Transportation - Routing and Office Specialist

ROUTING & OFFICE SPECIALIST - TRANSPORTATION

Location: ELSC 

Required Education Level: GED or High School diploma

Employment Date:  ASAP or as arranged

Classification: Meet & Confer - 12 months

Minimum Requirements:

• Supervise Transportation secretary staff, including schedules and work assignments, with input and assistance from department leadership.
• Escalate issues requiring discipline to leadership.
• Oversee the general operation of the office, ensuring a clean, safe, and organized work environment for all office staff.
• Monitor and manage inventory of office supplies and equipment. Anticipate needs and communicate orders for resupply.
• Maintain a cooperative attitude and build rapport with students, peers, supervisors, parents, school personnel, and the community
• Enthusiastically curious
• Motivated to ask questions
• Proficiency with standard computer operating systems and software
• Willingness to learn new skills and unfamiliar systems
• Ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and adapt to continuous interruptions while maintaining professionalism, detail, and accuracy
• Effective, efficient, and proactive oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated; ability to identify areas of improvement and work independently toward their solutions
• Ability to adjust work hours to meet the needs of the district
• Coachable and willing to constantly adapt to change
• Represent the district in a professional manner
• Strong team player
• Commitment to district and department mission statement

Principal Duties:

• Identify, address, and resolve any routing request, complaint, concern, or inefficiency; escalate when appropriate
• Prepares and maintains student routes
• Develop an in depth understanding of Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities' roadways and traffic patterns; apply this knowledge to the development of safe and efficient bus stops and routes
• Implement informed routing decisions through the collection, analysis and interpretation of available data
• Ensure specialized student transportation needs are fulfilled; pursue and maintain current knowledge of all student requirements (e.g. Individualized Education Plans, Medical Protocols)
• Ensure all routing decisions are in accordance with current district, state, and federal requirements
• Accurately complete reports and paperwork in a timely manner
• Assist daily with dispatching duties
• Work as a team member on various projects
• Answer telephone and appropriately handle requests
• Communicate with staff and parents
• Maintain confidential information
• Assist other team members, as assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Essential Functions:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, tools or controls; talk and hear. The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and forward 0 to 24 inches and on occasion up to 36 inches. The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp items. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds 0 to 12 feet and occasionally up to 20 feet, such as route materials, desks, chairs, and box