Driver

North Yorkshire Council; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in North Yorkshire seeks a Minibus Driver to ensure the safety of passengers during transport. This position involves boarding assistance and effective communication with passengers and staff. No prior experience required, as training is provided. The council offers a range of benefits including a local government pension scheme, employee discounts, and health support services. We welcome applications from a diverse community.

Benefits

Local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discount benefits

Travel loans

Health Assured – confidential support for wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience of driving minibus type vehicles or similar role would be advantageous.
• Full training provided for the use of safety equipment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure passenger safety during journeys.
• Ensure passengers board and alight safely.
• Liaise daily with passengers, carers, and colleagues.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team orientation

Flexibility

Job description

The Operations Team is responsible for the safe and efficient use of 130 minibuses used to transport people in North Yorkshire.

They are a team of over 300 drivers and passenger assistants that operate at locations throughout North Yorkshire.

The team delivers approximately 250,000 passenger journeys per year including 25,000 wheelchair user journeys.

The Role

The transport provided enables people to access schools, day centres, learning opportunities, supported employment and other meaningful activities in our community.

You will be responsible for the safety of passengers during these journeys and will ensure that the passengers board and alight safely as well as ensuring that any safety equipment is used correctly.

Skills and Experience

Full training in the use of all safety equipment will be provided. You will need good communication skills as you will liaise daily with the passengers, carers, establishment staff and colleagues.

Experience is not essential, however, some experience of driving minibus type vehicles or working in a similar role would be an advantage for this post.

We are looking for caring, flexible, team orientated and committed people to help us provide this transport.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

For an informal discussion about this role, contact Mitchell Richardson on 01609536744

Key documents

Job description: Minibus Driver.docx

Total rewards | North Yorkshire Council

Key dates

Closing date: 07 December 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed

Venue for interview: To be confirmed

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.

NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council’s purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

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