Bilingual Transportation Specialist
$46,000–$46,000 year
On-siteTucson, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate transportation and physically escort children who have fled their country of origin to reunification efforts, including organizing travel destinations, navigating routes, and supervising youth during transit. Manage medical, clinical, and team transport while tracking and assigning doctor appointments, maintaining daily rosters, and documenting missed events. Ensure vehicle safety by inspecting cleanliness, fueling cars, securing keys, and reporting maintenance needs, while providing safety training to new hires. Maintain cell phone contact lists for staff and track safety checklists for weekly reporting. Requires 40-50% out-of-state travel, physical agility for lifting up to 100 pounds, and bilingual English/Spanish fluency.
Required Qualifications
- Must be able to travel out of state up to 40%-50% for reunification efforts
- High school diploma or GED
- Experience working with at-risk youth
- Bilingual English/Spanish fluency is required
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Applicants are required to pass an agility and strength evaluation
- Must have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, automotive insurance, and a good driving record
- Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, printers, fax machines, and photocopiers, as well as software including word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs
- Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/300,000 bodily liability coverage
- 21 years of age, valid state driver's license, reliable personal vehicle, and a good driving record
- Will be required to complete Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) and CPR training
- Schedule will vary depending on transport need; flexibility is needed
- Must be able to participate in physical interventions with youth when necessary
- Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds
- Use of manual dexterity, tactile, visual, and audio acuity
- Use of repetitive motion, prolonged periods of sitting and standing, and sustained visual and mental applications and demands
- Ability to travel frequently and drive vehicle while sitting for extended periods, with frequency varying based on program demands
Desired Qualifications
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Sensitivity to cultural diversity
- Enthusiastic self-starter
- Works well independently and as a team member
- The qualified candidate will follow a team concept and support agency goals, colleagues and ORR liaisons
- Candidate must be able to effectively work with and be respectful and sensitive to persons from various cultures, socioeconomic, ethnic, gender, gender identity, sexual identity, disability, religious, and racial backgrounds
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