TDM Proffer Coordinator (Transportation Planner III)

Salary : $81,382.29 - $135,637.01 Annually
Location : FAIRFAX (EJ03), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 25-00589
Department: Transportation
Opening Date: 03/08/2025
Closing Date: 3/21/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S28
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system. FCDOT is seeking an experienced, innovative, and public service-oriented transportation professional to join the Site Analysis Section. This position serves as the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Proffer Coordinator by providing high-level professional guidance and facilitation in the implementation and monitoring of proffer programs aimed to decrease single occupancy vehicle (SOV) trips in Fairfax County. In a dynamic and quickly evolving environment, this position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in achieving the county's strategic transportation goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Participating on cross-agency, multi-disciplinary teams to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the land development process and respond strategically to development opportunities.
• Coordinating with county agencies, neighboring jurisdictions, and other relevant agencies to reduce SOV trips in the region to ensure consistency in TDM implementation efforts.
• Reviewing annual reports submitted by development sites to verify compliance of TDM goals; managing ongoing proffer database and program enforcement procedures for the intent of assisting in proffer compliance.
• Developing and communicating findings, status reports, meeting summaries, official items for Board of Supervisors' and partnering agencies consideration, and other written materials as required to successfully complete projects or assignments.
• Preparing presentations for community meetings, advisory groups, technical working committees, briefings for senior leadership and/or elected officials, and other audiences, as required to meet specific audience needs.
• Supervising transportation planners, including setting staff goals, prioritizing tasks, and conducting performance reviews.
• Arranging, coordinating, and attending project-related meetings and workshops, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends.

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Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field; plus four years of professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's license

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field, plus progressively responsible land use and transportation planning related experience.
• Professional license in engineering or planning (ex: AICP, PE, EIT).
• Strong organizational, time management, and project management skills, including ability to coordinate multiple projects, prioritize, and meet established deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with government officials, the development community, colleagues, and the public.
• Ability to develop, implement, and monitor team goals and initiatives.
• Ability to provide staff development and training to align and achieve individual and organizational goals.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work is generally sedentary. However, employee may be required to do some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of items under 25 pounds in weight. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. EEO/AA/TTY.
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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Commuter Benefit Program
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program:

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Non-Merit Positions

Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Flexible Spending Program
• Deferred Compensation

Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.

• No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Civil engineering
• Urban planning
• Regional planning
• Transportation planning
• Landscape architecture
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not Applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".
05

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field do you possess?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

06

Do you currently possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

07

Do you have a valid license in any of the following? Check all that apply.

• Designation from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
• Professional Engineers License (P.E.)
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)
• Other
• None of the above

08

If you selected any of the license(s) and/or certification(s) listed in the previous question or you selected "Other", please list the type of license and/or certification below, and provide the license number, the expiration date, and the state in which you are licensed. If this is not applicable to you, enter "Not applicable".
09

How many years of full-time equivalent progressively responsible land use and transportation planning related experience you possess? (Progressively responsible experience: Refers to tasks, job duties, or roles that demonstrate growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.)

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

10

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in monitoring proffer program performance and implementation?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

11

Please identify the types of groups to whom or events at which you have presented findings or served as a subject matter expert related to transportation or land use planning-related projects in a professional context. Check all that apply.

• Fellow staff members
• Organizational senior leadership
• Elected officials (one-on-one or in a small meeting)
• Citizen groups
• Stakeholder groups
• Land developers and their representatives
• Attorneys
• Public and private agencies
• None of the above

12

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have preparing and giving presentations to community groups, senior-level leadership, and/or elected officials?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

13

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you working on projects associated with multi-modal transportation?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

14

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have in reviewing proffers, comprehensive plan guidance, zoning applications, and site plans?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

15

This position will be required to attend project-related meetings and workshops, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends. Are you able and willing to do so?

• Yes
• No

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