2026-2027 Transportation/TIMS Coordinator

Title: Transportation Coordinator

Reports to: Director of Transportation

Terms of Employment: Full Time- 12 Months

Salary: $3357.70 - $3730.21

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt

Qualifications

High school diploma or GED or higher

Course work in typewriting or keyboarding, data entry, standard office computer

software or terminal operation.

Supervises:

None

Essential Job Functions:

• Approves personal reasons leave for drivers and assistants
• Effectively covers bus routes using standby drivers and substitutes, as well as other drivers with downtime
• Secures substitutes for absent drivers and assistants
• Maintains a daily log of all substitute drivers'' work assignments
• Maintains a detailed route sheet for early discoveries, citywide kindergarten, and special needs students
• Maintains and monitors two radio systems to dispatch drivers and communicate with the garage, supervisors, and administration
• Transports children in buses and automobiles in emergencies
• Assign buses to substitute drivers
• Informs schools of all changes in bus assignments daily
• Maintains a daily log of bus operations and activities, including breakdowns, calls to police, parents, schools, and administration
• Locates responsible parties to receive special needs students when parents or guardians are not available
• Makes general announcements to drivers and assistants
• Checks and reviews a variety of data for accuracy, completeness, and conformance to established standards and procedures
• Collects and prepares data for records and reports
• Maintains computerized records and generates appropriate reports
• Operates standard office, word processing, and data processing equipment
• Assists in answering office phones
• Performs related work as required

Physical and Cognitive Requirements:

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Transportation Coordinator job classification within Hoke County Schools.

Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

• Prepare, read, and comprehend a variety of job-related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation, and correspondence in all languages required by the job
• Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
• Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence
• Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints
• Write using standard conventions in all languages required by the job
• Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form
• Communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)
• Use/interpret job-related terminology, mathematical formulas, and functions effectively and efficiently
• Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress, and adapt when confronted with emergencies
• Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons
• Operate a motor vehicle
• Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other job-specific office equipment

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by

individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.