Senior Associate, Infrastructure
The Urban Land Institute is searching for a high quality Senior Associate, Infrastructure. We offer very competitive benefits and matching 401(k). Please send your resume and letter of interest to jobs@uli.org - no phone calls please. ULI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
In 2005, the Urban Land Institute launched an Infrastructure Initiative in response to a shared belief that decision making for infrastructure was flawed. ULI’s body of work to date includes forums on the state of infrastructure, infrastructure financing, and the impact of population growth and infrastructure; the Infrastructure 2007: A Global Perspective report; panel discussions across ULI district councils; and staff participation in panels and speeches across the country.
As a key element of this effort, information is gathered, distilled and disseminated to our members, policy makers, and the public. The Senior Associate works within the Initiatives Group, with other staff, ULI Product and District Councils and members to identify trends, cutting edge issues, and obstacles to accomplishing improved metropolitan planning and development. The goal of ULI is to move beyond the creation of passive materials and to effect change within the built environment.
The Senior Associate will focus on the Infrastructure Initiative and on taking work which has been done to date as well as newly generated work and encourage implementation at federal, state and local levels.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assist in the preparation of an annual program of work within the Infrastructure Initiative. This may include gathering information on new issues, assessing the breadth and scope of issues, and identifying current leading policies and practices.
• Initially, working from the principles and Infrastructure Action Agenda, work with national and local organizations to encourage adoption of infrastructure policies and projects which more fully integrate good infrastructure decision making with smart land use policies, better housing affordability and sustainable design.
• Assist in the creation of a set of parameters, a scorecard or other metrics which communities can use to better evaluate infrastructure projects on a broader community design and sustainability continuum.
• Work with 3-4 of the ULI District Councils on a prototype basis to assist them in developing locally improved infrastructure agendas and plans. The goal would be to assist communities in developing strategies which better integrate infrastructure with housing and sustainability.
• Document and disseminate information gained from working within the District Councils to assist others in implementing strategic infrastructure goals and objectives.
• Working with the Infrastructure team, develop and conduct policy forums, symposia, meetings and other means of engaging in policy dialogue and communicating “best practices” regarding specific priority issues of development and land use policy
• As requested, serve on national committees of government and professional organizations concerned with infrastructure research and policy.
• Direct and conduct research projects creating original information and/or gathering information from other sources and synthesizing it for various ULI audiences. Monitor usefulness of materials through feedback loops and with attention to the overall goal of assisting developers and communities in achieving better land use practices.
• Participate and assist in ULI Advisory Panels, Forums, Conferences, as requested.
REQUIREMENTS:
• A Master’s degree in urban planning, real estate, business, civil engineering or related field.
• Five to seven years increasingly responsible experience in policy development, land use development, or program management.
• Experience in infrastructure policy development and implementation is highly desirable.
