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Minibus Driver

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Leigh Trust, Nansen Junior and Infant School, Naseby Road, Birmingham, B8 3HG
Salary
£24,027 to £25,992 pro rata
Closing date
12 Feb 2025
Reference
JOB003068

Job Details

Job start date: 1 March 2025  

Hours per week: 17 term time only  

Leigh Trust
Nansen Junior and Infant School
Naseby Road
Birmingham
B8 3HG
Telephone number: 0121 809 9837

Contact email: enquiry@leightrust.co.uk

Contract type: Permanent

Leigh Trust is a Multi Academy Trust within Birmingham, with seven large primary schools (one of which is located in Walsall). We are looking to recruit an experienced Minibus driver to support our family of schools.

Specific Responsibilities:

• driving a Leigh Trust Mini-Bus. Collecting and dropping off students at designated locations and times

• ensuring the vehicle is clean before and after use

• maintaining the school's image; working attire should be worn at all times and kept in a clean and tidy condition

• working within health and safety guidelines and other guidelines that may be issued from time- to-time

• working within the constraints and guidelines as set out in the Minibus Drivers’ Operation Instructions

• daily inspection of the school bus, prior to setting off on a journey, to ensure roadworthiness, serviceability, and duty of care

• deliver vehicles to dealership for minor repairs and warranty work to be undertaken

• to complete log/record of journeys undertaken

• adhere to the minibus booking procedure

• complete the weekly inspection list on the vehicles

• ensuring that the vehicle documents and equipment on board the bus is are kept up to date and safety checks are carried out on the fire extinguishers

• monitoring the levels of petrol and fluid levels, to ensure efficiency and safety. Filling up the vehicles with petrol as and when required

• reporting any concerns about the road worthiness of the vehicles to the Trust Sports Lead

• driving the school bus in an appropriate manner with due regard to safety and speed limits

• supervision of students on the school bus to ensure they follow the pupil code of conduct whilst on board

• enforcement of the school minibus policy and the reporting of any incidents or unsatisfactory behaviour to the Headteacher

• communicating, using agreed school protocols, with parents of pupils on the bus to ensure efficient and safe practice

• dealing with accidents/incidents and reporting them to the School Office/Head Teacher/Trust Sports Lead as appropriate

• any other relevant and appropriate occasional duties that may be required by the Trust Sports Lead

• the role may occasionally involve some after school work and weekend work

• the successful candidate will be required to undertake a driving assessment. They must have a clean category D1 license without restrictions and have been driving for the last 3 years; MIDAS training is essential and can be provided

• the duties of this post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed

• individuals have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people he/she is responsible for or comes into contact with.

• to ensure all tasks are carried out with due regard to Health and Safety

• to undertake appropriate professional development including adhering to the principle of performance management

• to adhere to the ethos of the school

• to promote the agreed vision and aims of the school

• to set an example of personal integrity and professionalism

Any other duties as commensurate within the grade in order to ensure the smooth running of the school. 

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply:

If you would like to apply for this position, please complete the application form via the MyNewTerm portal

Interviews: 25 February 2025.

Only applications submitted via MyNewTerm will be considered.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.  

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.  

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.  

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.   

For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies  

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Telephone
0121 675 7070
Location
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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