Transportation Specialist ORR (Bilingual Spanish)
About The Position
HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS) Nuevo Camino program is dedicated to providing 38 unaccompanied minors, ages 5-12, with a supportive, nurturing environment through transitional foster homes, daily education Monday - Friday, and supportive wrap-around services in the East Brooklyn section of New York City. Our program is rooted in ensuring that service delivery is trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and tailored to the needs of each child while maintaining all program requirements of ORR. Nuevo Camino is currently seeking a candidate for a position. The Transportation Specialist will be responsible for coordinating transportation and physically escorting children to appointments and other destinations. The Transportation Specialist will be responsible for organizing transports, tracking and logging specifics about transports, maintaining vehicles, providing safety training, and other travel-related duties.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required
- A valid driver's license and at least one year of driving experience to perform the job safely required
- Excellent navigation skills and proficiency in using navigation applications
- Time management and organizational skills to stay on schedule
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to interact with clients
- Ability to travel within the 5 boroughs of NYC, Long Island, and Westchester
- Bilingual Spanish
Nice To Haves
- Willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours with a possibility of being on call on nights/weekends, in the service of foster caregivers, families of origin, and persons served
Responsibilities
- Organize, navigate, and physically escort youth to various travel destinations possibly including airlines, trains, and buses.
- Coordinate transportation including organizing and navigating travel destinations, physically escorting, and supervising youth while in transit to scheduled and emergency appointments.
- Maintain a daily roster of times, dates, destinations, transporters, and length of transport.
- Maintain notebooks – includes inspecting logs for completion and accuracy.
- Maintain security over the vehicles and keys.
- Report vehicle needs and damage to maintenance and track all vehicle issues in regard to repair.
- Ensure daily cleanliness and upkeep of all vehicles – including inspecting for cleanliness, damage, proper equipment, and safe operation of the vehicle.
- Ensure vehicles are properly fueled.
- Participate in agency meetings and training as required.
Benefits
- Rewarding Work in a team environment.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
- 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
- Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
- Tuition Assistance Program.
- Professional Development opportunities.
- Wellhub Discount
- Verizon Wireless Discount.
- BJs Membership discount.
- Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
