Transportation Policy and Communications Specialist

CDM Smith•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity to join CDM Smith's Transportation Advisory Services, a multi-disciplinary team of experts, including senior policy and communications specialists, to help our transportation clients identify, analyze, and solve their public policy issues and challenges, especially funding, and potentially also including technology, energy, emissions, and equity. Examples of specific work tasks include: 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

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
1 year of related experience
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

Nice To Haves

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