Home/School Transport Driver

The Levels School Limited; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff with a vision of excellence

Well-resourced and stimulating enviro​

Strong emphasis on teamwork

CPD opportunities

Job summary

The Levels School Limited in Bridgwater is seeking hard-working drivers to provide home-school transport for our students, with morning and afternoon routes. Bank driving positions may be available to cover absences as needed.

Applicants should have Full Cat D1 licence and current Driver CPC & Digital Driver Card, with knowledge of EU drivers hours and Working Time Directive rules. You will join a supportive team committed to safe student transport and reliability.

Qualifications

• Hard-working and enthusiastic approach to school transport.
• Full Cat D1 driving licence is preferred.
• Current Driver CPC & Digital Driver Card required.

Responsibilities

• Transport students from designated pick-up points to school in the morning and return in the afternoon.
• Keep buses/cars in a clean and presentable condition.
• Occasional transport for sports events or educational trips with additional payments.
• Be able to work unsupervised when required.

Skills

Teamwork

Local area knowledge

Reliability

Driving safely

Job description

The Levels School is an independent specialist day school offering high quality education and exemplary pastoral care to students with a range of complex, specific learning differences that may include speech, language, and communication needs. Our teaching and learning provision would also meet the needs of individuals presenting with a similar learning profile to those with dyslexia and other Speech and Language Communication difficulties. As a result, many of our students have a range of complex, specific learning, social communication and emotional difficulties. We are seeking to appoint a hard-working, enthusiastic Driver to work in our thriving co-educational independent specialist day school providing home-school transport to our Etonhurst site. We have positions available for am and/or pm drivers. We would also accept applications from candidates looking for bank driving positions who will be called upon to cover driver absence. Main Responsibilities The successful candidate will be required to mainly transport our students from designated pick up to points to school in the morning and return them at the end of the school day and help to keep our buses/cars in a suitably presentable condition at all times. There may also be a requirement on occasions to transport students and staff for sports events, educational trips, or other events as required for which additional payments will be made. Candidates should be able to work well with others as an integral part of The Levels School team to assist a seamless operation of our transport needs whilst being confident in their own abilities to be able to work unsupervised when required. Although successful candidates will be given a regular route they should have a good knowledge of the local area and be able to assist with alternate routes (route learning will be given) when required. Working hours: 2 - 3 hours in the morning and afternoon. We can offer you:

• Staff with a vision of excellence for the future
• Children who love learning and want to achieve
• A well-resourced and stimulating environment
• A strong emphasis on teamwork
• High quality CPD opportunities Full Category B Driving Licence
• (Any candidates with 6 or more penalty points will not be considered)
• An empathy, knowledge and understanding of the learning differences experienced by our student body

Preferred Qualifications:

• Full Cat D1 driver licence
• Current Driver CPC & Digital Driver Card.
• A knowledge of EU drivers hours and an understanding of Working Time Directive rules for Mobile Workers
• (Training to gain these qualifications may be available for suitable candidates).