Job: Transportation Outreach Ambassador – Cherriots Rideshare

Job Title
Transportation Outreach Ambassador

Company/Organization
Cherriots Rideshare

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Job Description
Basic Details
• Start Date: May 26, 2015
• End Date: October 2015
• Stipend: $873.60 – $1,008.00/month DOE
• Hours: approximately 16 – 20 hours per week

Purpose and General Description:

Cherriots Rideshare (a program of Salem-Keizer Transit) in partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), is launching a campaign called Drive Less Save More: Connecting Salem to help residents in the Northeast Neighbors (NEN) and Grant neighborhoods walk, bike, take transit, and share rides more often. Promoting these transportation options fosters community connectivity, promotes an active lifestyle, helps people save money and access the services and destinations. Cherriots Rideshare is selecting an intern(s) or temporary staff to serve as Outreach Ambassador(s) to conduct outreach and administrative tasks for the program. The successful candidate will invite Grant and NEN residents to participate in the program, respond to questions about transportation options to, from, and within the neighborhoods, assemble and deliver information packet orders by bicycle, and identify opportunities for outreach and partnership.

The Outreach Ambassador(s) will have these duties:

• Engage local stakeholders and work with partners to promote the program
• Support/implement the communications plan, including web and social media posting
• Assemble packets of transportation materials, including organizing and assembling orders, data entry, updating order database, and other administrative tasks
• Deliver packets to households by bike and transit (transit pass and bike will be provided if needed)
• Appear at existing festivals, fairs, and other public events to promote and explain the program, invite residents to participate, answer questions about transportation options, take photographs, and distribute transportation materials (such as maps and brochures)
• Discuss, promote, and answer questions about bicycling, walking, transit, ridesharing, and carsharing
• Assist and/or staff events, classes, and presentations in formal and informal settings; bicycling, walking, or taking transit to, from, and at events is encouraged
• Represent Cherriots Rideshare, ODOT, and the program in a positive, responsible, and professional way
• Write and submit brief summary reports pertaining to outreach events and efforts
Reporting Relationships and Work Environment
The Outreach Ambassador will:
• Work 16 – 20 hours per week from late-may to early October, with potential for additional hours on an as needed basis.
• Work with the Cherriots Rideshare staff, and a variety of consultants involved in the project at outreach events.
• Report to Cherriots Rideshare Program Manager.
• Work indoors and outdoors (in any weather) on any day of the week, with some evening and weekend hours.
• Work approximately 60% on office tasks and 40% on outreach tasks.
• While on duty, wear a program uniform (polo or t-shirt) provided by the program.
• Wear a bicycling helmet when bicycling to and from events and while delivering packets.
Essential Qualifications
Candidates must possess the following qualifications:
• Comfortable speaking with the public
• Can communicate effectively with all types of people
• Able to lift up to 35 pounds, and able to work outdoors all day and in any weather
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and basic data entry and email
• Work well in an unstructured and informal environment, with limited supervision
• Work well in a team, and foster team spirit
• Good at problem solving, thinking creatively, and self-motivation
• Enthusiasm about transportation options and helping members of the public
• Prompt, punctual, and reliable
• Proficient in riding a bicycle

Candidates with the following qualifications are preferred:
• Familiarity with the city of Salem, Grant and NEN in particular, and its layout
• Spanish language fluent or proficient
• Experience working with the public
• Familiarity with, and personal experience using, transportation options in Salem, including walking, bicycling, transit, and/or sharing rides

How to Apply
Submit via email, fax or mail by 5/8 at 5p.m., candidates should send a cover letter explaining why they consider themselves suited for the job and résumé of qualifications and relevant experience. No calls, please.

Provide to:
Roxanne Rolls
Cherriots Rideshare
555 Court Street. NE, Ste. 5230, Salem, OR 97301
Roxanne.rolls@cherriots.org
Fax: 503-566-3933