Transportation Consultant, Student Transportation (Remote, Washington, DC)

The DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is seeking a senior Transportation Consultant with deep experience in professional school transportation within a state education environment. You will lead landscape analysis of the student transportation program, advise on routing (door-to-door), GPS tracking and monitoring, and system training, and guide OSSE on the path to procurement, with a focus on improving transportation costs and customer delivery. This is a remote role that requires onsite presence in Washington, DC about once a month. What you’ll do Perform transportation program landscape analysis and recommend cost and service-delivery improvements Advise on student routing with door-to-door services Apply knowledge of GPS tracking and monitoring systems Provide system training to OSSE staff and stakeholders Advise OSSE on the path to procurement during the landscape analysis phases Communicate technical concepts and complex data clearly to non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing What you need Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field (or equivalent experience); 15 plus years Considerable experience across professional school/student transportation in a state education environment (11 plus years) Knowledge and skill in routing and GPS systems (11 plus years) MS Office plus MS Project or other project-management software (11 plus years) Strong communication skills: able to articulate technical terms and complex data clearly to non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing Able to work remotely with onsite presence in Washington, DC about once a month (candidate covers onsite cost)