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Strategic Performance Planning Coordinator | Salary Range: $35.96 - $53.32 / hourly; $75,084 - $111,332 / annually

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to get your foot in the door with State of Minnesota? If so, come join our MnDOT team in St. Paul, MN !

WHY WORK FOR US? Check us out:

This position may have the flexibility to telework, work a hybrid schedule, or work in the office. The incumbent will be required to make a telework arrangement with their supervisor. The incumbent will be expected to work in the office as determined by policy and discussion with their supervisor.

MnDOT is seeking a strategic and collaborative leader to provide professional planning leadership and coordination of the agency’s performance measures and risk management programs. Our Strategic Performance Planning Coordinator position is responsible for leading the development and implementation of performance reporting for Minnesota’s transportation system, ensuring that information is effectively communicated to both internal and external audiences. The individual in this position will also:

• Manage a project team to develop and deliver the legislatively required Annual Transportation Performance Report, as well as overseeing MnDOT’s web-based performance measures reporting.
• Serves as the lead staff for risk management programs, guiding the integration of risk management with performance management practices and facilitating risk assessments across various MnDOT functional offices.
• Lead, research, analysis, and outreach efforts in support of department-wide initiatives that advance performance-based planning, performance measurement, risk management, investment analysis, and other key areas of transportation planning and programming.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? Learn more about our benefits:

• Health & Wellness: Low-cost medical, dental, vision, & prescription drug plans; health, dental, & dependent care spending accounts; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), health & well-being resources
• Financial Well-Being: Public pension plans, deferred compensation plan & health care savings plan; life insurance, short & long-term disability insurance, & paid parental leave
• Professional Development: Tuition assistance, employee education, leadership development
• Work/Life Balance: Paid vacation & sick leave including 12 paid holidays each year
• At-Work Benefits: Employee Resource Groups, employee recognition, employee activities, fitness center at our Central Office

Here are the Minimum Qualifications:

Three years of advanced professional transportation planning experience that demonstrates the following:

• Experience with performance-based planning principles, methods, and techniques sufficient to develop major statewide transportation plans.
• Experience with performance measurement and risk management.
• Experience leading plans, research, data analysis, studies, evaluations, and/or other complex processes.

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Planning, Geography, Urban Studies, Sociology, Political Science substitutes for six months of advanced professional experience.

APPLY ONLINE BY 11/24/2025 (only applications received on mn.gov/careers will be considered)

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Questions? Contact Ellen Behrhorst (MnDOT Recruitment Specialist) - Ellen.Behrhorst@state.mn.us | 612.346.8330

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