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The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) inspires leaders, informs practitioners, and invites communities to reimagine what’s possible and design streets that put people first. We are a team of designers, planners, and urban strategists committed to cities that are safe, healthy, accessible, and equitable for everyone. The strategies in our Global Street Design Guide are the foundation of our work, and they have been adopted and applied in more than 100 cities across the globe, helping to update outdated, car-focused street design policies, build local capacity to deliver transformative projects, as well as to evaluate and increase the scale of their impact.

The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) is seeking to recruit two Program Associates to join its mission to transform streets around the world. These roles will support the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) by creating technical written and visual content/designs, publication or booklet development, training or workshops, and other program-related activities that support GDCI’s work in select international cities.

The Program Associate will be a part of the BICI team, reporting directly to the Program Manager - Design. You will coordinate with the broader team, which includes the Program Managers, the Design Lead, and the Program Lead.

In this role, you will support various projects in various regions by supporting the review, creation, and implementation of street designs, with a specific focus on cycling infrastructure. You will support the development of technical written and visual content, contributing to the development of a supplement to the Global Street Design Guide and helping organize capacity-building sessions and workshops.

More specifically, you will do things like:

Support the technical assistance work in the program’s selected cities

• Develop conceptual and technical drawings and sketches, review designs and documents for various street design and cycling infrastructure projects, and presentations in the BICI cities across the world.
• Support the development of a supplement to the Global Street Design Guide focusing on cycling infrastructure.
• Support workshops and training sessions using GDCI core materials (such as the Global Street Design Guide and the Designing Streets for Kids).
• Support other technical assistance work related to the program in collaboration with the BICI Team, as needed.

Project administration and programmatic support

• Help prepare reports and presentations to internal or external audiences to provide updates on the progress of the program and cohort of cities.
• Assist in summarizing and conveying complex information intelligibly in written, verbal, and visual form for various audiences.

GDCI is looking for highly collaborative individuals who are well-organized and passionate about designing streets, particularly cycling infrastructure, and have a background in street and/or transportation design, engineering, or planning, with strong street design skills. You are comfortable working with diverse teams (and projects) from various contexts (and countries) located in various parts of the world.

You must be willing to accommodate the schedule of a globally based team; as such, there may be some instances of required phone calls/meetings outside of regular work hours. This role may travel once or twice a year, either nationally or internationally. Not to exceed more than one week at a time.

SKILLS

To be successful in this position, you will excel in the following areas:

• A passion for street design and mobility: You are passionate about mobility and street design, particularly cycling infrastructure and the processes involved in shaping safe, sustainable, and healthy cities.
• Street design and graphic skills: You can create conceptual diagrams and technical drawings for publications and external-facing materials to communicate street design concepts to various audiences using tools like 2D and 3D software.
• Strong communication skills: You have experience communicating technical concepts verbally, visually, and in writing to a wide range of audiences. Competency in languages besides English is a plus, especially in the languages spoken in the selected BICI Cities.
• Organizational and accountability skills
• A collaborative and curious nature
• Attention to detail

For a more detailed description of the role, please visit https://globaldesigningcities.org/about/careers/

LOCATION

Remote (Work from home).

• One Program Associate: Preferably located in the Americas
• One Program Associate: Preferably located in Africa/Europe/the Middle East

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please upload a short cover letter, resume, or CV, and a sample portfolio of your work (in English) detailing relevant design experience through GDCI’s application portal. If you need support, please contact careers@gdci.global. We encourage international candidates to apply.

Applications are open until Sunday, January 7, 2024.

To read more: https://globaldesigningcities.org/about/careers/

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Thank you for your interest; we look forward to hearing from you!

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