If you have passion for active modes of transportation that you want to share with other community members and if you have good communication and problem-solving skills, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia would like to hear from you.
Philly’s first bike share program is launching this spring, and the Bicycle Coalition is currently hiring Bike Share station ambassadors to work with communities in the following West Philly neighborhoods: Mantua, Powelton Village, West Powelton, Saunders Park, and Spruce Hill. This is a part-time (approximately 5 hours/week) and seasonal (until October 2015) position and comes with a $1,000 stipend.
Bike Share Ambassadors will work primarily from home and at community events and will need to complete a two-week training.
A Bike Share Ambassador’s duties and responsibilities include:
- Work to build relationships with community members and groups near bike share stations in Mantua/Powelton Village/West Powelton/Saunders Park/Spruce Hill
- Help to identify community partners that would be good for programming opportunities
- Attend community meetings and events
- Present information about the Bike Share System and bicycle safety
- Guide community members through the sign-up process for bike share membership
- Distribute outreach materials in a variety of ways to promote bike share in Mantua
- Promote station activation events (rides, classes, workshops, demonstrations) in Mantua/Powelton Village/West Powelton/Saunders Park/Spruce Hill
- Provide feedback to Better Bike Share team about the community’s reception of bike share – what’s working? What’s not?
- Commit to a weekly check-in with Better Bike Share staff
Desirable qualifications include:
- Commitment and previous involvement with community work in Philadelphia
- Fluency in a language other than English, especially Spanish
- Familiarity with bike sharing systems
- Previous non-profit or community organizing experience
- Familiarity with the city of Philadelphia and its layout
Application deadline is February 20. For more information about this position and to apply, click here. If you have questions, please email: Katie@bicyclecoalition.org
February 10th, 2015 at 9:30 pm
Azephra Hamilton, The Bicycle Coalition: “For this position we expect that people will work on their own time, possibly up to 5 hours a week close to the bike share launch date. This is when we plan to be having events with the bikes in the community and will need the biggest push.
However, we will not be tracking time and expect that people will work a lot less after bike share takes off. We will still have events through the summer but probably not as many.
I apologize for the confusion in the job description and will work to correct that.”
February 11th, 2015 at 11:04 am
It might be helpful to note that the bike share program is now officially being called “Indego” (which I read about today on NewsWorks). Here’s their website: http://www.rideindego.com/about/
It was confusing to me that even on the Bicycle Coalition website, the word Indego is never mentioned, and at first it had me wondering if Bike Share and Indego were two different things. But I guess the new name is just a little too new to be referenced on all of the related websites.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:28 pm
It bothers me that brands appropriate the names of the city, like the market east station, and now Inde(-pendence)Go..
they are using that name because independence blue cross is sponsoring the program, but then if other company sponsors it in a couple of years its going to be called VeriGo?
…In my opinion they should just support the project and have some presence as sponsors, but not distort the identity of city-wide projects