Transport Specialist, Lima
WhereIsMyTransport, Peru

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
May 16, 2021
Last Date
Jun 16, 2021
Location(s)

Job Description

The Transport Specialist is an expert advisor to our local team, and to our global business. They have a strong knowledge of - and experience with - local transport networks and operations, and specialist knowledge of formal and informal public transport authorities, operations, structures, and modes. They have excellent personal and professional networks on the ground - relationships with operators, drivers, station managers, etc. - and, as well as facilitating privileged access to key stakeholders, can also use their influence to help us motivate local stakeholders to support our mission.

The Transport Specialist will also be an ambassador for our mission with key stakeholders and institutions in the local market(s).

We have no fixed office in the city, so the Transport Specialist will work remotely. All members of the local team must have a strong knowledge of, and active interest in, the city and, will live and work - and be permanently based - in the city. The Transport Specialist must be willing and able to travel in the city for business.

Everyone at WhereIsMyTransport works remotely, with large groups in the United Kingdom (GMT) and South Africa (GMT+2). As a global organisation, we do our best to respect regular working hours in the different regions where we have teams, but time zone differences mean that the Transport Specialist may occasionally need to be flexible with working hours.


Overview of activities amp; responsibilities

Local Transport Ecosystem, Network amp; Influence:

  • Work with the local and global WhereIsMyTransport teams to make sure we incorporate a rich and detailed understanding of local context into everything we do, with a specific focus on formal and informal public transport.
  • Make sure that we build relationships in the right way - and at the right time - with local transport institutions, authorities, operators, and key stakeholders to support success at every level: business operations, data operations, product operations.
  • Identify partners and allies on the ground in important communities - drivers, operators, commuters, conductors - for testing and supporting the development and localisation of products.
  • Negotiate partnerships or contracts related to the public transport ecosystem.
  • Help us to identify opportunities, and to anticipate and manage risk.
  • Support and open doors for WhereIsMyTranport’s research efforts.
  • Advocate for WhereIsMyTransport and provide legitimacy to our work.

Public transport data and information:

  • Source official information from operators and authorities to ensure we have the most complete and accurate information for all of our public transport datasets.
  • Remove data collection blockers and provide legitimacy to data collection activities. Source and obtain any required permissions, ensure local stakeholders understand the activities taking place.
  • Anticipate, understand and communicate changes expected to occur in the transport systems. Including (but not limited to) elections, festivals/holidays, implementation of legislation or policies.
  • Identify sources where WhereIsMyTransport can find information about disruptions in the public transport network.
  • Identify contextual understanding and other gaps in data, products, and information made available to users.

Our ideal Transport Specialist’s skills and experience:
  • Deep and comprehensive understanding of the public transport ecosystem in Lima.
  • Respected member of the public transport community, with a strong network of contacts and associates in the industry who can be called on for advice and assistance.
  • Some experience working in or alongside local government.
  • Experience negotiating with various stakeholders in the public transport ecosystem.
  • Motivated by improving public transport for commuters, drivers and operators.
  • Native Spanish speaker or fluent in Spanish.
  • Able to conduct business in English.

About Us

WhereIsMyTransport is a mobility technology company headquartered in London. We are the leading provider of mobility data and solutions for emerging-market cities in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Southeast Europe and Latin America - places where decentralised public transport is the norm. Our advanced and efficient data production methodology digitalises information from a city’s complete public transport network, delivering our clients accurate, reliable and comprehensive information. The de facto source of mobility data for the world’s largest low- and middle-income cities, WhereIsMyTransport fills the mobility data gap - and fast.

To be successful, our global team of people must be as diverse as the populations that use public transport in the regions where we work. We must be as inclusive as the mobility soluti

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