SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION

Position: Project Coordinator
Organization: The Centre for Active Transportation
Location: Toronto, Ontario, 401 Richmond St., Toronto office minimum of 2 days per week, potential for partial work from home
Compensation: Full Time. $60,000-75,000. 3 weeks paid vacation. Health spending account, and full pension offered after 6 months. We use a graded pay scale with defined annual increases for merit and inflation for all positions.

About Us 

The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) exists to create safer, healthier, more equitable places by working with and supporting communities in creating safer streets for walking and riding bikes. TCAT advances knowledge and evidence to build support for safe and inclusive streets for walking and cycling.

Founded as a grassroots collective in 2006, TCAT become a project of Clean Air Partnership (CAP) in 2008. CAP is a charitable environmental organization launched in 2000 that enables communities to improve air quality, advance active transportation, and take bold climate action. We convene networks, lead research and knowledge transfer, and catalyze transformative action.

About the Position 

Reporting to the TCAT Director, the Project Coordinator will coordinate and deliver TCAT's work. Our current projects include managing our Newmarket Cycles community bike hub, conducting surveys and analyzing data evaluating opportunities for increasing access to urban nature and cycling in Toronto, convening a community of practice of grassroots organizations seeking to address transport poverty in Canada, translating academic research for practitioner use, and researching best practices and innovative approaches to active transportation.

The Project Coordinator also helps develop new project ideas and write funding proposals in collaboration with the TCAT Director. We are looking for candidates who are excited by the idea of developing new methods of moving active transportation forward and who can identify gaps in how municipalities, organizations, and communities currently pursue active transportation initiatives.

We recognize that there are many different ways to approach this work. We value different lived experiences and methods of engaging with active transportation. If you are applying from outside an active transportation lens, please tell us in your cover letter how your experience fits with TCAT’s mission.

Position Responsibilities 

Project Delivery 

• Develop and manage the implementation of TCAT’s current and new projects
• Oversee, volunteers, interns and consultants to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget 
• Develop evaluation plans, collect program data and report on results to funders 
• Design research methodology and conduct qualitative and quantitative data collection, including overseeing data collection teams 
• Prepare research reports, articles, presentations and other documentation to clearly present complex findings and recommendations to diverse technical and non-technical audiences (government staff, politicians, academics, the media, the public). 

Project Development 

• Assist TCAT Director in implementing strategic vision and priorities for TCAT, namely 1) Advance safety as a transportation priority over vehicle movement, 2) Prioritize equity in active transportation planning and implementation, 3) Accelerate research to improve road safety and advance active transportation
• Build partnerships and foster multi-stakeholder relationships (NGOs, government staff and agencies, politicians, consultants, etc.) for project collaboration
• Identify opportunities for research, innovation and new projects that advance TCAT’s and CAP’s mission, develop project plans and write funding proposals
• Work with partners to determine opportunities to further AT adoption and speed up AT implementation
• Maintain a working knowledge of the literature and emerging trends in active transportation and allied fields as relevant to TCAT projects

Communications 

• Deliver presentations and workshops related to TCAT’s projects and research to various external stakeholder groups
• Oversee volunteers and interns to develop content for a variety of communications channels 
• Coordinate with CAP Communications Lead on alignment between TCAT/CAP communications

Skills and Qualifications 

• Undergraduate degree in urban planning, geography, environmental studies, or related personal and professional experience (minimum). Master’s degree or post-graduate qualification a bonus, but not necessary. Interest and passion for this work is more important than degrees.
• Ideal candidate must demonstrate initiative, motivation and autonomy, possessing organizational skills with attention to detail and managing several tasks concurrently. 
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), with experience in research, report writing, or communications. The candidate must possess the ability to write for both technical and nontechnical audiences, with the ability to translate complex ideas for decision makers using appropriate communications methods. 
• Research and data analysis skills, with experience developing data collection methodology, collecting and analyzing data and drawing key finds. 
• Passionate about extending the benefits of active transportation more equitably. An understanding of sustainable and active transportation, and its critical role in creating environmentally and economically cities is an asset.
• Excited by the possibilities of breaking new ground; adaptable and creative in exploring new ideas and solutions and pivoting direction in response as needed. 
• Experience in community organizing, group facilitation and/or motivating and bringing people together and building alliances an asset. 

Clean Air Partnership values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

To Apply: 

Please email a single pdf file by Tuesday May 21st, at 5:00pm to dsimor@cleanairpartnership.org with the following subject line: TCAT Project Coordinator. This single pdf must include: 

• Cover letter
• Résumé 
• One technical writing sample (research report, briefing memo, academic or professional publication article, max 5 page, excerpt if necessary to keep to page limit) and one non-technical writing sample (blog post, op-ed, community flyer, magazine article, etc.; max 3page). Please do not create new content for the purposes of this application
• Additionally, please provide a short video (max 60 seconds) detailing who you are and why you are passionate about advancing active transportation in Canadian communities (link or raw video can be provided).
• Please indicate you saw this posting at GoodWork.ca.