Careers in Quality

The City of Austin is a progressive, dynamic, full-service municipal organization operating under the Council-Manager form of government. The City Council is responsible for appointment of the City Manager, who is the Chief Administrative and Executive Officer of the City, City Clerk, City Auditor, Municipal Court Judges, and the Municipal Court Clerk. The Mayor, City Council and City Manager of Austin are committed to their mission of delivering the highest quality services in the most cost-effective manner. The organization’s vision is to make Austin the most livable city in the country and the City Manager’s resolve is to make it the best-managed city in the country.

The ideal candidate is passionate about achieving Vision Zero goals and has a basic level of understanding of traffic safety best practices. They are comfortable with flexibility, can work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment, and is highly organized with a keen sense of attention to detail. The candidate will bring curiosity and passion about data, visualization, and solving problems through robust analysis.

The Austin Transportation Department’s Vision Zero Program has an opening for a Business Process Specialist to address a core element of the overall safe systems approach of Austin’s Vision Zero program: Data Evaluation and Analysis. Significant program decisions depend on high quality data analysis to inform our initiatives and collaborations with other key agencies.

The Business Process Specialist will provide research and analytical support for a variety of initiatives related to traffic safety. This position will:

• Assist in daily updates of crash records to ensure accuracy of geospatial locations.
• Perform quality control on crash records for locations that will be scoped for engineering treatments in the future.
• Perform in-depth analysis on severe crashes, researching historical crash patterns and additional context to inform potential safety improvements.
• Perform research on pedestrian and bicyclist crashes, to identify trends and potential strategies for improving safety.
• Perform research on best.

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Working for the City of Austin provides a number health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities and more. For more information on City of Austin Benefits click here!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using statistical tools or approaches for analysis.
• Experience in performing quality control checks on data from outside sources.
• Experience in using a variety of data sources to research an issue with appropriate context and understanding of an issue.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and other online software, including business intelligence tools.
• Experience working with different groups within an organization to ensure accuracy of analytical findings.
• Demonstrated experience in, and understanding of, what makes safer streets for all roadway users.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation with Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of experience in a field related to the job, including two (2) years of which were in a supervisory, project, or program management capacity.
  Licenses or Certifications: Valid Texas Class C Driver License.

To be considered for this position, candidates must apply online at:
https://www.austincityjobs.org/postings/99374

Please review additional postings with Austin Transportation.

The City of Austin has excellent benefits and provides an exceptional retirement system as well as a 457 plan for its employees.

About Austin, Texas

Austin has long been known as a technologically advanced city, a place where new ideas go to be tested and adopted. Austin has enjoyed a robust and diverse economy for the past 10 years, with economic indicators regularly exceeding national averages. Austin metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in the country, with a 2.9 percent increase in population in 2016. Austin, Texas has a population of 926,000, making it the 11th largest city in the country. One of the country’s most popular, high-profile “green” and culturally dynamic cities, Austin was selected as the #1 Best Places to Live (US News and World Report 4/2017), # 5 Top 25 Future-Ready US Cities (Convention Management Association Convene Magazine, 2/2016), “Best City for the Next Decade” (Kiplinger), the “Best Places to Live in the US” (US News), the “Top Creative Center” in the US (Entrepreneur.com) and #1 on the “On Numbers Economic Index” as the fastest growing economy.

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