Job Posting: Project Coordinator, Transportation and Infrastructure

Posted: January 09, 2025

Department:  Transportation & Infrastructure

Reports To:  Chief Operating Officer

FLSA:  Exempt

 

Position Summary:

Thrive is a fast-paced organization with an innovative culture seeking a full-time Project Coordinator to support its transportation and infrastructure initiatives under the guidance of the Chief Operating Officer. This role focuses on convening and coordinating the Freight Mobility Coalition and Regional Broadband Alliance, regional partnerships advancing Thrive’s unprecedented framework for monitoring and improving the movement of goods, people, and data across the tri-state region. The Project Coordinator ensures that quarterly partner convenings are impactful and provides critical administrative and organizational support to maintain momentum for these collaborative initiatives.

The Project Coordinator will coordinate the planning, facilitation, and follow-up for Coalition and Alliance activities, including stakeholder outreach, task tracking, and fostering collaboration among diverse groups of partners and stakeholders. This position requires a detail-oriented, self-starting individual with strong communication skills. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and bring creativity, focus, and enthusiasm to the role of uniting regional efforts in responsible infrastructure growth and community connectivity.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Convene and maintain strong relationships with Freight Mobility Coalition and Regional Broadband Alliance partners, fostering collaboration to advance shared goals.

  • Plan, schedule, and facilitate quarterly convenings (virtual and in-person), ensuring well-organized agendas, meaningful discussions, and actionable outcomes.

  • Prepare meeting materials, track attendance, capture summaries, and manage post-meeting communications and task follow-ups.

  • Conduct stakeholder outreach, strengthen engagement, and share updates about community efforts, wins, and challenges.

  • Track progress toward project goals, identify potential gaps, and prepare updates for Thrive’s leadership and stakeholders.

  • Work with Thrive’s multidisciplinary team to ensure transportation and infrastructure

    goals align with broader organizational priorities.

  • Collaborate with staff and coordinate volunteers, serving as the key point of contact for project-related inquiries, projecting a professional image of Thrive throughout the region.

  • Other duties as assigned

 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • College degree in Project Management, or a related field (or equivalent work experience). Passion or experience in transportation planning, logistics, or broadband preferred.

  • Proven experience in project coordination, stakeholder engagement, or community facilitation, with strong organizational and multitasking abilities.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to foster collaboration and convey complex ideas effectively.

  • Knowledge of placemaking practices and cultural diversity within demographic, rural, suburban, and urban communities.

  • A self-starter who thrives in a team environment and can work independently to advance shared goals.

  • Familiarity with collaborative work platforms (e.g., Google Workspace, Slack) and project management tools.

  • Must be eligible to legally work in the U.S. and have access to reliable transportation for regional travel as needed.

 

COMPENSATION

The salary range for this role is $42,000-$48,000, plus generous benefits.

 

To APply:

Interested applicants may apply by sharing a persuasive cover letter, a resume, and references, combined into one PDF document of no more than 4 pages, via email to jobs@thriveregion.org to the attention of Shannon Millsaps, Chief Operating Officer.

Review will begin immediately and continue until the position is hired.

About Thrive Regional Partnership

Thrive Regional Partnership, Inc. (Thrive) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire responsible growth through conversation, connection, and collaboration across the greater Chattanooga region. Thrive convenes stakeholders across the region to ensure that as we grow in industry, prosperity, and population, we also preserve community and natural character for generations to come.

Core Values

Thrive staff and volunteer stakeholders are driven by the following core operating values:

  1. Stewardship: Stewardship drives our organization. We are trusted stewards of the time, resources and the region’s shared vision.

  2. Quality: The quality of our work reflects the quality of our organization and the region’s aspirations.

  3. Relationship-building: The people of this region are at the core of our work. We recognize that progress moves at the speed of trust, and trust is built when collaborative solutions are designed around the voices of the people we serve.  We prioritize relationship-building and listening to the voices of our region as a critical foundation of our work.  

  4. Results-Oriented: Our focus is on achieving measurable outcomes based on clear, strategic goals.

  5. Inclusiveness:  We embrace and honor the cross-cultural diversity of our region and continually work to foster an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.

 

Not sure you’re a perfect fit? Reach out anyway.

We’re looking for talented individuals, not folks who perfectly match a job posting. With that said, Thrive is open to negotiation of part-time or contractual, in addition to the listed full-time work situations.