Job Description

TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR

JOB CODE 06550

Effective Date:	07/95X

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The fundamental reason this classification exists is to coordinate the City's traffic safety programs between City departments involved in traffic safety, such as: Police, Municipal Court, Law, and Street Transportation. Liaison activities extend to community groups, Citizen committees, task forces, and a variety of State and local government jurisdictions. Work involves reviewing traffic citation and accident trends, changes in the law and modes of enforcement, and to make recommendations on traffic accident reduction. The incumbent is responsible for major public education programs and presentations. The Traffic Safety Coordinator reports to a Police Lieutenant who reviews work on the basis of meetings, reports and results achieved.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises the work of a Public Information Specialist;
• Coordinates the traffic safety programs of the City of Phoenix and serves as a liaison between the Street Transportation Department and other City departments to improve traffic safety;
• Informs the Street Transportation Director of needed changes in the overall City Traffic Safety Master Plan;
• Works with the Street Transportation Director on major issues related to Traffic Safety Coordination;
• Participates in the selection process for the Major Streets program to provide focus on traffic safety issues;
• Meets with a wide variety of the public including community groups, law enforcement agencies, the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, Maricopa Association of Governments;
• Serves as staff to the Traffic Accident Reduction Program Task Force and the Traffic Safety Planning Committee;
• Reviews statistics on traffic accidents and enforcement patterns to make recommendations on accident reduction;
• Reviews changes in the law and its resultant effect on accident prevention;
• Oversees a multi-media public education program on traffic safety;
• Solicits and/or administers grants from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety;
• Seeks, outside funding or services from the private sector for traffic safety programs;
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Traffic laws and traffic safety.
• Public information and education campaigns.
• Role of City, County and State regarding traffic safety system.
• Treatment of substance abuse and alternatives to prosecution as related to traffic accident reduction.
• Grant writing and grant administration.
• Role of traffic regarding traffic safety.
• Public Administration theory and practice.
• Supervisory methods and procedures.

Ability to:

• Perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others.
• Facilitate and moderate differing points of view.
• Make public presentations.
• Communicate orally in the English language with customers, clients, and the public using a telephone or in a one-to-one or group setting.
• Describe the traffic system.
• Produce written documents in the English language with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar.
• Work in a tactful manner with a wide variety of publics.
• Analyze statistical data and present written findings.
• Set forth technical information in terms understandable by lay people.
• Interact with various department heads to achieve desired strategies.
• Develop a working knowledge of City traffic patterns and systems.
• Work cooperatively with others.
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.

Additional Requirements:

• Some positions require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid drivers' license and have an acceptable driving record. Use of a personal vehicle for City business will be prohibited if the employee is not authorized to drive a City vehicle or if the employee does not have personal insurance coverage.
• Some positions will require the performance of other essential or marginal functions depending upon work assignment, location, or shift.

ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
Three years of professional administrative level experience working on traffic safety programs including at least one year of supervisory experience. Bachelor's degree in public administration, business administration, public relations, or a related field. Other combinations of experience and education which meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.