Position Type:Administration and Professionals
Date Posted:2024-04-09
Location:Cuyahoga Heights Depot
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: Administration or As AssignedReports to: Executive Director, Facilities & OperationsFLSA Status: ExemptSalary Band: 14Compensation: $63,240.00 - $88,536.00The Assistant Depot Manager of Transportation Operations will manage a complicated transportation routing system for our 39,000 students in the District. This position provides an individual with superior operations and administrative skills the opportunity to serve as a key contributor to the success of the Cleveland Plan. As the Assistant Manager of our Transportation function, the Manager will also serve as a member of the operations team to ensure our students have their baseline needs supported everyday as they come to school. The Assistant Depot Manager, Transportation reports to the Director of Transportation.
Responsibilities- Manages approximately 150 transportation staff including Bus Drivers and various other classified staff to consistently deliver high impact transportation services so that our schools are positioned to achieve student growth
- Assures that the performance measures for the department are met and evaluates team members based on the metrics as well as ability to perform all functions of their roles
- Recommends reassignments and disciplines to ensure the strongest team is providing our transportation services
- Monitors bus routes and makes recommendations around changes as appropriate
- Investigates any transportation accidents or incidents
- Works with the Director to further develop the department procedure manual
- Be responsible for the daily coverage of routes and provide backup coverage for uncovered routes due to illness, timing conflicts, etc.
- Maintain in a timely manner attendance, accident, tardiness, disciplinary and other records on each driver assigned
- Investigate daily and / or resolve complaints or problems concerning his / her drivers as directed
- Submit to the director any investigations of transportation accidents and incidents according to established guidelines and procedures
- Prepare detailed and concise accident and incident reports and submit to appropriate personnel
- Apply progressive discipline procedures for attendance, tardiness, absences, accidents, etc.
- Monitor radio logs for incidents, accidents, breakdowns, etc.
- Monitor the daily call-off sheet and submit operations reports daily
- Conduct conferences with individual drivers or groups as needed
- Manage Medicaid billing reports if needed
- Provides professional development for bus drivers
- Hears grievance and disciplinary hearings for the Transportation Department
- Understands and cultivates relationships with the community including, principals, the three unions representing transportation employees, business, families, and Cleveland Metropolitan School District staff
- Serves as liaison to federal, state and local government agencies as necessary
- Partners with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to coordinate school transportation operations
- Resolves issues quickly around bus routes, department operations, student safety, policies and procedures
- Manages daily inspections and oversees daily activities to comply with applicable local ordinances and State laws, rules and regulations as required by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Highway Patrol
- Prepares Federal, State and Ohio Department of Education required reports
- All duties as assigned
Qualifications- A strong commitment to the students in CMSD and a personal sense of accountability around the ultimate success of the Cleveland Plan
- Excellent administration skills
- Strong ability to solve problems quickly and remain flexible
- Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written, as well as relationship, negotiation, and influencing skills
- Ability to manage and support a large, diverse team of people
- Strong customer service ethic
- Ability to maintain composure under stress
- Ability to work independently and maximize opportunities within aligned upon boundaries
- Demonstrated can-do attitude around significant challenge
- Knowledge of and ability to understand and interpret applicable policies, state and federal laws relating to Transportation codes, regulations and guidelines
- Associates degree required, Bachelor's degree preferred in Business Management, public or pupil transportation and public relations
- Five (5) years' experience preferred in Employee Management, public or pupil transportation in an urban setting
- Public Regulatory experience required
- Must be able to acquire an Ohio Commercial Driver's License within one year of employment
- Experience as a supervisor in a school district transportation department preferred
- Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) and aptitude to learn routing systems
Working Conditions/Physical Demands - Expected moving, walking and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment
- Local travel may be required for training/meetings
EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####...@ClevelandMetroSchools.org