Regional Transportation Manager - Tampa, United States - IDEA Public Schools

IDEA Public Schools

Verified Company

Tampa, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Description

Role Mission:

The Regional Transport Manager (RTM) is responsible for the effective management of school bus transportation operations and performance reviews of a pre-determined number of campus transportation managers.

In this capacity, the RTM will administer the direction and control of all personnel, assets, and student riders assigned to regional transportation operations.

Additionally, the RTM will perform management functions of staff selection, development, discipline, performance reviews and/or terminations.

The RTM will also ensure that the campus transportation operations are managed in the most effective manner, this includes the proactive management of maintenance vendors, their performance and cost to the department, and the planning and scheduling of school buses within region to maximize vehicle utilization and capacity while minimizing non-productive down time and excessive overtime while complying with federal, state and local regulatory entities.

What We Offer

Compensation:

Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $73,955 and $90,225, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on organizational performance and goal attainment.

Other Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children.

Some of the special benefits we offer at IDEA include:

Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
Employer-Paid Mental/

Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Professional Development:

We offer staff opportunities to engage in identity-based affinity space and leadership training covering a variety of topics such as culturally competent leadership, models of equity, mitigating bias, and more.

Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses and professional development.

IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

What You Bring - Competencies:

Excellent communication skills both oral and written (Spanish Bilingual Strongly Preferred)
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 particularly in cost control
Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word and Power Point skills

Qualifications:

Education: Education: BA is required, or in place of a degree, 8+ years of relevant experience.
Experience:
At least three years of experience in a finance and/or data analyst related field
At least five years of progressive experience in employee hiring, screening and development
At least five years of progressive experience in Transportation Operations (Planning, scheduling and dispatching)

What You'll Do - Accountabilities:
100% of programmed schools in operation with buses, drivers and routes in place two weeks before the first day of school

Evaluate previous year(s) BOY execution, identify opportunities for improvement and develop strategy for continued success
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
Establishes efficient transportation solutions for new and existing campuses.
Coordinate among other headquarter auxiliary departments to ensure alignment in metrics for assessing success the overall BOY experience

100% of campuses meet or exceed Cost Per Rider and/or Cost Per Mile goal

Assesses root cause of financial variance; establishes actions to mitigate/recover.
Educates / aligns 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 ca