Now Hiring: Program Coordinator
Position Title: Program Coordinator
Reports To: Director of Programs
FLSA Status: Salaried Exempt, Full-time
Location: This is a hybrid position with at least 2 days required in office. Our office is located in downtown San Jose, near San Jose State University. This role will also require being out in the field often to implement programs and develop relationships.
About Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) is a non-profit membership-based organization that seeks to build healthier and more just communities by making bicycling safe and accessible to all. We’re proud of the extraordinary impact we’ve had over the past ten years in improving local infrastructure and normalizing bicycling for transportation. And we’re excited about how much more we can do to solve challenging local and global issues through the humble bicycle. See our strategic plan to better understand SVBC’s vision, strategy and priorities.
You’ll join a team of approximately 15 people passionate about getting more people on bikes safely. We invest a great deal of time in strengthening relationships and building a high-trust environment where feedback in all directions is welcomed as an opportunity to learn. The organization is a non-profit with a start-up culture that values creative problem solving, open communication, can-do attitude.
It is also important to highlight that we are a group of folks deeply committed to doing one of the most difficult things on the planet – to get people out of cars and onto bikes to solve some of society’s most intractable problems. If you’d like to join a team of folks who want to build better communities through the humble bicycle, we want to bring you on, and continue investing in building a team who can do great things together.
Position Summary
The Programs Coordinator is responsible for co-creating, promoting and implementing the following events and activities:
Bike to Wherever Days – coordinating energizer stations & other bike month events
Social rides – bring people together with fun and creative activities that get more people biking. The goal is collaboration with trained ride leaders and local organizations to host regular bike rides to spread awareness of the benefits of biking and improve the community’s bike confidence.
Youth education – provide programs in-classroom and through “bike rodeos” that teach kids how to ride safely.
Adult education – teach periodic workshops that cover a variety of topics to help bring new people to biking and train them up to feel more comfortable biking for everyday use.
Valet bike parking – coordinate and supervise volunteers and part-time staff who provide bike parking and bike security at public events. Ensure staff and volunteers engage with the public to promote bicycling.
Essential Functions:
Creating and implementing in-person and virtual presentations about bicycle and pedestrian safety skills and traffic rules for youth and adults.
Creating, coordinating and implementing on-bike and on-foot skills courses for multiple classes of students and adults
Coordinating and implementing social bike rides of 20-100 people
Working with organizational and agency partners to implement programs and amplify outreach
Training volunteers for education, rides, and bike parking
Working with kids & adults to encourage active transportation
Traveling to sites while transporting educational and skills course materials.
Encouraging participants in programs to get more involved in the bike movement
Other duties as assigned. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities. Responsibilities may change based on the needs of the organization.
Qualifications and Experience
The ideal candidate should be a confident bike rider as well as a versatile, flexible, and adaptable team member who can implement programs intended to create lasting behavioral change that results in more people riding bikes for everyday use. The following experience is highly desired:
Conversational Spanish and/or bi-lingual in other locally spoken languages
Experience working in immigrant, low-income, or Black and Brown communities
Bonus: experience with grant writing and management
Work and/or volunteer experience teaching bicycle safety to families and youth
League Certified Instructor by League of American Bicyclists preferred
Experience managing partnerships with community groups, government agencies, and private companies; and building relationships that create program commitment and buy-in
Experience implementing programs that lead to lasting behavioral change
Experience working with volunteers and understanding how to find and support key community members/volunteers who are interested in becoming more involved in bike culture
Detail oriented with the ability to prioritize tasks
Ability to work independently, resourceful and a self-starter
Familiarity with the Bay Area region and its communities
Located in or near San Mateo or Santa Clara counties
Candidate must be authorized to work in the United States
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
Works with a wide variety of challenges, deadliness and a varied and diverse array of contacts.
May work at a desk and computer for extended periods of time
Ability to lift up to 30 pounds
Ability to haul things by bike
Work intermittently in outside weather conditions, including heat and cold
Sensory requirements: this job requires visual and auditory perception and the ability to communicate verbally
Reasonable accommodations may be make to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
All types of people are encouraged to apply. SVBC is deeply committed to advancing its mission through a lens of cultural humility and social justice. The ideal person will bring a perspective on power and privilege that helps build a diverse team, measured by a set of lived experiences that leads SVBC to be more successful in attracting a broad swath of people to live life joyfully through the bicycle.
Salary and Benefits:
Starting salary is $64,480. Full-time, exempt position with a competitive benefits package including professional development, paid time off, medical, dental & vision insurance, and 401k.
How to Apply:
Send a cover letter and resume to jobs [at] bikesiliconvalley [dot] org. Please include “Program Coordinator, [YOUR NAME]” in the subject line.
SVBC is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive non-discriminatory environment for all individuals across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, physical ability, or medical condition.