Regional Director of Transportation Services
Regional Director of Transportation Services
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Job Description
The Opportunity
The Regional Director of Transportation (RDT) will manage the daily operations for all student transportation services in Houston. They will manage the regional budget and their direct reports and uphold all contract expectations with the local vendors. The RDT will also coordinate the routing of pupil transportation for regular and special needs programs districtwide to ensure safe efficient timely and economical transportation services. The RDT will also be responsible for the daily tracking of student ridership and other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify any trends that could yield further efficient and safer transportation services.
Key Responsibilities
Regional Director of Transportation will:
Recommendation and Development of Bus Routes
Develop an optimal number of single and doubletiered bus routes for all eligible students at KIPP Texas Public Schools for General Populations Special Populations and McKinney Vento
Manage all aspects of the transportation routing software including but not limited to the transfer of annual student information from the organizations SIS
Support every Regional Manager of Transportation by analyzing the reenrollment and registration student data to assess the number of routes required for the school year
Support all Regional Managers of Transportation to stay within budget by making optimal changes to bus routes throughout the school year
Logistical and Statistical Data Analysis
Utilize the transportation routing software to coordinate and review various data (stop creation student ridership ontime performance) and transportation requirements of eligible students from various audiences to recommend optimal routes
Work with School Operations and Regional Managers of Transportation to validate student ridership data
Analyze various reports such as ontime performance student ridership weekly bus ridership trends etc.
Determine the operational feasibility of operating bus routes through comparative analysis of multiple data systems
Stakeholder Management
Foster successful business relationships with all vendors and various stakeholders throughout KIPP Texas
Connect monthly with the transportation routing software support team to stay up to date in new software features and updates
Provide guidance and explanations on detailed bus runs information and changes due to a range of circumstances to various audiences (schools vendors parents and students)
Answer routine questions / investigate and resolve basic inquiries concerning bus routing scheduling and school boundaries and escalate highly complex inquiries to the Director of Student Transportation.
Daily Transportation Operations for Houston
Directly manage all Transportation staff members in Houston
Facilitate professional development opportunities for the local Transportation team
Manage their payroll and PTO requests
Qualifications :
Skills and Qualifications:
Routing scheduling software management skills; knowledge of the principles and practices of pupil transportation planning scheduling and route development
Knowledge of safety standards laws codes rules regulations policies and procedures relating to pupil transportation
Skills integrating special education ridership needs
Exceptional project management skills with an ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
Excellent interpersonal skills and an energetic attitude; ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and quickly build rapport
Skills and ability in organization time management task prioritization and recordkeeping
Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to produce highquality work in a dynamic environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Passionate about the KIPP Texas mission
Serviceoriented able to adapt to a changing environment while applying flexibility to work under pressure and remaining calm amid competing demands
Budget management experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook) and Google applications (Sheets Docs Google Drive) with the ability to quickly learn new technologies (Slack video conferencing apps etc)
Bachelors degree from an accredited institution or at least five (5) years of experience in school district transportation operations
Must have reliable transportation to travel between campuses
English fluency is required
Additional Information :
Compensation and Benefits
The starting salary for this position is $75000 and placement in the salary range is commensurate upon experience and internal equity.
As a fulltime KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates including medical dental and vision options life insurance and disability plans.
KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer we hire without consideration of race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
