Internships: Multimodal Transportation Planning - Denver

Full Job Description

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

These positions are limited to a maximum of 9 months from the date of hire. In addition to being a fantastic place to work, CDOT offers all temporary employees paid sick leave. Temporary employees accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, capped at 48 hours.

About CDOT

Do you want to make a difference in Coloradans’ lives? Do you have a passion for helping people and keeping them safe?

At the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), you’ll have the opportunity to do just that.

The work our people do contributes to keeping Coloradans and visitors safe and provides freedom, connection, and experience through travel.

Please visit our careers page to learn about CDOT and how we are making Colorado a great place to live, work and play, now and for the future!

CDOT for All

CDOT’s strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

Requirements

About the Work Unit

The Interns work in the Statewide & Regional Planning Section of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Transportation Development.

The Statewide & Regional Planning Section is responsible for facilitating and directing the Colorado statewide transportation planning process, including the development of the long-range statewide multimodal transportation plan and the integration of the Department’s other modal plans.

The Section is also responsible for working with the five Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and ten rural Transportation Planning Regions (TPRs) and assisting them in the development of their Regional Transportation Plans.

About the Positions

These positions will participate in the development of materials that help implement ongoing planning projects including but not limited to, Statewide and Regional Multimodal Transportation Planning, Transportation Policy and Data Analysis, and Public Outreach Activities.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support planning work as needed for various CDOT units including: the Office of Multimodal Planning, the Office of Freight Mobility and Safety, the Innovative Mobility Office and the Office of Performance and Asset Management by:
  • Development of materials and participation in activities to support implementation of the 2050 Statewide Transportation Plan.
  • Supporting analysis of bicycle & pedestrian, freight and other multimodal transportation infrastructure as needed across the state using inventory data and GIS skillsets (including supporting the scoring of quantitative elements for upcoming grant calls, using the PACE tool and its underlying GIS layers).
  • Assisting in the creation/conversion and/or development and management of the CDOT accessible transportation planning webpages, complying with current State digital accessibility standards.
  • Creating materials such as maps, charts, diagrams, fact sheets, illustrations, handouts, website graphics, infographics, reports, and slide decks that convey planning concepts that resonate with non-technical audiences. This involves both graphics development and layout.
• Assist in statewide and regional public outreach and communications projects, including the Statewide Transportation Advisory Committee (STAC) and other transportation planning partner and advisory committee meetings with Transportation Planning Regions (TPRs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).

Assist in documenting duties, tasks and responsibilities of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Manager position and assist in creating working procedures for the position.

(The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is a federally required, fiscally constrained, four-year program of planned transportation projects. The current STIP covers FY 2026 - FY 2029.)

• Assist with the management of large datasets/tables on various software and platforms for the STIP and 10-Year Vision Plan.
• Perform research on state-of-the-practice data analysis for transportation policy, public engagement, technology and economic activities and develop methodologies for implementation.
• Develop communication tools from the results of data analysis that are geared to a wide variety of audiences.
• Conduct statistical and geospatial analysis of transportation, demographic, economic, and other datasets as needed.
• Participate in special projects and miscellaneous tasks as needed to support the activities of the Division of Transportation Development, including clerical and organizational tasks.
• Utilize the following: Google Suite/Google App, Gemini AI, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Work Environment:

• These positions are based at CDOT's Statewide Headquarters office in Denver
• Expected work schedule is between Monday and Friday
• It is anticipated that these positions will work a minimum of 24 hours per week

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Qualified candidates must be:

Any college student enrolled in an accredited community college, college or university seeking an Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D.

degree in the following: Business Administration, Finance, Communications, Data Management, Planning (financial, regional, transportation or urban), Political Science, Sustainability, Public Administration or a closely related field.

(A copy of your transcript showing all coursework, including your current coursework must be attached to your online application.)

OR

A recent college graduate. Recently graduated means the individual should have attended an accredited college or university and have graduated with Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D.

degree in the following: Business Administration, Finance, Communications, Data Management, Planning (financial, regional, transportation or urban), Political Science, Sustainability, Public Administration or a closely related field.

(A copy of your transcript showing that a degree was conferred must be attached to your online application.)

OR

• A certified participant in the Colorado Refugee Program.

Unless applying as a certified participant in the Colorado Refugee Program, a copy of your transcripts including your name, the school name, all coursework, including current coursework and degree(s) conferred. must be included. Unofficial transcripts are accepted but must include the information described above. Transcripts from colleges or universities outside of the United States must have been assessed for U.S. equivalency by a NACES educational credential evaluation. The credential evaluation report must be an official report. Failure to provide a transcript or official credential evaluation report will result in your application being rejected and you will not be able to continue in the selection process for this position.

Conditions of Employment:
Must pass a pre-employment screening which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks. More information is in the supplemental information section.

The Exceptional Candidates will be undergraduate or graduate college/university students, or recent graduates as defined above with proven ability or accomplishment in the following:

• Strong interest in the duties listed in the Description of the Job section.
• Completion of 2 years or more in an accredited university in the above-listed related disciplines
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Strong data analysis and database management skills
• Experience working with large datasets
• Experience creating communications materials
• Strong research skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience analyzing data
• Willingness to learn
• Ability to perform duties with minimal supervision
• Proficiency with Google Suite/Google App, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Experience with Gemini AI
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a plus.

Additional Information

Applicant Checklist

Complete Applications must include the following documents:

1. A complete CDOT Application for Announced Vacancy (please submit online using the green 'APPLY' button at the top of this announcement)

2. A complete Supplemental Questionnaire (The questionnaire is part of the online application. You will be prompted to answer them as you are completing your online application.)

A cover letter that describes your interest in this position, how your experience aligns with the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position.

Cover letters must be uploaded as an attachment to your online application. Cover letters will not be accepted after the closing date and time of the announcement.

A copy of your official or unofficial transcript showing your name, the name of the school, all coursework including current courses and degree(s) conferred.

If your education is from outside of the U.S., we need your official NACES report showing U.S. equivalency. Please submit this as an attachment to your online application.




Please note that you may redact information on your attachments that identifies your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.




Only complete applications submitted by the closing date for this announcement will be given consideration. Every effort must be made to submit all application materials by the announcement close date.

Where unusual circumstances prevent timely acquisition of transcripts, they must be submitted within five business days of the announcement close date.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Failure to submit properly completed documents by the closing date of this announcement may result in your application being rejected.




The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness.

The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.




Notifications:

All correspondence regarding your status in the selection/examination process will be via email.

Include your current working email address on your application and check your email frequently as you could receive time sensitive correspondence regarding this position.

We highly recommend that you set up your email to accept messages from "state.co.us" and "info@governmentjobs.com" addresses.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email will accept these notices and/or review your junk mail and spam filtered email.

Immediately after you submit your application you should receive an email that confirms that you successfully submitted an application for this position.

If you do not, try submitting again until you receive the confirmation email. Be sure to also check your junk folder for email communications from the State of Colorado's website.




Employment Screening

If an applicant reaches the finalist stage of the hiring process, the Colorado Department of Transportation may procure a consumer report and/or investigative consumer report on the applicant in connection with his/her application for employment purposes, as defined under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

These reports may be obtained at any time after receipt of the applicant's authorization.

As part of the employment screening an applicant will be requested to disclose any deferred judgments and convictions as well as an explanation of the circumstances around any arrest or conviction.

In the event that a screening returns information that the applicant believes is not accurate, he or she will have an opportunity to dispute the information with “Accurate.”Accurate, a consumer reporting agency, will obtain the report for CDOT.

Further information regarding Accurate including its privacy policy, may be found online at www.accurate.com.

Accurate is located at 200 Spectrum Center Drive Suite 1100, Irvine, CA 92618.The report may contain information bearing on the applicant's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living.

The information that may be included in the report includes social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records checks, educational records, and driving records checks.

CDOT will only request credit reports insofar as they relate to the position for which the applicant is applying.

The information contained in the report will be obtained from private and/or public record sources.

The applicant will have the right, upon written request made within a reasonable time after receipt of a notice, to request disclosure of the nature and scope of any investigative consumer report.




ADAAA Accommodations

CDOT is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship.

If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to Lynn Livingston at LynnR.Livingston@state.co.us or call 303-757-9110.




Former State Employees

Former employees of the Colorado Department of Transportation System or any other State of Colorado Department or Agency, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information on his/her application.




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