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The town of Burns in Harney County is one of the most remote places in Oregon. At over 10,000 square miles, you could fit 21 Multnomah Counties inside of it. And with a land mass about the size of Massachusetts, Harney County has less than one resident per square mile.
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Here are the best things we found floating around the BikePortland universe in the past seven days…
Community Program Manager
Community Cycling Center
Start date: ASAP / July 2018
Reports to: Director of Programs and Enterprise
Status: Salary, full-time
Location: Portland, Oregon
Salary range: $38,000-$42,000
Benefits: Includes health & dental.
See website for a complete list
Organizational Overview:
We love Portland and bikes. So we put our two loves together over 20 years ago, creating a nonprofit organization on a mission to broaden access to bicycling and its benefits.
Our vision is to help build a vibrant community where people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected. We believe that all Portlanders—regardless of income or background—should have the opportunity to experience the joy, freedom and health benefits of bicycling. This is the motivation behind everything we do.
In addition to delivering dynamic programs that benefit underserved communities, we operate a full-service bike shop in NE Portland that is staffed by highly experienced mechanics from diverse cycling backgrounds. Our programs and shop services combined help riders build their skills and confidence; empower young people to ride to school and adults to ride to work; offer educational opportunities for teens to earn school credit; and support everyone in riding for health and recreation. We also collaborate with numerous community partners to generate pathways to employment and engagement within the growing bicycle movement by training new educators, leaders, advocates and mechanics.
Our goal is to help create a healthy, sustainable Portland for all community members.
Job Summary:
The Program Manager is responsible for working with principals, teachers, partner non-profits, neighbors, and volunteers to establish how bikes can help people in the community stay healthy and connected. They then develop or adapt community-informed programming and manage its delivery. They also find avenues to advocate with other agencies for community identified projects or programs outside the scope of our capabilities and expertise. We currently have strong partnerships with schools, organizations, and housing communities in Cully and Portsmouth neighborhoods and emerging partnerships in East Portland (Gateway, Parkrose, and the Jade District). The majority of the Program Managers time will be focused on the Metro Regional Travel Options funded Community Based Safe Routes to School project in the New Columbia housing community in North Portland
Essential Functions:
Please note that the percentage indicators below represent an estimate of how much time each week will be spent fulfilling these functions. In terms of importance, all areas are valued equally.
Community Based Safe Routes to School (80%)
Manage the delivery of programming at the New Columbia Bike Repair Hub: including youth internships, earn-a-bike, bike library, and open repair hours
Coordinate the delivery of after-school, spring break, and summer programs in Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez schools
Supervise staff in the delivery of Hub and Community Based Safe Routes Programming
Maintain relationships and coordinate activities with organizational partners including schools, housing organizations, governmental agencies, and community organizations
Maintain open process for participant and community wide input and refinement
Community and Partner Engagement (10%)
Support Safe Routes to School and Sunday Parkways partnerships to facilitate fun bike rides, community events, and community engagement
Support community partnerships in affordable housing communities, including Hacienda CDC and New Columbia
Supervise program staff in the delivery of programming in partner communities
Provide bicycle programming for Youth Environmental Justice Alliance through our partnership with OPAL Environmental Justice
Participate in further East Portland pilot programming to help establish our place in the support network
General Management and other duties (10%)
Support recruitment of scholarship candidates for Holiday Bike Drive and our Bike Camp Program and engagement of partners to help deliver them
Participate in program development, planning, and evaluation
Maintain records of participation, mode share, and learning objectives
Collaborate with Development team to pursue continued funding for our mission-centered programs and grant reporting efforts
Assist with our other programs and enterprise
Other task and projects as assigned
Qualifications & Characteristics
Required:
3 years experience in program management
Personable, receptive, and compassionate approach to collaboration
Professional or lived experience working with communities of color on community projects
Constructive communication skills
Effective planning and time management skills
Ability to maintain composure and a respectful and cooperative attitude through high-stress situations
Attention to detail and a methodical approach to accomplishing tasks
Capacity to work independently and deliver on objectives
Ability to work a flexible schedule that includes some evenings and weekends
A commitment to equity and social justice
Preferred:
Proficiency in Spanish or other languages spoken by Portland’s immigrant communities.
Basic knowledge of bicycles and their components
Proficiency in program tracking and evaluation
Non-Discrimination Policy:
The Community Cycling Center is an equal opportunity employer. We will not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sensory disabilities, physical disabilities, mental disabilities and/or any other bases protected by state and federal law. We take proactive measures to ensure against discrimination in hiring, compensation, promotions, and termination of staff, selection of volunteers (including board members) and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, customers, clients, volunteers (including board members), subcontractors, vendors, and other members of our community.
Please submit a cover letter and resume by email with “Program Manager” as the subject line to jobs@communitycyclingcenter.org.
This announcement was originally posted on June 15th, 2018.
The application deadline for this position is 5:00 pm on June 29th, 2018.
Written by Metro Parks and Nature Department Senior Planner Robert Spurlock. Robert is also a member of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the Oregon Recreation Trails Advisory Council. This post first appeared on Metro’s Outside Voice blog.
A thriving metropolis at the confluence of two major rivers.
A world class bike path in the heart of the city, built over the water to bypass a tangled mess of highways and train tracks that had historically cut off the city from its river.
This photo was taken 123 years ago, but the bicycle pictured here doesn’t look significantly different than the single speeds we see tooling around Portland in 2018.
Pretty amazing, and testimony to the perfection of the traditional “diamond” frame.
The link from Vintage Portland, our (other) daily read:
https://vintageportland.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/1895-c_herbert-lewis-posing-with-a-bicycle_a2004-002-11004.jpg
The City of Portland wants to make a 1.5 mile section of Burnside that runs through a wooded area of the West Hills more human-friendly. But the State of Oregon has thrown a wrench in the works.
Between Skyline Boulevard and Tichner Road, the curvy and relatively narrow three-lane cross-section tears right across the Wildwood Trail, Portland’s marquee hiking destination. The trail crosses Burnside in a curve with poor sightlines and Oregon Department of Transportation data shows a majority of people go over the 40 mph speed limit. This section of road also has such a dubious crash history — 45 of them between 2013 and 2015, 35 of which resulted in people being injured — that the Portland Police Bureau has flagged it as a concern.
Contributor James Buckroyd writes about products and the people who make them. He previously visited Misia Pitkin’s Double Darn cycling cap studio.
BikePortland first caught up with Rich Fox and Circa Cycles about four years ago, when the company was new on the Portland scene. Since then, there have been several interesting developments and we thought it’d be fun to circle back.
Boy have we got a weekend in store for you!
From epic challenges to unrivaled hijinx, there are many great things to choose from. And remember, this is just a sampling. The BikePortland Calendar and Shift’s Official Pedalpalooza Calendar have even more.
What do you have planned? I’ll be headed east to the small town of Burns in eastern Oregon for the Skull 120 Gravel Race. Tomorrow night there will be a dinner where locals will offer knowledge about the area and share their hopes for how cycling can help boost their economy.
Here are this week’s selections…
Events like Sunday Parkways are known as “open streets” events. But for people who don’t feel comfortable riding in a crowd of people or who don’t have access to a bicycle due to their special needs, the event can feel closed.
I’m incredibly excited to be experiencing my first June as a Portlander, which means my first Pedalpalooza!
Organized by the all-volunteer Shift, Pedalpalooza is a month-long festival filled with hundreds of bike events, organized by anyone who wants to lead a ride. There’s hopefully something for everyone. Most events are bike rides and most have a fun theme, but anything goes (like Bladepacking, “like bike packing but on BLADES SKATES AND BOARDS. This is an overnight”).
There are so many rides, it can feel overwhelming. Here’s how to navigate it all and find rides that are fun for families.
As TriMet inches ever closer to the final design of their $175 million Division Transit Project, the agency once again needs feedback on how best to handle bicycle users at new bus stations. And with protected bike lanes becoming a more common feature citywide, whatever TriMet decides to use could become the new standard.
At their City Council meeting tomorrow, Mayor Ted Wheeler and his colleagues will authorize an agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation to put $2 million into city coffers for the design and construction of the Seventies Neighborhood Greenway.
