Employer Outreach Specialist

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Employer Outreach Specialist assists with worksite-based outreach efforts, building and maintaining partnerships with employer partners and strategic partners within the 9-county area of the Florida Department of Transportation’s District 5 (Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia). The region’s Commuter Assistance program, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) reThink Your Commute, aims to bring together businesses and employees to explore the shared benefits of carpooling, vanpooling, transit, biking, walking, and telecommuting. By connecting commuters with alternatives to driving alone, the program strengthens Central Florida’s quality of life by decreasing traffic congestion, improving air quality, conserving natural resources, and helping people save money. You will assist employers with the development and implementation of worksite-specific commuter options programs that reduce drive-alone travel among employees. You will work in a fast-paced environment with daily interaction with the client and employer contacts.

This position will offer 20 hours per week for the first 3 - 6 months, with a high chance of additional weekly hours.

Responsibilities

Performs a range of outreach tasks aimed at enhancing opportunities for individual travelers and commuters to utilize non-drive-alone transportation options, including carpooling, vanpooling, public transit, bicycling, walking, and teleworking. Activities including coordinating and providing for the strategic development, implementation, and administration of outreach programs, community relations programs and activities; coordinates resources and facilitates communication between staff, local jurisdictions, transit partner agency staff, and community business groups; and plans and staffs a variety of community/business outreach events.

There will be a balance of required in-office, remote work, and fieldwork, including traveling to various employer locations to conduct outreach activities and client meetings.

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to think critically
• Attention to detail 
• Self-motivated

Minimum Qualifications

• 0-3 years of marketing coordination, research, and information management, preferably in the AEC industry
• AS/BA/BS degree in Marketing and/or Marketing Research, Library Science, Information Management, or other related degree preferable

We are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment. 

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes: 

• Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
• Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
• Focus on learning, development, and career growth
• Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace  

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us! 

VHB is a proud Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion—supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. All individuals receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications without discrimination for race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.

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