Transportation Dispatcher
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Job Location:
Manchester - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
TheManchester School Districtoffers a full benefits package to all eligible employees including:
- Anthem Medical insurance
- Anthem Vision insurance
- Delta Dental insurance
- Company funded HSA for select Anthem health plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Gym Reimbursement
- Company sponsored life insurance
- 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan
- Vision discounts
- Medical incentive rewards
- Employee assistance program
- Many more.
Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Knowledge of local streets
- Excellent Customer Service Skills and Interpersonal Skills
- Intermediate Computer skills including the entire Microsoft Office and Google products
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in supervisory role preferred
- Strong communication skills verbal and written
- Ability to prioritize tasks and service coverage effectively
- Possession of or ability to obtain;
- New Hampshire School Bus Certificate
- DOT Medical Examiners Certificate
- DOE Criminal History Records Check Clearance Certificate
- Previous dispatch experience preferred
- Understanding of school transportation industry preferred
- Ability to work independently
Specific Core Function:
- This position is responsible for daily school bus operations interacting with Operations and Maintenance Staff and providing customer support services.
Responsibilities of the Position:
- Open and close dispatch office
- Ensure all routes are staffed for the day; assign substitute drivers as needed; plan schedules and assign drivers for additional work including field trips athletic events etc in accordance with District policies and current CBA language.
- Ensure driver fitness for duty
- Coordination of vehicle maintenance and availability; communicate issues to and from drivers as needed
- Maintenance and distribution of daily crew sheets additional work assignments and other reporting
- Tracking of daily attendance time off requests (including approvals and denials) and perfect attendance for drivers
- Communicating with drivers school district personnel and parents in a timely and professional manner; communication via two-way radio telephone email and in person
- Ability to use considerable judgment diplomacy discretion and the ability to communicate clearly
- Must exercise extreme care in maintaining confidentiality and privacy
- Document and submit reports; including all documentation for complaints accidents routing changes etc.
- Be on-call in rotation for emergencies and after hours needs as scheduled; drive a bus as needed.
Specified Length/Hours:
This is a non affiliated position 228 day schedule 52 weeks and 40 hours per week.
Application Procedure:
The Manchester School District uses this Applicant Tracking on-line application platform please visit our site: The Manchester School Districts website
Key Skills
- Typing
- Data Entry
- Customer Service
- AS400
- Transportation Management Systems
- Computer Skills
- Paratransit
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer Literacy
- Dispatching
- Logistics
- Phone Etiquette
