Incumbent must achieve the following outcomes with or without reasonable accommodation

• Ensures the smooth and efficient operation of all elements of field trip services.
• Coordinates assignments daily on bus operator availability and in accordance with the Negotiated Agreement.
• Supervises and directs activities of field trip assistant(s).
• Maintains professional relationships and works cooperatively with employees, the community, and other professionals.
• Maintains professional competence through individual and staff training, in-service educational activities, and self-selected professional growth activities.
• Attends and/or conducts staff meetings and participates on committees within area of responsibility.
• Answers telephone calls and inquiries from principals, teachers, and parents.
• Approves trip tickets, properly separates, and forwards or returns appropriate copies to the school and files office copy. Coordinates trips per miles and cost, etc. Enters trip tickets into the computer.
• Assigns trips and serves as support for the office when necessary.
• Surveys market pricing to stay competitive.
• Dispatches drivers from one depot to another to cover assigned trips and to maintain schedules.
• Prepares field trip assignments and puts them on the buses the evening before the field trip.
• Gives maps and directions for trips.
• Analyzes field trip requests, notifies school personnel of the approval of the field trips.
• Coordinates all aspects of APS trip request.
• Coordinator and contact for outside organization trip requests.
• Updates drivers with time or destination changes.
• Maintains contact with shop facilities on the wheelchair buses for availability.
• Answers inquiries on operators running late and students lost on trips.
• Coordinates contingency planning to compensate for problems.
• Responsible for making sure driver has proper clearance to badge in exterior gates on nights and weekends after hours.
• Maintains a customer response feedback log for field trips and forwards report to supervisor on as needed.
• Ability to obtain and maintain CDL class B with P and S endorsements and meet all DOT drug test requirements.
• Drives bus routes and dispatches when needed.
• Work overtime when required.
• Performs other tasks related to area of responsibilities as requested or assigned by an immediate supervisor.