Passenger Transport Supervisor

Nottingham City Council; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days leave

Pension scheme

Smart Working

Health & wellbeing

Discounts

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a supervisor for Passenger Transport Services to oversee a team of drivers and passenger assistants delivering safe, high‑quality, accessible travel across the city. You will plan routes, monitor compliance with transport legislation, conduct safety checks, and maintain records.

The role requires a D1 license and supervisory experience. We offer onsite work at Bilborough with a starting salary of £32,597 rising to £35,412, plus generous benefits and a potential

Qualifications

• Full driving license and D1 license required.
• Experience supervising transport operations.
• Knowledge of passenger transport legislation and fleet operations.
• Fluent English is an essential requirement for public sector workers.
• DBS enhanced check is required for this post.

Responsibilities

• Plan and allocate routes for passengers and drivers.
• Promote good client and passenger relations to high standards of satisfaction.
• Carry out audits and ensure records are kept in line with transport legislation.
• Carry out health and safety risk assessments and investigations as required.

Skills

Driving license

D1 license

Supervisory experience

Health and safety

Safeguarding

English language

Job description

Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Consists of shift patterns which inclue the following: Monday to Thursday of 06:30 - 14:30 and Friday 06:30-14:00 and Monday to Thursday 10:30-18:00 and Friday 11:00-18:00

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £32,597 (Level one) rising to £35,412 ‘pro rata for part-time’ pay award pending

Location: Woolsthorpe Dept, Woolsthorpe Close, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 3JP

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we stride to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About The Role

Passenger Transport Services manages travel for Children and Vulnerable adults across the city, this is rewarding role is to supervise a team of Drivers and Passenger Assistants to deliver safe, high quality, accessible travel.

This role will be responsible for planning and allocating routes, and promoting good client and passenger relations to high standards of operational satisfaction.

responsibilities include: ensuring all legal, statutory and council provisions relating to operation activity are complied with, and that all drivers are aware of their driving roles and responsibilities and safety checks on vehicles are performed.

This role will carry out audits and check all passenger transport activities and ensure all records are maintained in line with transport legislation and council transport requirements

Ensuring all health and safety risk assessments are carried out are up to date to carry out all necessary investigations to ensure compliance with all relevant requirements for the service areas, such as safeguarding, and legislations, and that all legal, statutory and council provisions relating to operational activity are complied with.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Full driving license and hold a minimum of a D1 driving license with a D desirable
• Supervisory experience of transport related operations and people.
• Experience of monitoring, checking and compliance in relation to transport operations, Health and Safety, and safeguarding
• Knowledge of passenger transport legislation in relation to operating a fleet of minibuses and High Dependency vehicles.
• This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role
• A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
• The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here .

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Shaun Morris, by telephone on 0115 8761464 or by email at [e-mail].

Closing Date: 3rd September 2026

Interviews will be held: 10th September 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.