Special Education Transportation Manager - IDEA Tarrant County (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools•Fort Worth, TX

6d•$68,886 - $79,908•Hybrid

About The Position

The SPED Transportation Manager (TSM) will be responsible for managing the daily business operations, programs, and staff of the Transportation SPED Department. The TSM's mission is to ensure operational readiness, effectiveness, and efficiency in the Transportation SPED Department at the campus level. The TSD adheres to the policies and procedures set forth by the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT), Louisiana Department of Transportation (LADOT), and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Specifically, the SPED Transportation Manager will be responsible for the design and implementation of operational platforms within the SPED Transportation that ensure goals are met while providing excellent service to internal and external customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required or at least 5 years relevant experience.
At least two years of experience in working with Special Education related field.
At least five years of progressive experience in employee hiring, screening and development.
At least two years of progressive experience in Transportation Operations (Planning, scheduling and dispatching).
Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
Develop records management processes and policies.
Identify areas to increase efficiency and automation of processes.
Create and maintain automated data processes.
Identify, evaluate and implement external services and tools to support data validation.
Produce and track key performance indicators.
Develop and support reporting processes.
Monitor and audit data quality.
Liaise with internal and external clients to fully understand data content.
Design and carry out surveys and analyses survey data.
Create data dashboards, graphs and visualizations.
Strong work ethic with personal drive for success exemplifying “whatever it takes” attitude.
Ability to work with schedules and deadlines as required, in a timely manner.
Excellent organizational skills.
Strong financial analytical skills including cost control.
Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word and Power Point skills.

Nice To Haves

Spanish Bilingual Strongly Preferred.
Master of Business Administration or other related advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage the daily business operations, programs, and staff of the Transportation SPED Department.
Ensure operational readiness, effectiveness, and efficiency in the Transportation SPED Department at the campus level.
Design and implement operational platforms within SPED Transportation to meet goals and provide excellent service.
Supervise SPED Assistant Managers.
Build upon BOY execution to develop tools (i.e. Quick Start guides, Playbooks, Checklists, etc.) to drive results in terms of successful replication of processes.
Improve the operational systems, processes, and policies in support of the Pickup & Drop Off strategies being used at the campus level.
Work with the HQ Route Manager to develop the most efficient Transportation SPED Routes.
Ensure SPED Transportation Managers are geo-coding all home addresses of SPED Students with ample time to conduct dry runs prior to FDOS.
Ensure SPED Transportation Managers are certifying 100% of the routes for safety and efficiencies.
Participate in the developing and improvement of recruitment tools (screening exercises, interviewing protocol) to screen and hire Transportation Managers and Bus Driver applicants.
Assist in the improvement of the onboarding process for Transportation HQ and Campus Managers; participate in the customization of the experience as needed.
Review departmental job satisfaction survey results and develop strategies for continuous improvement.
Evaluate previous year(s) BOY execution, identify opportunities for improvement and develop strategy for continued success.
Establish efficient transportation solutions for new and existing campuses.
Coordinate among other headquarter auxiliary departments to ensure alignment in metrics for assessing success of the overall BOY experience.
Partner with vendors 6 months prior on plan for providing product and service to new campuses.
Assess root cause of financial variance; establish actions to mitigate/recover.
Educate/align regional team on financial and operational performance metrics.
Coordinate with the Finance and Procurement Manager to develop trainings on operational efficiencies and best practices for campus Transportation managers throughout the academic year.
Monitor the Transportation Performance Tracker (monthly) and identify opportunities to decrease expenses and increase reclassified revenue.
Manage processes to ensure organizational goals and objectives are met including full oversight on all operational areas of the Department’s Budget.
Write departmental policies and procedures, with operational context, that align with the Company’s Human Resources and DOT compliance.
Ensure all Campus Transportation Managers adhere to all applicable organization, local, state and federal rules, regulations and operating procedures.
Enforce safety policies and procedures and make decisions in collaboration with the HR business partner regarding appropriate discipline for infractions.
Assist in creating, maintaining and communicating safety related policies and procedures, as well as ensuring that they are followed.
Investigate accidents, injuries or illnesses that occur in the workplace, and enlist assistance from other supervisory personnel or outside consultants if necessary. Investigation reports must include factual statements of what occurred, conclusions and recommendations for corrective or preventive actions.