Job
Openings @ CUTR
PROGRAM
ASSISTANT - BRT (OPS)
Part
or Full Time (30-40 hrs/wk)
Pay
Range: $17 - $20 per hour
No
benefits
CUTR
has an immediate opening for a
Program
Assistant for its National Bus Rapid Transit Institute and transit
research programs.
Successful candidate will assist researchers with developing and
maintaining databases; editing, formatting, and distributing research
reports; coordinating meetings and training seminars; assisting students
with education program information and applications; and conducting
general assistance duties.
Minimum
Qualifications:
Associate's degree
and three years' experience in report production, database setup and
maintenance, meeting/event coordination, general office
assistance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree,
experience in a university setting, experience with students.
Rate
of pay: $17
- $20 per hour, no benefits
SENIOR
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Bus
Rapid Transit
Starting
Salary
Range: $50,000
- $85,000
CUTR
has an immediate opening for a researcher for its National Bus Rapid
Transit Institute, a newly-created and federally-funded institute that
offers technical assistance and resources to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
community, including those U.S.-based transit agencies, consultants, and
government agencies that are planning, designing, engineering, building,
and/or operating BRT systems in their communities.
Requires
Master’s degree in
a
transportation-related field, 5 to 14
years’ experience in public transportation, proven project
management skills, and strong
presentation/technical writing skills. Prefer
strong experience in Bus Rapid Transit, transit operations, short/long
range transit planning, MPO planning process.
Salary
range $50,000
- $85,000, depending on qualifications. Outstanding
benefits package includes health insurance, generous sick/annual leave,
pension contribution, and more.
This position will remain open until filled;
application review begins
April
1, 2007.
CUTR
is a multidisciplinary transportation research organization in the USF
College of Engineering. In addition to its 45 full-time researchers, CUTR
provides direct professional work experience to more than 20 graduate
student assistants each semester. Research areas include ITS, traffic
operations, safety, transit, bus rapid transit, access management, TDM, training, planning, program
evaluation, growth management, land use, and others. The federally-designated National
Center
for Transit Research and National Bus Rapid Transit Institute are located
at CUTR. CUTR offers:
-
Self-directed
work teams
-
Entrepreneurial,
progressive work atmosphere
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Nationally
recognized research faculty
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Participation
in national conferences
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Compressed
work weeks and telecommuting
-
35
days annual vacation/sick time with rollover
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University
campus setting
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Graduate
student research assistants
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Opportunities
for continuing education, teaching, and mentoring
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Tuition
waivers
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State-of-the-art
facility and equipment
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Individual
offices
-
Great
Florida
climate
Send
cover letter, USF application, and resume via US mail or email to:
Human
Resources
CUTR/USF
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CUT100
Tampa, FL 33620-5375
pball@cutr.usf.edu
USF
is an EEO/AA employer