Transportation Director jobs in Paramus, NJ

Sunrise Day Camp, for children ages 3 ½ - 16, is the only dedicated full summer day camp in the world for children with cancer and their siblings. It is a camp designed to meet the emotional, social, recreational and physical needs of these children while allowing them to enjoy the comforts and safety of their own homes at night.

Sunrise Day Camp offers a full, multi-week summer activity program plus year- round camp-like programs. These additional programs take place at our campgrounds and other locations that provide exclusive use of their facilities. Additionally, our in-hospital program Sunrise On Wheels allows children to experience “camp” in the hospital by providing activities for those who are awaiting treatment.

Best of all, Sunrise Day Camp is offered free of charge to all children being treated for cancer and their siblings on a non-sectarian basis. By raising the needed funds from outside sources instead of charging the parents, we can help to alleviate some of the costs, and the related stress, that parents incur caring for a sick child throughout the year. Children who have received medical clearance from their physicians are welcome to attend.  Though 7.5 weeks of camp programming is offered, children may register and attend any and every day they feel well enough to do so.

Camp Dates: June 27-August 16 with mandatory training sessions in June. Dates TBD

Transportation Director Position

Position Requirements for Transportation Director:

• Detail- Oriented and Organized
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to work well under pressure
• A can-do attitude who will do what it takes to get the job done
• Advanced Microsoft Suite Skills
• Must be available from late April/early May-end of August and occasionally throughout the year

Position Purpose: To work with the Camp Director, Registrar, camper families, bus provider and bus counselors to safely, and with the least amount of travel time needed, transport all children who need transportation to and from camp and year-round programs.

Role in Relation to the Bus Provider

• Schedule bus arrival at camp to be between 9:30 and 10:00am and departure from camp at 3:45pm.
• Determine specific times for each pick-up and drop-off along the routes
• Determine best routes and pick-up/drop-off locations for campers to travel less than 1 hour 15 minutes to the program site
• Inform the bus provider of any bus route changes needed for recent registrations on a daily and long-term basis and work with the bus provider to verify and modify routes. It is not necessary to contact them for recent registrants on existing routes
• Keep the bus provider informed of driver behavior, camper health, cleanliness and safety issues on the bus as it may impact the bus or route
• Review and adjust all transportation bills prior to submitting for final approval
• Work with bus provider to change bus sizes as warranted throughout the summer
• Have contact information at all times readily available for the head of the bus provider as well as the dispatcher
• Determine the procedure with the bus provider in the event of a breakdown during transport and ensure that a back-up bus is dispatched immediately.
• Be aware of the how many days it takes the bus provider’s to add additional stops to existing routes and how much time it takes to find a driver and create a new route.
• Maintain a list of the routes with pick-up and drop-off times and locations as well as the names and contact information for the bus counselors assigned

Role in Relation to Emergencies and Traffic Delays and Special Events:

Bus Breakdowns

• Bus Counselor contacts the Transportation Coordinator Bus Driver contacts bus provider
• Transportation Coordinator contacts the bus provider to find out resolution and time table of resolution, bus replacement, etc.
• Transportation Coordinator works with Bus Counselor to set a plan in place to contact parents at each of the stops and update families.
• The bus counselor needs to keep campers calm and occupied

Traffic Delays

• If the bus is running late prior to its route, the bus driver or bus provider will contact the Transportation Coordinator who in turn will inform the Bus Counselor to contact the families and advise them of the delay and estimated pick-up time.
• If the bus is running late while in route with the Bus Counselor on board, the Bus Counselor should first advise the Transportation Coordinator and then contact the parents on the route to inform them of the delay.
• Transportation Coordinator works with Bus Counselor to set a plan in place to contact parents at each of the stops and update families.

Role in Relation to Families

• Determine the closest cross streets of the camper’s residence and if the camper can get to a pre-existing hub pick-up site or has a ‘no transportation available’ issue
• Assign and relate the transportation information to the families in advance of the child’s first day of attendance

Role in Relation to Bus Counselors:

• Determine how the Bus Counselors will get to and from the pick-up/drop-off site and assign them to the appropriate route
• Train and supervise Bus Counselors before and during the summer
• Ensure that there are at least two bus counselors on each large bus from the beginning to the end of the route
• Have Bus Counselors call at arrival and departure at each stop
• Have Bus Counselors call the families to introduce themselves
• Create a binder (one per bus) for each Bus Counselor that contains the following:Bus Counselor handbook, Bus games list, Pouch with pen and forms noting if campers need lunches that day or do not have their swimsuit, Daily Attendance list by day with space for notes for that day, Copy of the camper’s application form for each camper on the bus, Camper Emergency contact list, Emergency numbers for camp, Camp Director’s phone number, Wellness Center phone number, and Transportation Coordinator’s personal and camp-provided cell phone numbers

Role in Relation to the Camp Registrar

• Keep informed of new registrations as they come in and assign routes to the campers so route adjustments can be made with the bus provider
• Inform Camp Registrar of the camper’s assigned bus for input into the data base
• Provide to Camp Registrar a list of routes, the names of Bus Counselors and campers on each bus, Bus Counselor contact information and projected pick-up/drop-off times
• Camp Registrar should provide copies of application forms and emergency contact numbers to be included in the Bus Counselor Binders
• Camp Registrar should provide Identification badges for all bus drivers to be distributed by the Transportation Coordinator in coordination with the Bus Provider
• Provide Camp Registrar with daily bus attendance

Job Type: Contract

Pay: From $1,700.00 per month

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Orangeburg, NY 10962: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person