Department of Public Safety

Job Class Code: 7284
Grade: 23/Professional & Technical Services
Salary: $49,275.20-$69,139.20/Annually
Location: Augusta

Opening Date: February 13, 2025

Closing Date:  March 3, 2025

The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety is seeking a Highway Safety Program Coordinator.  This position is a professional specialist with independent responsibility for the development of statewide behavioral safety program(s).  The Highway Safety Program Coordinator administers federal grant funds to public and private entities in accordance with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and State regulations and guidelines, for the purpose of preventing fatalities, injuries, and property damage from motor vehicle crashes.  The ideal candidate will share a deep concern for the welfare of the traveling public and believe in our mission to save lives through creative, highly visible, innovative, and effective countermeasures for all road users. As part of the Highway Safety team, this individual will have the opportunity to make a direct impact on people’s lives, and to help promote a safe, reliable, and multimodal transportation system.  

JOB DUTIES: 

A Highway Safety Program Coordinator fosters existing and identifies new partnerships within State of Maine agencies, state and local law enforcement, private partners, and others to:

• Develop, implement, and evaluate behavioral highway safety programs and projects such as:
  • Occupant protection: increasing seat belt usage for adults and children.
  • Distracted and drowsy driving: decreasing distracted driving, texting while operating a motor vehicle, and fatigued driving.
  • Impaired driving: decreasing the incidence of alcohol impaired and drug impaired driving.
  • Speeding: promoting programs to decrease speed and aggressive driving.
  • Teens and older drivers: promoting safety programs for young drivers and mature drivers.
  • Communication: increasing safe driving behaviors using proven countermeasures and public education.
  • Vulnerable Road User Safety Programs directed toward motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicyclists.
• Review and approve regional and programmatic grant applications for safety projects.
• Write, review, and evaluate professional journals, publications, reports, and literature pertaining to highway safety program areas. 
• Review, analyze, and evaluate highway safety crash and injury data for program implementation to identify existing and emerging traffic safety trends through statistically based problem identification efforts. 
• Provide decision-makers with timely and accurate data for use in determining where the most effective highway safety investment should be made.
• Prepare and implement an evaluation component to measure project outcomes.
• Schedule and conduct statewide programmatic monitoring reviews of grant and subrecipient activities.
• Independently plan and prepare program specific reports for the annual Highway Safety Plan (HSP) and the Highway Safety Annual Report. 

Skills or knowledge required:

• Basic knowledge of the principles of highway and driver safety.
• Knowledge of proper English usage and report writing techniques and practices.
• Ability to learn training principles, practices and techniques.
• Ability to perform mathematical computation.
• Ability to gather, compile, analyze, and present statistical data.
• Ability to read, understand and explain federal and state highway safety regulations.
• Ability to interact and deal effectively with state, county and municipal officials and the public in promoting highway safety program.
• Ability to consult and confer with officials regarding highway safety program operations, problems and effectiveness. 

Minimum qualifications:

Experience, education, and/or training demonstrating possession of the ability to develop, implement, and evaluate programs/projects; the ability to foster and establish partnerships with various stakeholders; and strong analytical skills to review, analyze, and evaluate data.

Contact information:

Questions about this position should be directed to Lauren V. Stewart at Lauren.V.Stewart@maine.gov

Benefits of working for the State of Maine:

No matter where you work across Maine state government, you find employees who embody our state motto—"Dirigo" or "I lead"—as they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We believe in supporting our workforce's health and wellbeing with a valuable total compensation package, including:

• Work-Life Fit – Rest is essential. Take time for yourself using 13 paid holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually. Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service, and overtime-exempt employees receive personal leave.
• Health Insurance Coverage – The State of Maine pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums ($11,196.96 - $12,514.32 annual value), depending on salary. Use this chart to find the premium costs for you and your family, including the percentage of dependent coverage paid by the State. 
• Dental Insurance – The State of Maine pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums ($387.92 annual value). 
• Retirement Plan – The State contributes the equivalent of 13.29% of the employee's pay towards the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) for MSEA, or 18.09% for Confidential employees. 

State employees are eligible for an extensive and highly competitive benefits package, covering many aspects of wellness. Learn about additional wellness benefits for State employees from the Office of Employee Health and Wellness.

Note: Benefits may vary somewhat according to specific collective bargaining agreements and are prorated for anything less than full-time.

There's a job and then there's purposeful, transformative work. Our aim is to create a workplace where you can learn, grow, and continuously refine your skills. Applicants demonstrate job requirements in differing ways, and we appreciate that many skills and backgrounds can make people successful in this role. 

As an Equal Opportunity employer, Maine State Government embraces a culture of respect and awareness. We are committed to creating a strong sense of belonging for all team members, and our process ensures an inclusive environment to applicants of all backgrounds including diverse race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, familial status or genetics. 

If you’re looking for a great next step, and want to feel good about what you do, we’d love to hear from you. Please note reasonable accommodations are provided to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

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