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About the Role

The Transportation Supervisor provides daily leadership for safe, efficient, and student-centered transportation services. This role supervises staff, coordinates service delivery, supports routing and specialized transportation, monitors compliance, responds to operational issues, and collaborates with stakeholders to improve service.

Responsibilities

Supervise assigned transportation staff, including work assignments, coaching, attendance management, performance appraisals, and documentation.
Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and consistent application of collective agreements, policies, and procedures.
Coordinate daily staffing, dispatch, route coverage, extracurricular trips, special trips, and related records.
Monitor daily operations and respond to absences, late buses, breakdowns, weather impacts, road closures, route disruptions, and emergencies.
Review and improve routes, schedules, stops, and turnarounds for safety, efficiency, capacity, travel time, and service effectiveness.
Maintain accurate route, stop, student, vehicle, and operating records; prepare notices, maps, analysis, and reports; audit routes on a no-notice basis.
Utilize transportation systems, including BusPlanner, GPS, radio, CCTV, and related applications, to support operations, reporting, and service improvements.
Ensure compliance with CBVRCE policies, applicable legislation, regulatory requirements, driver standards, training requirements, and safety practices.
Document and support follow-up for collisions, incidents, occupational injuries, safety concerns, and emergency service changes.
Collaborate with programs, Student Services, schools, and families to support specialized transportation, accommodations, and student conduct matters.
Communicate with staff, schools, families, students, regulators, emergency services, contractors, and community partners, including written responses and service notices.
Coordinate with maintenance staff and monitor assigned third-party services to support safe, serviceable vehicles and compliant service delivery.
Perform responsibilities delegated by the Coordinator of Transportation during absences or as operational needs require.
Complete other related duties within the scope of the position.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
A minimum of three (3) years of related supervisory or leadership experience involving a large workforce or unionized environment.
Experience in transportation operations, dispatch, routing, fleet operations, logistics, or comparable service delivery.
Demonstrated knowledge of legislation, regulations, and safety requirements governing student transportation, including provincial Motor Carrier requirements.
Experience using transportation routing or operations systems such as BusPlanner, GPS, digital mapping, fleet, or dispatch applications.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and the ability to prepare accurate records, analysis, reports, and communications.
Strong organizational, analytical, decision-making, conflict-resolution, and communication skills.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, and provide respectful, inclusive service.
Valid Nova Scotia driver's license.

Skills

Microsoft 365 proficiency
Record keeping
Analysis
Report preparation
Communication
Organizational skills
Analytical skills
Decision-making skills
Conflict-resolution skills
Independent work
Priority management
Confidentiality
Respectful service delivery
Inclusive service delivery

Location

CBVRCE Transportation Department

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3 years of related supervisory or leadership experience

Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

$74,931 to $93,665

About the Company

The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education is responsible for the administration of the public school system within Cape Breton and Victoria counties, supporting approximately 12,000 students in 38 schools.
We foster a caring, dynamic, and creative environment that provides educational opportunities, promotes a love of learning, respect for others, and challenges all persons to develop their full potential to become confident, versatile, lifelong learners and thinkers.
We are committed to ensuring the success and achievement of all students within a culturally responsive, safe, and inclusive school environment.
Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the students we serve.

Equal Opportunity

The Centre for Education welcomes applications from Indigenous People, African Canadian and other racially visible persons, members of the 2SLBGTQI++ community, persons with disabilities and women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.
If you are a member of one of these equity groups, we encourage you to apply and self-identify on your application.
Applicants with disabilities who require assistance during the application process may contact Michelle MacLeod at 902-562-6476 or michellemacleod@cbvrce.ca to request reasonable accommodations.