2026/27 Driver/ Dispatcher

Daily Duties

• Keep accurate daily records of all calls.
• Adhere to all State, National, and Board policies as it relates to student transportation.
• Notifying schools and patrons of late arriving buses, accidents, breakdowns by using the district's notification system.
• Maintaining vehicle locations utilizing computerized satellite systems.
• Screens daily phone communications.
• Overseeing fleet capabilities regarding breakdowns and incident response.
• Covering all radio communications.
• Coordinating all radio communications.
• Key liaison between Emergency Management Services and Transportation Services involving vehicle location and movement during high priority events.
• Video monitoring of Transportation Services location for security purposes including maintaining visitor login/logout records and issuing badges.

Essential Job Functions

Essential Job Functions include but are not limited to:

• Create and maintain dispatch (SOP) Standard Operating Procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle problems and provide information and technical assistance as requested.
• Complying with safety guidelines and policies to reduce accidents or injury to staff or to students.
• Following school district dress standards, proper attendance or leave policies, and other work-habits concerns for staff.
• Creativity, initiative, and effective problem-solving are critical to the success of the position.
• Helping to manage the computerization of school district operations and Transportation Services computer programs.
• Providing training and support to district staff in the use of administrative computer systems.
• Performing such tasks to the ultimate benefit of the safe, effective and efficient student transportation.
• An incumbent in this position will utilize discretion, ingenuity and independent judgment due to the complexity of the job.

Physical Demands

• Sit 3-5 hours per day.
• Stand/walk 1-2 hours per day.
• Bend/stoop, squat/crouch, reach above shoulders, push/pull.
• Carry/lift up to 50 pounds.
• Use both hands for simple/firm grasping and fine manipulation.
• Visual requirements to observe surroundings and ensure safety of all.
• Hearing/speaking acumen enough to communicate effectively with others.
• Mental capacity to know safety procedures, specific facts of the job, and to solve problems.
• Working outdoors or with temperature changes.