Lead Transportation Coordinator

The Opportunity

The Lead Transportation Coordinator provides assistance to the Regional Director of Transportation to ensure high levels of safety efficiency and customer satisfaction. The Lead Transportation Coordinator is responsible for the safe and quality Lead Transportation experience for all KIPPsters to and from school.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the data collection of Lead Transportation services metrics on ridership and change requests change request forms rosters and attendance. 
• Manage and communicate change(s) to request forms
• Collect performance metrics process the data acquiredand follow up with missing entries 
• Provide visual representation of performance via dashboard table or other reporting mechanisms required by the Regional Transportation Director
• Plan and execute meeting dates that will integrate school teams to Lead Transportation service needs
• Set up school orientations in collaboration with the Regional Director of Transportation 
• Develops maintains and adjusts daily weekly and long term transportation schedules to ensure timely and efficient routing of schools buses and vehicles.
• Coordinates driver and vehicle assignments to meet students needs field trips extracurricular activities and special education services.
• Monitors routing software and communicates with school staff families and drivers to resolve scheduling conflicts or delays.
• Collaborates with regional and campus based teams to adjust transportation schedules in response to enrollment changes weather events or emergency situations.
• Ensures compliance with state regulations and district policies regarding drive time student ride time and vehicle capacity.
• Tracks and reports on-time performance and schedule adherence; implements adjustments to improve operational efficiency.
• Serves as point of contact for last-minute or urgent scheduling changes including driver absences mechanical issues or late buses.

Schedules

Each team member serves as a regional employee responsible for supporting all campuses within their assigned region and is expected to travel throughout the region to fulfill operational needs. 

Team members will follow a staggered schedule that may include morning mid-day and afternoon shifts to ensure comprehensive coverage and operational support across all schools.

Qualifications :

• Basic reading and writing; plus 0-2 years of transportation experience preferably in a school setting
• Extreme flexibility with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate multiple changing priorities 
• Good manual dexterity
• Detail-oriented and self-directed 
• Work with a sense of urgency
• Ability to manage several tasks at once 
• Ability to identify problems and proactively find solutions 
• Commitment to tasks at hand 
• Strong ethics and a determination to make the campus operate safely efficiently and effectively
• Must be customer focused 
• Resourceful thrifty attitude 
• Willingness to learn 
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Basic computer skills preferred
• Fluent English preferred; not required

Additional Information :

Compensation and Benefits:

The starting salary for this position is $35000 and placement in the salary range is commensurate upon experience and internal equity.

As a full time 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 as well as 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 :

Full-time