Transportation Department - Dispatcher

Transportation Department DispatcherJob Goal: To coordinate a uniform two-way communication and information delivery system that distributes consistent and reliable information designed to communicate the needs and essential messages of the school's transportation community. Job Type: ClassifiedJob Class Code: 7908Position Type: HourlyReports to: Transportation Office ManagerTerms of Employment: Compensation will be based on 260 contract days on the board-approved 108 salary schedule. This position requires an 8-hour workday.Minimum QualificationsHigh School graduate.Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class B with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements.State Certified Driver Training Instructor.Computer skills, Word, Excel, Power Point, with some clerical experience helpful.General supervisory skills.An understanding of the responsibilities of all transportation staff.Public relations skills.Physical ability to properly operate safety equipment and assist students (push, pull and lift 45 pounds and bend at the waist, kneel and lift hands over head).Performance ResponsibilitiesEnsure all bus driver and monitor positions are covered daily by coordinating, recording, and assigning all substitute drivers and monitors.Assist Office Manager with absentee reports for all drivers and monitors.Receive and deliver all two-way radio communications during assigned work schedule.Serve as a ready resource with a working knowledge of Transportation laws, regulations, policies and procedures.Provide routing directions and maps to drivers and assist them with navigation of bus routes, local streets, roads and highways as needed.Promote professional communication of all transmissions over the two-way radio.Keep office route books up to date with current route sheets and maps provided by the routing directors.Assume responsibility for knowing current bus route data and assist in delivering information to parents and school staff.Communicate in a friendly, helpful and efficient manner.Teach training classes and develop training materials as needed.Prepare and manage messages for transportation staff using Infinite Campus messaging system.Serve as Safety leader for the Transportation Department.Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Transportation Office Manager or the Director of Transportation.Adopted: July 1, 2006Revised: October 12, 2010, August 6, 2012, October 30, 2014, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, April 2026