Passenger Transport Supervisor

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

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is recruiting a permanent Passenger Transport Supervisor based at Woolsthorpe Dept, Bilborough, Nottingham. You will supervise a team of Drivers and Passenger Assistants, plan and allocate routes, and promote strong client and passenger relations to deliver safe, high-quality travel.

The ideal candidate will hold a full driving license with D1 (D desirable), have supervisory transport experience, and know passenger transport legislation.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience in transport operations and people.
• Full driving license and D1 license (D desirable).
• Experience monitoring, checking and compliance in transport operations, Health and Safety, safeguarding.
• Knowledge of passenger transport legislation for operating a fleet of minibuses and High Dependency vehicles.
• English language requirement for public sector workers and DBS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Plan and allocate routes for passenger transport services.
• Promote good client and passenger relations and maintain high standards of operational satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with legal, statutory, and council provisions; ensure drivers understand roles and safety checks.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Driving license (D1)

Transport compliance

Passenger transport legislation

English language proficiency

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 strive 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 enquiriesplease 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

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