Regional Program Manager
CurrentResponsible for the development and administration of highway safety regulations, standards and programs to elicit and promote governmental and public support for highway safety.Conduct studies or performing other analytical work directed toward identification of current highway safety problems and evaluation of the effectiveness of highway safety programs and methods.Provide State and local governments with technical assistance in planning, developing, monitoring, funding, managing, promoting, or evaluating programs and systems to improve vehicle, passenger, or pedestrian safety and to identify, control, or eliminate the factors that influence highway accidents.Responsible for providing technical assistance and advice to States, private and public sector organizations, and consumers regarding priority highway safety programs of the Agency.Develop and manage traffic safety program activities, and provide technical assistance and training to States, communities, and advocacy groups in all facets of a comprehensive traffic safety prevention program, including the management of Federal grant funds and grant-funded activities.Conduct necessary research and drafting documents related to the promotion of the NHTSA's traffic safety programs; prepare fact sheets, correspondence , brochures, announcements, speeches, and testimony describing or promoting traffic safety; and develop background material, analyses, and correspondence as requested.Use electronic program and financial management systems to review and approve grantees' financial documents, and provide technical assistance to the SHSO and other State financial personnel including: notification of funds availability, resolution of critical errors, calculation of matching requirements, reconciliation of program funds, assistance in the hands-on training of States' personnel on the use of NHTSA's financial system, and assist State personnel in year-end financial close-outs.