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TIGER Program Coordinator
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Program Coordinator will be responsible for oversight of KCATA’s TIGER program for design and construction of transit corridor improvements and Green Impact Zone infrastructure improvements. This is a three year grant funded contract position.
The Coordinator will provide support to the KCATA Finance, Planning, Project Management and Procurement Departments and be responsible for reviewing implementation of TIGER program activities by KCATA and other jurisdictions to assure compliance with federal requirements. Activities will require coordination with local governments implementing TIGER projects, working with project managers on infrastructure design and construction activities and working with KCATA’s Finance and Procurement Departments to structure and implement reviews to ensure all federal procurement and grant requirements are met.
The position is only for the life of the KCATA TIGER program, scheduled to be complete in 2013.
Essential Job Functions:
1. Monitor the implementation of infrastructure improvements in the Green Impact Zone being implemented by the City of Kansas City, Missouri and funded through KCATA’s TIGER grant. Work on a daily basis with City project managers and City staff responsible for implementation to monitor compliance with all TIGER program requirements and the interagency agreement between KCATA and the City.
2. Work with and support KCATA’s Directors and project managers implementing TIGER funded project to help ensure that the program is compliant with federal and local requirements. Identify issues and develop and recommend solutions to such issues.
3. Effectively communicate project and grant expectations and requirements to KCATA staff, the City of Kansas City and other TIGER grant sub-recipients. Work closely with outside implementing agencies to ensure activities are fully compliant with program requirements.
4. Support the program by drafting scopes of work for contracts and developing provisions for necessary agreements for TIGER program implementation.
5. Review all agreements, procurements, contract documents and invoices for compliance with TIGER grant requirements and the KCATA interagency and sub-recipient agreements. Work with those implementing projects to address issues identified and achieve full compliance.
6. Track implementation, milestones and deliverables on the Green Impact Zone project and identify for KCATA areas that are not in keeping with agreed plans and agreements. Develop reports on progress and monitors corrective actions necessary to satisfactorily complete all TIGER funded projects.
7. Effectively coordinate meetings and documents results of meetings and program activities. Keeps project team informed of changes, issues and resolutions and maintains file documentation of TIGER program activities and progress.
8. Develop process for regular monitoring of TIGER program budgets and schedules and coordination of results and issues with appropriate KCATA staff.
9. Serve as a KCATA community liaison for TIGER grant activities and coordinate KCATA’s TIGER transit improvement projects with local communities including the City of Kansas City, Mo. Effectively convey KCATA positions in both written and oral communication.
10. Serve as a KCATA liaison to the Federal Transit Administration and Mid-America Regional Council on TIGER program activities and provide necessary reports and documentation.
