Passenger Transport Driver
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Granville House, Telford
- Salary
- £10.90 per hour
- Closing date
- 26 Jun 2023
- Reference
- TWC000005499
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Highways / Transport / Traffic
- Contract Type
- Part time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Part Time
- Hours
- Part-Time
Job Details
Transport Team - Strategic Transport
Passenger Transport Driver
NJC Scale 3: £9,909.95 per annum
Permanent, 20 hours per week, Term Time only plus 1 week (additional week will be a training week)
Casual Passenger Transport Driver positions available - £11.18 per hour
This is an exciting opportunity to join Telford & Wrekin Council’s Transport Team who are responsible for the delivery of safe, reliable, sustainable, and innovative value for money transport services to the residents of Telford.
We are looking for permanent and casual drivers who want to help make a difference to the lives of people in Telford and Wrekin through providing specialist transport to passengers, including children with special educational needs, adults with disabilities, social care clients and members of the general public accessing bespoke transport services.
Drivers support clients and their families and work as part of a team with a Passenger Assistant to ensure the safety, comfort and dignity of all passengers at all times.
Successful candidates will possess good communication skills (both written and verbal) and organisational skills, be excellent team players and have a positive and flexible attitude.
We operate minibuses up to 16 seats, some require the D1 category on a licence in order to drive the vehicle and some do not, therefore we would welcome applications from applicants that do not hold the D1 category on their licence. Some geographical knowledge of Telford and Wrekin would be advantageous.
For further information on the role please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.
Along with your application please also submit a supporting statement outlining how you meet the Person Specification.
For an informal discussion, please contact Richard Walmsley at Richard.Walmsley2@telford.gov.uk
We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.
Sorry but CVs will not be accepted.
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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