IU Transportation Demand Management (TDM) encourages students, staff, faculty, and visitors to bicycle to, from, and within Indiana University Bloomington's campus by providing end of trips facilities like bicycle racks and bicycle lockers; developing plans for on- and off- street bicycle facilities; offering bicycle education classes; coordinating large bicycle encouragement events; and providing bicycle related information on our website and printed materials. In 2017, IU Bloomington was designated a Silver Level Bicycle-Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists in recognition of its efforts to create a bicycle-friendly university.
Job Summary
IU Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is looking for a Bicycle Outreach Specialist. The position will work with the TDM Coordinator and Bicycle Manager to plan, market, manage, evaluate, and promote bicycling on campus. If you're interested in a hands-on position that will get you out around campus for field work, and that also offers experience in marketing outreach, project management, and program evaluation, this is a position for you.
The Bicycle Outreach Specialist will help support IU Bloomington's bicycle programs. Overall, this position is responsible for engaging IU students, faculty, and staff to encourage and enable them to utilize bicycling as a viable form of sustainable transportation.
General Responsibilities:
Utilize on-the-ground outreach and in-office research to build support for new and improved bicycle programs and infrastructure
Execute a bicycle marketing and outreach program
Assist with Campus Bike's Month planning, annual bike light giveaway, and other bicycle encouragement programs
Use innovative communications strategies to ensure bicycle education messages reach students, faculty, and staff and are reinforced on an ongoing basis
Explore opportunities for using the Little 500 race as an outreach channel for bicycle education and encouragement
Proactively educate students on the benefits of bicycle use, need for quality bicycles, rules of the road, and other bicycle education topics
Provide ideas and feedback based on interactions and communications with the IU student and faculty/staff community
Other projects and tasks that improve bicycle access and mobility on campus
Qualifications
EDUCATION
Required
Currently enrolled as a student at Indiana University, making progress toward a bachelor's or master's degree.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Preferred
Experience with bicycle commuting and bicycling with traffic in Bloomington.
SKILLS
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to professionally interact with a diverse blend of personalities to maintain strong relationships.
Enthusiasm for spreading bicycling awareness, environmental science, and sustainability.
Work Location
Transportation Demand Management office
530 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Work Hours
This position begins in the fall semester of 2021 and requires 15 - 20 hours per week attendance with scheduling flexibility to accommodate academic/class priorities.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be differences in the working conditions as advertised in our standard job postings (e.g., the ability to travel from one campus to another, etc.). If you are invited for an interview, please discuss your questions or concerns regarding the working conditions at that time.
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
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Founded in 1820, Indiana University is the state’s public university system, comprised of two core campuses—IU-Bloomington and IUPUI—and six regional campuses located throughout the state. Combined, the total student population is more than 114,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. IU is one of the largest employers in the state, with over 20,000 faculty and staff. Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. Diversity and inclusion remains a core commitment to IU’s mission to cultivate an educational environment that supports equal access, participation and representation on all of its campuses and that provides educational and career opportunities for all.
