Funding Section Chief; Transportation Planner V

Job Announcement

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system. FCDOT is seeking a Funding Section Chief (Transportation Planner V) with extensive experience in funding and regional partnerships to manage the Funding Section within the Coordination and Funding Division (CFD).

This role leads financial oversight for numerous transportation funds and manages a team of transportation planners and financial specialists. In a dynamic and quickly evolving environment, this position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in achieving the County's ambitious transportation goals.

• Providing direction on all fiscal aspects of transportation projects, programs, and services, including establishing internal controls and reporting requirements and providing guidance and recommendations on transportation funding policies and processes.
• Coordinating with senior management to develop, implement, and update the strategic and financial direction of Fairfax County's Transportation Priorities Plan (TPP) and Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), the Fairfax Connector's funding plan and strategic plan, and location‑specific multi‑year financial plans, including the identification of funds for projects and seeking Board approval for project funding and agreements, as needed.
• Leading, managing, and serving as subject matter expert in the development of department budgets for transportation projects, programs, and services.
• Supervision of professional staff within the Funding Section, including supervisors and technical staff. Performing certain administrative responsibilities such as employee evaluations, hiring, leave approval, training needs identification, and other administrative duties as assigned by the director, deputy director, division chief, and/or department.
• Overseeing financial transactions within CFD and managing revenues and expenditure to ensure all financial rules and regulations are followed.
• Overseeing Fairfax County's transportation proffers.
• Coordinating, developing, and reviewing grants applications for federal, state, and regional grant opportunities.
• Maintaining knowledge of all applicable federal and state requirements and ensuring fiscal compliance.
• Making presentations and representing the department at meetings with consultants, citizens, federal, state, regional, and local government agencies, and at public meetings and hearings of the Board of Supervisors, planning commission, and others.
• Performing other tasks as assigned.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
Graduation from an accredited four‑year college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field. Plus five years of progressively responsible transportation planning related experience. The years of experience should include at least three years in the specific area of assignment (for e.g., Transportation Planning, Site Analysis, the Fairfax Connector, et al).

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES

REQUIRED:

Valid driver's license.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check and driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

• At least nine years of experience in one or more of the following areas: transportation funding for roadway, transit, multimodal, and public infrastructure projects, including those with large‑scale budgets with multiple funding sources, or transportation funding oversight.
• Thorough knowledge of principles and methods of…