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Job Description

AECOM has a position available for an Outreach Coordinator supporting our Client's Safe Routes to School program in Boston, MA. In this position, the Outreach Coordinator will be a member of the Safe Routes to School outreach team, a program of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Safe Routes to School works with schools, communities, students, and families to increase biking and walking among elementary, middle, and high school students in the Commonwealth. We promote a collaborative, community-focused approach that fosters mutual partnerships between advocacy groups, law enforcement, education leaders, and public health departments that all work together to promote safer routes for elementary, middle, and high school students to get to school.

As a Safe Routes to School Outreach Coordinator, you will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with public elementary, middle, and high schools along with municipal and community stakeholders within the Boston Metro Area. You will assist partner schools and communities with the implementation of school-based travel options for elementary, middle school, and high school students. You will work in a fast-paced team environment following an outreach model with goals and performance metrics. This is a hybrid position, and you will be expected to work out of the downtown Boston office on a regular basis (as determined by you and your manager).

Job Description:

Performs a range of outreach, transportation, and marketing tasks aimed at enhancing opportunities for Massachusetts elementary, middle, and high school students to utilize healthy, active means of transportation, with a primary focus on walking and cycling to/from school.

Develop, promote, and/or implement a range of school-based programs with the goal to teach and inspire children to start walking and bicycling more often to and from school, improving their physical health, safety, and community.

The responsibilities include, but may not be limited to, the following:

Maintain outreach responsibilities in the Boston Metro Area through activities that include but are not limited to:

• Developing successful partnerships with existing and new partner schools and their stakeholders.

• Preparing clear/concise writing of presentations/reports and creating/maintaining interpersonal communication with community stakeholders

• Energetic, and articulate individual who has the communication skills and persuasiveness necessary to influence, motivate, and inform schools and families in the use of travel options statewide

• Deepening existing SRTS partner relationships through frequent contact and follow-up meetings, tracking program implementation and student participation.

• Promoting bicycling and walking for school trips. Educating parents/guardians, students, school personnel, and community representatives on the benefits of these modes, as opposed to family drop-off/pick-up of students.

• Providing customized assistance as schools implement Safe Routes education, encouragement, engagement, and evaluation activities.

• Assisting with school- and community-based SRTS plans and guiding the implementation of walking and cycling programs.

• Increasing participation rates and program awareness among parents/guardians, students and stakeholders at school partner locations.

• Coordinating Safe Routes events at participating schools.

• Generating measurable results from school and student participation in Safe Routes initiatives.

• Reporting on outreach activities and maintaining a current, accurate database of school contacts and participation.

• Attending networking and public meetings to raise program visibility.

• Conducting presentations and writing detailed reports for schools, stakeholders, and community groups.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

• The ability to lift and carry presentation equipment that may weigh up to 30 lbs.

• Field office work requires the ability to travel in the Boston Metro area as requested to project sites for partner meetings and/or presentations

• Valid US Driver’s License is required for this position. As a condition of employment, selected candidate must pass a Motor Vehicle Records review

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of business development, education, sales, marketing, outreach, transportation planning, or other relevant business experience is helpful

• Bachelor degree in Marketing, Education, Communications, Transportation Planning, Health or related field is preferred

• Knowledge of Safe Routes to School programs is a plus

• Experience working with SalesForce.com is a plus

• Bi-lingual in English/Spanish or English/Portuguese is helpful

Additional Information

• Having a car is not a requirement for this role; one may be provided for you, as needed

• Sponsorship is not available for this position

• Relocation support is not available for this role

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Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $61,143.89 - $66,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10112779

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Marketing & Communications

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc