Tumakuru Smart City Calls for Bicycle Mayor 2022 in Tumakuru City

 Call for Bicycle Mayor in Tumakuru 

Tumakuru Smart City Limited (TSCL) in collaboration with BYCS (formerly known as Cycle Space, is a Dutch organization based in Amsterdam), is re-introducing Bicycle Mayor Program. Bicycle Mayor is an Honorary position awarded to the eligible citizen for a tenure of 2-4 Years. The Bicycle Mayor selection process involves the standard application-cum-interview process. Citizen is requested to submit their credentials through the proper channel.

Bicycle Mayor for the city will be elected for 2-4 years and they closely associate with the city and societies to encourage and sportify the cycling.

Who can be a Bicycle Mayor of the Tumakuru city?

Qualities, Characteristics, Skills

• Strong written and oral communication
• Passion for making change
• Both a leader and a supporter - can step into the spotlight but does not need the spotlight. Isn’t shy about being the face/voice of cycling in their city.
• Strategic - acknowledges limited time and resources and thus focuses on attainable accomplishments
• Collaborator - works with others to strategically complement skills, experience resources, connections
• Focuses at different scales - connected to work occurring on the ground in own city as well as those working in other cities (the network)
• Adaptable - willing to adjust way of working based on needs of situation
• Forever learner - constantly seeking new knowledge and best practices in order to improve their work, doesn’t shut out new ideas simply because they are new
• Socially-minded - passionate about developing inclusive programs and initiatives
• Attune to intersectional issues - sees the bicycle as a piece of the puzzle (alongside public space, transit, housing etc.)

Experience, Background

• Connected to, and respected within, the general community as well as the cycling community
• Experience in some or preferably multiple of the following:
• Stakeholder organizing / engagement
• Working with government officials (policy, planning, public works, etc.)
• Communication over multiple platforms
• Event organization and management

Where to apply?

Just follow this link to upload and fill in your credentials. Click here

LAST DATE : 18th AUGUST 2022

To know more about the responsibility of the Bicycle Mayor, Please follow this link and read through the document. Click here to open the Guide

 Please visit bicyclemayor.org for more details on Bicycle Mayor.

Bicycle Mayor during 2020