Services Representative II

First Student; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

First Student is seeking a dispatcher to serve as the main contact for clients regarding routing, student information, and school schedules. You will collaborate with Field Operations to ensure driver compliance and manage daily trips to start on time and run smoothly.

This role requires excellent communication via phone, email, text, and chat with school districts, transportation partners, and team members.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high levels of customer service and care.
• Strong communication skills across phone, email, text, and chat.
• Ability to navigate multiple computer systems and applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for clients regarding routing, student information, and schedules.
• Work with Field Operations to ensure driver compliance with district/state standards.
• Manage day-to-day scheduled trips, ensuring timely starts, on-time execution, and issue resolution.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Multitasking

Tools

CRM software

Ticketing systems

Job description

• Act as the main point of contact for clients in regard to routing, student information, school schedules, etc.
• Work with Field Operations to ensure driver compliance is completed and up to date per school district and state standards.
• Manage the day to day scheduled trips, ensuring trips have been started, are running on time, completed and troubleshoot trips that need immediate attention.
• Effectively communicate via telephone, email, text message, and chat applications with a school districts, transportation partners and team members.
• This position requires a high level of customer service communication and care
• Handle escalated situations with a sense of urgency, calmness, and professionalism
• When applicable, Agents assigned to bilingual speaking roles will be required to meet all expectations in their designated language as outlined in this document
• Manage the day to day scheduled trips, ensuring trips have been started, are running on time, completed and troubleshoot trips that need immediate attention.
• Receive incoming Clients calls with a high level of professionalism and care
• Problem-solve transportation concerns from parents, clients, and Transportation Partners
• Effectively communicate via telephone, email, text message, and chat applications with a wide variety of customers, clients and employees
• Successfully navigate multiple computer systems and applications simultaneously
• When applicable, Agents assigned to bilingual speaking roles will be required to meet all expectations in their designated language as outlined in this document
• Ability to cross-train and assist in other departments or projects at your manager's request. This would typically be done between call volume peaks
• Handle escalated situations with a sense of urgency, calmness, and professionalism
• Detail and solution orientated while being part of a team environment
• Duties and responsibilities are not limited to above descriptions and can be modified or changed at the discretion of Management.

Major Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for clients in regard to routing, student information, school schedules, etc.
• Work with Field Operations to ensure driver compliance is completed and up to date per school district and state standards.
• Manage the day to day scheduled trips, ensuring trips have been started, are running on time, completed and troubleshoot trips that need immediate attention.
• Effectively communicate via telephone, email, text message, and chat applications with a school districts, transportation partners and team members.
• This position requires a high level of customer service communication and care
• Handle escalated situations with a sense of urgency, calmness, and professionalism
• When applicable, Agents assigned to bilingual speaking roles will be required to meet all expectations in their designated language as outlined in this document
• Manage the day to day scheduled trips, ensuring trips have been started, are running on time, completed and troubleshoot trips that need immediate attention.
• Receive incoming Clients calls with a high level of professionalism and care
• Problem-solve transportation concerns from parents, clients, and Transportation Partners
• Effectively communicate via telephone, email, text message, and chat applications with a wide variety of customers, clients and employees
• Successfully navigate multiple computer systems and applications simultaneously
• When applicable, Agents assigned to bilingual speaking roles will be required to meet all expectations in their designated language as outlined in this document
• Ability to cross-train and assist in other departments or projects at your manager's request. This would typically be done between call volume peaks
• Handle escalated situations with a sense of urgency, calmness, and professionalism
• Detail and solution orientated while being part of a team environment
• Duties and responsibilities are not limited to above descriptions and can be modified or changed at the discretion of Management.

Language Requirement

This role requires English proficiency. Federal, state, and local requirements, including U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, require training, safety communications, company policies, employment documents, and other job-related communications be conducted in English.

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.