Bus Assistant
- Pay
- $18 per hour
- Location
- New York, NY
- Listed
- 30 days ago
About the role
Anticipated Start Date: Immediate Hire
Work Location and Hours
This is a fully in-person position requiring attendance five days per week, Monday through Friday, with one of the following schedules: 3:30-6:00 PM or 1:00-3:30 PM. Remote or work-from-home options are not available for this role.
Who You Are
- An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
- A flexible professional who feels comfortable making quick adjustments to their work in response to scholar needs.
- A collaborative teammate who is eager to learn, model and uphold bus safety for all scholars.
- A strong communicator who will build rapport with school leaders regarding route updates, parent pickup, scholar behavior on bus rides and overall operations of the bus route schedule
What You'll Do
- Monitor daily school bus activities to reinforce bus safety protocols and keep scholars safe.
- Ensure safe loading and unloading of scholars to and from destinations.
- Work as part of a team with the driver to assist with urgent and emergency bus evacuation procedures.
- Perform routine cleaning and attending to spills or body fluids that occur due to student illness or behavior.
- As necessary, fill out incident report forms, and document injuries of students or others while riding on the bus.
- Call families to get an ETA when they are not at the stop waiting for scholars.
- Supervise any scholars who need to be returned to school until their families pick them up.
- Email the school leadership team to summarize any safety incidents that needed to be addressed with scholars and families.
- Perform other duties as requested by school leadership or the bus driver.
Compensation
This position will pay $18/hour.
Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
From Democracy Prep Public Schools's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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Common questions
What is the salary for the Bus Assistant role at Democracy Prep Public Schools?
The Bus Assistant posting at Democracy Prep Public Schools states compensation of $18 per hour. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Democracy Prep Public Schools's official career site.
Where is the Bus Assistant job at Democracy Prep Public Schools located?
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