Regional Director of Transportation Services

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Opportunity
The Regional Director of Transportation (RDT) will manage the daily operations for all student
transportation services in Houston. They will manage the regional budget and their direct reports and uphold all contract expectations with the local vendors. The RDT will also coordinate the routing of pupil transportation for regular and special needs programs districtwide to ensure safe, efficient, timely, and economical transportation services. The RDT will also be responsible for the daily tracking of student ridership and other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify any trends that could yield further efficient and safer transportation services.

Key Responsibilities
Regional Director of Transportation will:

• Recommendation and Development of Bus Routes
  • Develop an optimal number of single and double-tiered bus routes for all eligible students at KIPP Texas Public Schools for General Populations, Special Populations, and McKinney Vento
  • Manage all aspects of the transportation routing software, including but not limited to the transfer of annual student information from the organization’s SIS
  • Support every Regional Manager of Transportation by analyzing the re-enrollment and registration student data to assess the number of routes required for the school year
  • Support all Regional Managers of Transportation to stay within budget by making optimal changes to bus routes throughout the school year
• Logistical and Statistical Data Analysis
  • Utilize the transportation routing software to coordinate and review various data (stop creation, student ridership, on-time performance) and transportation requirements of eligible students from various audiences to recommend optimal routes
  • Work with School Operations and Regional Managers of Transportation to validate student ridership data
  • Analyze various reports, such as on-time performance, student ridership, weekly bus ridership trends, etc.
  • Determine the operational feasibility of operating bus routes through comparative analysis of multiple data systems
• Stakeholder Management
  • Foster successful business relationships with all vendors and various stakeholders throughout KIPP Texas
  • Connect monthly with the transportation routing software support team to stay up to date in new software features and updates
  • Provide guidance and explanations on detailed bus runs information and changes due to a range of circumstances to various audiences (schools, vendors, parents, and students)
  • Answer routine questions / investigate and resolve basic inquiries concerning bus routing, scheduling, and school boundaries and escalate highly complex inquiries to the Director of Student Transportation.
• Daily Transportation Operations for Houston
  • Directly manage all Transportation staff members in Houston
  • Facilitate professional development opportunities for the local Transportation team
  • Manage their payroll and PTO requests

Qualifications

• Routing scheduling software management skills; knowledge of the principles and practices of pupil transportation planning, scheduling, and route development
• Knowledge of safety standards, laws, codes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to pupil transportation
• Skills integrating special education ridership needs
• Exceptional project management skills, with an ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an energetic attitude; ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and quickly build rapport
• Skills and ability in organization, time management, task prioritization, and recordkeeping
• Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to produce high-quality work in a dynamic environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passionate about the KIPP Texas mission
• Service-oriented, able to adapt to a changing environment while applying flexibility to work under pressure and remaining calm amid competing demands
• Budget management experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Google applications (Sheets, Docs, Google Drive), with the ability to quickly learn new technologies (Slack, video conferencing apps, etc)
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or at least five (5) years of experience in school district transportation operations
• Must have reliable transportation to travel between campuses
• English fluency is required

Additional Information

Compensation & Benefits

Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise.

As a full time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, as well as life insurance and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.