Details
Posted: 03-May-22
Location: Portland, Oregon
Type: Full Time
Required Education: High School
Salary: $28 - $32 per hour
Salary Details:
DRIVER BONUS OFFERED:
Candidates with current Oregon school bus driving credentials, sign on bonus of $2,500 after 30 days, and retention bonus of $4,000 after completing one full year (not available for current CGS employees)
Candidates who need CDL School cert: $1500 after obtaining certification and $1500 after one year
In order to be considered for this position you will need to apply at the school’s website:
https://www.catlin.edu/about/employment
Review of applications begins immediately, and position is open until filled.
Catlin Gabel School is seeking a School Transportation Coordinator to lead a team of professional drivers and run a dynamic support system for daily routes, athletics, and day/overnight trips throughout the Pacific Northwest. We are looking for a creative leader with a customer service orientation to help us meet the expanding needs of our school transportation program. The successful candidate will bring prior experience and be excited to integrate with our current bus program. There is ample opportunity to build relationships in our K-12 community, lead innovation in sustainable transportation, and partner with other private schools.
Job Summary: The Transportation Coordinator facilitates the daily operations of the transportation program and assists the Facilities Manager and drivers in conducting a safe, efficient, and resilient program that fully meets school and regulatory requirements. The Transportation Coordinator also drives school buses and vans regularly.
Pay Rate: $28 - $32 per hour
DRIVER BONUS OFFERED:
- Candidates who need CDL School cert: $500 sign on bonus after 30 days, $1000 after obtaining certification and $1500 after 1 year of employment.
- Candidates with CDL receive sign on bonus of $500 after 30 days of employment, $1,000 after training is completed and $3,000 after 1 year of employment.
- Candidates with current Oregon school bus driving credentials receive a sign on bonus of $2,000 after 30 days, and retention bonus of $4,000 after completing 1 full year of employment (not available for current CGS employees)
Catlin Gabel School offers the following benefits to all eligible employees regularly working 20 or more hours (.5 FTE) per week:
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 403b retirement plan with 6% employer match (2% minimum contribution)
- Life and disability insurance employer paid
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Twelve paid holidays per year
- Employee assistance program for you and your family
- Professional development funds
- Tuition remission for employee children accepted into the academic program
Job Responsibilities:
- Coordinates ground transportation program, processing requests, creating bus schedules, making driver assignments, renting vehicles, contracting charters, and preparing trip documentation
- Provides single point conduit for communication daily, receiving and disseminating rider changes and trip updates between parents, After School Program, and drivers
- Monitors bus locations and progress, providing information to community as needed and support to drivers as requested
- Partners with Beginning and Lower School and After School Program leadership on rider needs, escorting younger students, and adjusting rider lists daily
- Coordinates bus availability, bus preparation, and trip documentation with bus mechanic
- Observes all safety regulations and policies
- Drives school buses and rental vehicles as needed
- Manages the Transportation Inbox and communicates appropriately as needed
- High school diploma or GED required
- At least one year of administrative office work required
- Ability to safely operate large school buses and pass state medical exam for bus drivers
- Current CDL large bus driver OR obtains Oregon Commercial Driver License within 90 days of employment and completes all School Bus Driver training and endorsements within 4 months of employment; afterward maintains training and documentation to stay driver qualified
- Two years of experience driving school buses in city traffic preferred