DMPS Seeks Part-Time Employees in Several Areas
DMPS hosted a job fair on July 7, at the Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families.
DMPS plans to fill several part-time job openings in childcare, food service and transportation. Open positions pay $10.00 – 18.00/hr.
If you were unable to attend the district’s job fair on July 7, there’s still time to apply.
Here’s a description of the work available:
Metro Kids Care
Metro Kids Care is a fee-based before and after school childcare program available in elementary schools on school days.
All kindergarten through fifth-grade students are eligible. Program hours are 6:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. On non-school days, all-day child-care services are available at regional sites.
Our Mission: Metro Kids Care maintains the integrity of the Des Moines Public Schools mission by providing enrichment activities that encourage children to further their educational and social development by participating in creative, technical, recreational and interactive opportunities while attending before and after school programming.
Our Goals: To serve the families of Des Moines Public Schools by providing safe, affordable and developmentally appropriate childcare programming for grade K-5 children.
To apply for a position with Metro Kids Care, click here.
Food and Nutrition Services
On any given school day, nearly 25,000 meals are served in our schools, both breakfast and lunch! Throughout the school year, almost 400 employees at over 50 locations work to make sure that nutritious and safe food is provided to the students and staff of Des Moines Public Schools.
DMPS school nutrition professionals care for the children they serve, and through strict food safety procedures and staff training, school nutrition professionals maintain a superior safety record while providing nutritious meals to thousands of children each day.
Join our team and help feed the children in our community!
To apply for a position with DMPS Food and Nutrition Services, click here.
Transportation
Looking for some part-time work? Driving a school bus is a good paying, and rewarding job.
The school district’s Transportation Department employs 195 people who drive and maintain the school district’s 136 busses, safely delivering 11,000 students each day to and from their schools.
DMPS bus drivers operate a school bus in a safe and efficient manner to insure the safety of passengers. Key areas of responsibility include:
- Providing guidance to bus associates.
- Performing visual bus safety inspection at the start of each route.
- Keeping your bus clean.
- Maintaining appropriate student behavior on the bus and reporting policy infractions.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
DMPS will train qualified applicants and assist with the licensing and certification process.
To apply for a job driving a bus, or assisting a driver, click here.
