Description

SACOG is seeking a transportation professional who enjoys collaborating across the agency and with partners, as well as working on their own to support two connected areas of work: SACOG’s regional transportation funding programs and its transit program administration responsibilities. The position includes support for SACOG-led state and federal transportation funding programs, funding estimates and program monitoring. The positions also supports SACOG’s responsibilities administering and monitoring Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding to the region’s transit agencies, and other transit-related funding, reporting, and compliance activities. This position will help ensure a coordinated approach to regional funding.

The Associate Analyst – Funding and Transit will work on a variety of funding and transit activities on the Transportation Team, including support for SACOG-led regional funding programs; coordination of FTA requirements related to Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) duties; technical support for transit reporting and funding activities; and performing other tasks as assigned. This position will be required to work collaboratively with a variety of external partners, including public transit operators, federal agencies, local municipalities, other regional agencies, and state partners, as well as other SACOG teams. This position combines regional transportation funding with transit program administration responsibilities, requiring the ability to work across multiple program areas.

This position will report directly to the Transit Program Manager, but will also work closely with the Funding and Grants Program Manager. 

As an integral part of our organization, employees will provide support in a flexible work environment. This position will have the ability to telework three days per week. The remainder of the work week will be in-person. Employees are required to live within 200 miles of Sacramento.

We support telework because it:

• Enhances employee productivity, satisfaction, and ability to collaborate.
• Improves recruitment and retention
• Reduces greenhouse gas emission, vehicle miles travels (VMT), traffic and parking congestion, and air pollution

Requirements

The Associate Analyst will be responsible for technical and non-technical project work in support of SACOG’s funding and transit programs to implement the agency’s Blueprint (also known as the MTP/SCS) and maintain consistency with federal and state regulations/requirements. Specific duties will include:

Regional Funding Duties: 

• Supports the development of funding round guidelines and execution of rotating SACOG-led federal and state funding programs.
• Coordinates with other SACOG teams on the development of fund estimates for SACOG’s Regional Funding Programs.
• Completes the necessary financial and needs assessment forecasts that are essential to SACOG’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (MTP/SCS). 
• Monitors and tracks funding awards, allocations, and expenditures across multiple SACOG-led funding programs, ensuring consistency with programming requirements and financial tracking systems.
• Coordinates with other internal SACOG teams, including organizing project and funding data, to support development of performance monitoring indicators and consistent reporting across programs. This includes tracking grant awards in state and federal discretionary programs, generating reports and analyses using SACOG’s existing project database, and developing and maintaining new indicators related to transportation and mobility outcomes in the SACOG region.
  

Transit Funding Duties: 

• Supports administration and coordination of Federal Transit Administration funding (such as Sections 5339 and 5307) for the region’s transit agencies, consistent with the process included in the adopted MOU and federal grant management processes and requirements.
• Leads technical work to support other state and regional transit funding sources, including Transportation Development Act (TDA) programs like Local Transportation Fund (LTF) and State Transit Assistance (STA). 
• Coordinates with the Programming and Finance teams to support MPO responsibilities related to the FTA Triennial Review, annual FTA Program of Projects, FTA grant compliance and monitoring, and coordinating FTA transit performance targets.
• Supports and/or leads transit data collection, monitoring, and reporting as it relates to transit activities in the region, including unmet transit needs process, Title VI, and technical assistance with transit operators. 

Education and Experience

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. We welcome applicants with non-traditional pathways to education and experience. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in Transportation/Urban Planning, Public or Business Administration, Political Science or related field.
• Three (3) years of full-time progressively responsible program management work in transportation planning, transportation funding and/or transportation grants or two (2) years of experience equivalent to an Analyst II at SACOG.