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The Department of Transportation Services, Transportation Performance & Development Division is hiring a Planner V (Transportation Planning- Systems) position, located in Honolulu. This position performs professional planning work for all activities associated with the City's on-street parking, island wide curbside management program, including carshare, rideshare, and other emerging mobility services, restricted parking zones program, and transportation demand management programs, for Honolulu's transportation system.

Duties for a Planner V (Transportation Planning- Systems) include but are not limited to the following:

• Prepares the full range of planning work in the development, policies and strategies, program review and analysis, and completion of planning projects for the on-street parking programs, curbside management, and transportation demand management programs;
• Develops studies in alignment with project goals and objectives, and coordinates the agency staff and conducts surveys, studies, and data for the residential household inventory and permits, parking inventory, parking turnover and occupancy data, socio-economic data;
• Analyzes the collected data, develops reports, recommendations, and plans for the rideshare, carshare, emerging mobility services, restricted parking zones and other related programs using a motor vehicle or any mode of transportation;
• Implements planning tasks to develop reports and legislation to utilize and support city, state, and federal funding to budget and to program for project procurement and contracting;
• Responsible for contract oversight work including the review and analysis of project benchmarks and milestones and other performance metrics data to meet contracted goals for all agreements for programs related to on-street public parking, curb management, transportation demand management, restricted parking zones, and other mobility programs under DTS jurisdiction;
• Responds to inquiries, investigations and complaints and coordinates with contracted entities, agencies, and interprets and analyzes laws, ordinances, and rules, and provides analysis to resolve parking, mobility projects, and transportation-related complaints.

Special Working Conditions: Must be able to secure confidential information. The position is designated as a Disaster Response Worker whose responsibilities may require night and weekend work during natural disasters, and other emergencies (e.g. when 24-hour staffing of the City's Emergency Operating Center is activated).

If you qualify for the position, your name will be placed on an eligible list for further consideration. This list may be used to fill current and future vacancies in this department. Applications must be submitted online at to be accepted.

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At the time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.

Equivalent to graduation from a regionally-accredited college or university with specialization in city planning, architecture, engineering, economics, sociology, public administration or a related field.

Education obtained outside of the United States must be comparable to a degree earned at a regionally-accredited college/university in the United States. In order to receive credit for the education, a foreign credential evaluation (FCE) must be provided. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.

Verification Requirement: You must submit evidence of your education in order to be given credit. Please attach an electronic copy of your diploma and/or official transcript which shows the embossed seal or applicable FCE to your application. Or mail a photocopy of your documents to the following address: Department of Human Resources, 650 South King Street, 10th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted. Copies will not be returned. All information on your documentation must be legible and complete in order to be given credit.

Two (2) years of professional (post-bachelor's degree, non-clerical) work experience in transportation planning and/or engineering projects which shall have involved computer application(s) related to transportation activities.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, purposes, scope and techniques of the various stages of transportation planning.
• Knowledge of sources and uses of socio-economic information.
• Ability to translate ideas and recommendations into plans and drawings which are in conformance with laws and regulations, with the general plan, and with the best social, economic, and public interest utilization.
• Ability to collect, analyze and interpret data pertaining to planning and zoning situations, and make effective decisions and recommendations from these data.

Possession of an appropriate valid driver's license, as required.

In addition to meeting the above minimum qualifications, your application will be further evaluated. Your score will be based on the quality and quantity of your education, experience and/or other related job requirements and competencies applicable to the position. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being rejected or your receiving a lower score.

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