Specialist, Transportation Services

Requisition ID: 18945
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Transit Customer Syst & Planning Service
Branch: Strategic Reviews Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary - Up to 18 months
Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: MPE
Salary Information: $95,127.76 - $120,309.28 annually (2025 rates of pay)
Location: Transit Service, 1500 St.Laurent
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Transit Services - OC Transpo; Administrative and Support Services
Application Close: 09/09/2025

**JOB SUMMARY**
- The Transportation Services department is responsible for providing a holistic transportation hub focused on addressing the planning, implementation, operations and delivery of all modes of transportation in the City of Ottawa.
- You are responsible for: coordinating and providing project management support for assigned department and/or corporate-wide projects; development, research and evaluation services concerning branch and/or department policies, programs and procedures; issues and inquiry management services; process and performance improvement services; and supervision of the work of staff assigned to these projects.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- Completion of 4 year university degree in Business Administration, Public Administration or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible and practical experience managing projects of increasing complexity

**KNOWLEDGE**
- Project management methodologies and new practices
- Research and analytic skills including data modelling techniques
- City budgeting and accounting practices
- Strategic thinking and direction
- Computer technology and communications systems
- Must possess the training, experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers.

**COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Ability to work on a wide range of projects of a complex and diverse nature
- Superior writing skills and strong verbal communication skills
- Supervise and provide leadership to consultants and staff assigned temporarily to a projects
- Effectively listen to other viewpoints/opinions/concerns in order to provide leadership and advance business relationships;
- Influence others and build consensus among stakeholders to find resolution to differing points of view;
- Recognize the sensitivity and confidentiality of specific issues and address them accordingly;
- Successfully obtain feedback, clarify issues, discuss impacts, and improve relationships;
- Develop and deliver effective presentation / training sessions;
- Use brainstorming techniques and to document ideas without judgement;
- articulate information to ensure understanding from public/stakeholders/staff;
- Build strong working and positive working relationships with elected officials, public and industry stakeholders;
- Create reports, flow charts, visual models to demonstrate issues and problems so that information is concise and makes sense
- Lead technical and non-technical teams
- Organize work and meet deadlines
- Preparing reports for council consideration
- Make presentations to senior management
- Excellent oral and written communications
- Ability to handle multiple overlapping projects
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Tact and diplomacy

**WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW**
- Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.

The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.