Responsible for working with local public transit and planning agencies as well as human service agencies to coordinate transportation services to improve overall mobility for the general public, with an emphasis on the elderly, low-income persons, and/or persons with disabilities. This position will focus on the movement of people rather than vehicles to ensure choices for the consumer. The mobility manager is responsible for improving business and community support for the transportation organizations. It will require the development and distribution of information that explains how to utilize the available resources in meeting the diverse travel needs of the market it serves. This position serves the entire CTD #9 area, including the following counties:

• Butler
• Cowley
• Harper
• Harvey
• Kingman
• Sedgwick
• Sumner

Essential Functions:

• Develop an informational and outreach program for current transportation services and mobility options through public speaking and media presentations.
• Develop a system of outreach to low-income, socially isolated older and/or disabled adults and assist them in gaining access to needed transportation services.
• Develops and directs the design, production and distribution of specific marketing materials directed at employers, employees, human service agencies and other entities.
• Serves as the liaison/ salesperson to community leaders in an effort to demonstrate how transportation enhances economic development.
• Plans and coordinate special promotional events and activities related to general public transportation.
• Make public presentations on the benefits of mobility management for the community.
• Builds supportive community networks.
• Develop goals and objectives for sustainability and growth of the Mobility Manager program.
• Researches, develops and writes grant applications for future funding.
• Identify and research corporate, foundation, and government sources of funding for matching funds and new or ongoing programs.
• Cultivate multi-agency partnerships that can reduce costs through efficient and effective transportation coordination.
• Research and assess needs and demands of users, funding, regulatory processes that encourage participation
• Investigate the feasibility and eligibility requirements of volunteer driver programs and a one-call center for transportation.
• Develop and implement a travel training program.
• Identify possible barriers for transportation to and from jobs and employment support services for individuals with disabilities in rural areas.
• Develop solutions to remove these barriers.
• Develops potential for future expansion of transit options across municipal boundaries.
• Leads in the design of operational functions that are nontraditional in-service delivery.
• Is familiar with technological advances that increase travel options and/or convenience.
• Is knowledgeable about techniques that foster transit ridership through links with land development.
• Cultivate multi-agency partnerships that can reduce costs through efficient and effective transportation coordination.
• Develop new ways to remove barriers for transportation to and from jobs and employment support services for individuals with disabilities in rural areas.
• Attend appropriate conferences, meetings, and trainings as required and appropriate to the position or as assigned by the CTD #9 Board.
• Participate in Kansas Mobility Managers’ Network.
• Coordinate quarterly CTD meetings and provide progress reports to the CTD membership.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the CTD.
• Coordinate planning tasks of WAMPO as programmed in WAMPO’s Unified Planning Work Program 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Change agent
• Problem solver
• Innovative thinker
• Leadership qualities
• Collaborative partner
• Negotiator
• Conflict resolution skills
• Mediator
• Persuader
• Empathetic
• Communicator
• Customer focused
• Initiator
• Team builder
• Visionary
• Management skills 

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in public administration, social services, business or related field. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously. Detail oriented. Computer skills. Possession of a valid driver’s license and access to an insured vehicle for work-related travel.

Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in public administration, social services, business or related field.

About WAMPO: WAMPO is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Wichita metropolitan region. MPOs are federally required regional policy bodies in urbanized areas with populations over 50,000. MPOs recognize the critical links between transportation and other societal goals such as economic health, air quality, social equity, environmental resource consumption, and overall quality of life. WAMPO is responsible, in cooperation with the State of Kansas and Wichita Transit, for carrying out the metropolitan transportation planning process in 22 cities and 3 counties in South Central Kansas.

About CTD: CTDs are regions in Kansas where various transit services are grouped together. They are established to ensure consistent transportation services across different areas, focusing on areas like rural and urban regions. CTDs are governed by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and are designed to monitor and improve transportation services in these districts, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations. To learn more about Kansas CTDs, please visit https://ksrides.org/kansas-mobility-management/

To apply: Please send your resume, cover letter, transcript (unofficial, if applicable), and application to Chad Parasa, Executive Director, at chad.parasa@wampo.org.

WAMPO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WAMPO does not discriminate in its employment and or/ personnel practices on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, political affiliation, or marital status/relationship.

E-Verify: Verification of identity and employment eligibility to work in the United States is required by federal law. For a list of acceptable documents that establish these criteria, please see www.uscis.gov/i-9 for reference.

Wichita Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WAMPO) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For additional information regarding E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

For additional information regarding Immigrant and Employee Rights (IER), please visit

www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RighttoWorkPoster.pdf  for reference.