Driver

Nottingham City Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom is seeking drivers for their Passenger Fleet Team. The role involves transporting vulnerable adults and children with special educational needs to their destinations. Candidates must hold a valid driving license and demonstrate customer care skills. Responsibilities include ensuring the safety and well-being of passengers during transport. Flexible working options may be available, and the position offers a salary range of £24,804 - £24,999 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in driving individuals/groups in a service environment.
• Ability to maintain written records and documentation.
• Understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Transport vulnerable adults and children to schools and activities.
• Ensure personal wellbeing and secure travel of passengers.
• Maintain communication with passengers and manage documentation.

Skills

Driving and transporting individuals/groups

Customer care and quality services

Knowledge of Road Traffic Legislation

Verbal communication with diverse individuals

Education

Full Driving Licence prior to or with D1 entitlement

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Various locations as detailed below

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £24,804 - £24,999 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: up to 25 hours per week (split shift) for school term time only with the opportunity for additional hours (when available).

Contract Type: Permanent and Casual

Closing Date: 31st July 2026

Interview Date(s): Various dates available

About the Role

We are currently looking to recruit a number of drivers for our Passenger Fleet Team.

Drivers are primarily responsible for transporting vulnerable adults and children with special educational needs including physical and/or learning difficulties to their schools, day centres and other activities. Drivers will ensure (along with the escort where allocated) their passengers' personal wellbeing and safe/secure travel at all times, in accordance with the job description, relevant policies, legislation, procedures and good practice. Duties may also include transporting associated goods and services.

If you enjoy driving and working with people, in a role that really makes a difference to people's lives, we would like to hear from you.

There are various vacancies available operating from depots across the County of Leicestershire.

Current vacancy packages:

Permanent positions:

DRIVER

Loughborough Depot – 1 x25 hours per week (Monday to Friday) split shift, Term time only.

Mountsorrel – 1 x 15hrs per week (Wed‑Fri) split Shift, School Term.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex‑offenders, please see our policy statement.

This role is a “Safety Critical Post” and, consequently, subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Full Driving Licence prior to 1/1/1997 OR post 1/1/1997 Driving License with minibus entitlement category D1 (minimum) or D.

And experience or knowledge in:

• Driving and transporting individuals/groups of people.
• Working face‑to‑face with the general public within a service provision environment providing customer care and quality services.
• Keeping written records/documentation in a neat and tidy manner and sufficiently numerate to complete worksheets.
• Road Traffic Legislation and Highway Code.
• Able to communicate verbally with people of varying capabilities, including those with challenging behaviours.
• Ability, with training, to undertake a series of moving and handling operations associated with the transport of people and static loads.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Lisa Weir, Team Manager – Passenger Transport

Telephone: [phone]

To contact me by email please click here.

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from ethnically diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement that should be no longer than 250 words as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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