7D Bus Driver

Anticipated Opening

School Spring# 5406961

Work Year: 12 months

Benefits include Health, Dental, and Retirement for full-time employees after the probationary period.

Salary: $19.90/hr, 40/Week (position may start as a Substitute - $15/hr)

Organizational Relationship or Line of Authority:

Directly responsible to the Transportation Coordinator

Job Goals:

To provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the district’s curriculum and extracurricular program.

Statement of Duties:

• Obeys traffic laws.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses.
• Maintains discipline when students are on the bus.
• Reports undisciplined students to the proper authority.
• Keeps the assigned bus clean.
• Keeps to the assigned schedule.
• Checks the bus before each operation for mechanical defects.
• Notifies the proper authority in case of mechanical failure or lateness.
• Discharges students only at authorized stops.
• Exercises responsible leadership when on out-of-district school trips.
• Transports only authorized students.
• Reports all accidents and completes required reports.
• Enforces regulations against smoking and eating on the bus.
• Performs all duties as indicated by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designees and the policies of the Haverhill School Committee.

Qualifications:

• Valid 7D License
• Demonstrate qualities of neatness/cleanliness.
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to change, be compatible with children and adults, and be able to function in a school environment.
• Demonstrate aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.
• Excellent customer service, problem-solving, and communication skills required.
• Some dispatching may be required.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications the Superintendent of Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.

An Equal Opportunity Employer:

The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.