Coach Park Assistant

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 3,500 - 4,200; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Council is seeking a Coach Park Assistant to support the Aylesbury School Coach Park. The role runs Monday to Friday during term time, delivering the safeguarding and supervision duties for students as they wait for and board buses after school.

You will work as part of the Client Transport Compliance and Safeguarding Team, ensuring the safety of around 1500 students and managing coach departures with vigilance and care.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain an enhanced DBS check.
• Term-time only, 5 hours per week (Mon-Fri, 1 hour per day).
• Ability to work with 11-17-year-old students and transport staff.

Responsibilities

• Supervise students waiting and boarding school buses.
• Ensure Health and Safety policies at the coach park are followed.
• Direct students back to school if they miss their transport or if incidents occur.
• Report late operation or misbehaviour to the relevant authority promptly.
• Return lost property to schools.

Skills

Student supervision

Health and safety

Clear communication

Job description

The Client Transport Team are looking to recruit a Coach Park Assistant who is available Monday to Friday – Term Time Only – 3.30pm to 4.30 pm.

The role is to work as part of a team supervising 11-17-year-old students waiting and boarding school buses in the afternoon at the Aylesbury Coach Park.

Please note, this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively neworganisation that combines the strengths and expertiseof the previousfive councils in the countytocreate positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to providestronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.

About the role

You will be part of The Client Transport Compliance and Safeguarding Team. The role has been created due to the increased responsibilities the team are now experiencing and the important need for consistency of staff carrying out this role. Your role will specifically relate to being part of the Aylesbury School Coach Park Team.

The role is wide-ranging from ensuring that coaches leave on time to the safeguarding responsibilities of students that miss their transport. It is hugely rewarding and to the right candidate, the Coach Park Assistant will find it fulfilling and extremely enjoyable whilst at the same time having the satisfaction of delivering a vital service for Buckinghamshire Council.

The main requirement of the role is to ensure the Health, Safety and Welfare of the students within the coach park. You would also be responsible to ensure that vehicles arrive and depart on time and report incidents of late operation, poor practice and/or student behaviour to the relevant authority in a timely way.

Size and scope: Approximately 1500 students and around 30 vehicles per day use the coach park.

Fixed

As a 'fixed' worker, you'll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you'll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.

About you

The role is extremely varied, and no two days seem to be the same, but your main roles will be

• To ensure the coaches are in their allocated lane and leave at the scheduled time.
• To make sure the Health and Safety policies for the coach park are being implemented and followed.
• Answer any questions the students have relating to their transport
• In the event of a student missing their coach ensure they are directed back to school where alternative arrangements can be made.
• Report any incidents that occur to both managers and school staff if necessary.
• Return any lost property to schools.

We are actively seeking responsible and reliable persons to fulfil this role

Other information

This role is permanent where you will be employed for 5 hours a week covering the coach park for 1 hour every Monday to Friday afternoon when the students leave school.

The salary is Grade 1, £26,031 per annum, however this will be pro-rated for 5 hours per week.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are - Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that's why we're working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it's important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Our Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day.

This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:

• collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
• maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
• ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
• managing Country Parks
• leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
• Licensing, Environmental Health and Trading Standards
• Cemeteries and Crematoria

The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment.

We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. Whilst making major changes to contracts affecting residents across Bucks, we continue to focus on delivering great customer service. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that's through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.