On-Call Transportation Parent/Student Helper

Join Opportunity Council as a Transportation Parent/Student Helper to make a difference in your community while building a career. Opportunity Council has worked for 60 years to build just, equitable communities through service, investment, and collaboration.

What You Will Do

The Transportation Parent/Student Helper works with teachers, bus drivers, and the Transportation Specialist to provide transportation for children, aged two-and-a-half to five years old. Responsibilities include acting as a bus or van monitor, planning routing, and facilitating maintenance and repairs of vehicle.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We place a strong value in hiring individuals with lived experiences of, poverty and/or homelessness or who have previously participated in Opportunity Council programs or other social services.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Completion of the Parents as Staff Job Development Program
• Experience working with families or children under stress
• Training in early childhood education preferred
• Initial health examination indicates you are fit for duty and free from communicable disease within 60 days of hire
• Completed TB test and test results submitted to HR prior to hire date
• Criminal record check (Portable Background Check through DCYF)
• Current First Aid card and Infant/Child CPR training
• Washington State Food Handler’s Permit
• Valid Washington State driver’s license and five-year driving history within Opportunity Council’s Auto Insurance Standards

Benefits

• Paid time off earned on an accrual basis (vacation, sick, personal, holidays)
• Paid time off for wellness needs
• Employer-paid holidays
• Employer-paid HDHP and low-cost traditional health care options
• HSA and FSA plans, subject to plan terms
• Eligibility for critical illness insurance coverage
• 403(b) Retirement plan with employer contribution
• Eligibility for health coverage for legal dependents
• Eligibility for employee/family dental and vision coverage
• Voluntary benefits such as life insurance, long-term disability, and long-term care and personal legal services