Transportation Department- PM Dispatcher

Position Type:
Transportation/Dispatch

Date Posted:
5/4/2026

Location:
OCS Transportation Department

Transportation PM Dispatcher

Job Goal: To communicate with schools and athletic groups to ensure transportation is up to date on field trip requests. Coordinate a uniform two-way communication and information delivery system that distributes consistent and reliable information designed to communicate the needs and essential messages of the school's transportation community.

Job Type: Classified

Job Class Code: 7908

Position Type: Hourly

Reports to: Transportation Office Manager

Terms of Employment: Compensation will be based on 260 contract days on the board-approved 108 salary schedule. This position requires an 8-hour workday.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. High school graduate.
2. Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class B with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements.
3. State Certified Driver Training Instructor.
4. Computer skills, Word, Excel, Power Point, with some clerical experience helpful.
5. General supervisory skills.
6. A working knowledge of the responsibilities of all transportation staff.
7. Public relations skills.
8. Physical ability to properly operate safety equipment and assist students (push, pull and lift 45 pounds and bend at the waist, kneel and lift hands over head).

Performance Responsibilities:

1. Receive and deliver all two-way radio communications during assigned work schedule.
2. Serve as a steady resource with a working knowledge of Transportation laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
3. Provide routing directions and maps to drivers and assist them with navigation of bus routes, local streets, roads, and highways as needed.
4. Promote professional communication of all transmissions over the two-way radio.
5. Assume responsibility for knowing current bus route data and assist in delivering information to parents and school staff.
6. Communicate in a friendly, helpful, and efficient manner.
7. Teach training classes and develop training materials as needed.
8. Prepare and provide parents with late bus information via the Infinite Campus messaging system in the absence of a transportation secretary.
9. Coordinate field trips to include driver coverage, trip reports, and monthly billing. Fill and process field trip tickets for drivers on a daily basis. Setup and maintain round robin and team assignments for all schools.
10. Performs other duties as may be assigned by the Transportation Office Manager or the Director of Transportation.

Adopted: July 1, 2022

Revised: April 2026