Undergraduate degree required, advanced degree a plus

Responsibilities

• Conducting in-depth financial analysis of transportation revenue and spending projections
• Analyzing stakeholders including policy positions, influences, priorities, and authorities
• Designing and conducting stakeholder and community outreach to solicit input on policy proposals
• Researching, analyzing, and summarizing statutes and regulations
• Researching, tracking, and analyzing bills
• Supporting the design and setup of special-purpose commissions, task forces, and working groups to address policy issues and challenges including process design, invitation design, content preparation and presentation, and facilitation
• Coordinating input on policy proposals from task forces, working groups, and other stakeholders as directed by clients
• Designing policy proposals and solutions to address client and stakeholder objectives and constraints
• Authoring papers and memoranda that frame policy issues including alternative solutions, trade-offs, and considerations
• Drafting bill language to align with client priorities for policy proposals
• Presenting findings and recommendations to working groups, task forces, legislative committees, other public bodies, and the public

Skills

Transportation policy challenges

Analytical skills

Financial cost analysis

Technology and innovation awareness

Travel readiness

Education

Undergraduate degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a recent graduate to join its Transportation Advisory Services group in the United States. The role focuses on identifying, analyzing, and solving public policy issues related to transportation funding, technology, energy, emissions, and equity, while collaborating with senior policy and communications specialists.

You will conduct financial analyses, engage stakeholders, draft policy proposals, and help design and facilitate commissions and working groups.