Specialist Transport Services Manager

Warrington Borough Council; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Warrington Borough Council is seeking an exceptional Specialist Transport Services Manager to lead their transport operations, focusing on providing essential services to children and adults in need. The role offers flexible working arrangements, a supportive team, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community. Applicants should have a degree and extensive experience in public transport operations.

Benefits

26 days annual holiday, increasing to 31 after 5 years

Access to a competitive benefits package

Health & Wellbeing Programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in local authority Public and Specialist Transport operations.
• Excellent communication and management skills.
• Ability to converse in accurate spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Specialist Transport Service.
• Chair the Enhanced Partnership with bus operators.
• Ensure compliance with DBS clearance requirements.

Skills

Communication

Management

Public Transport Operations

Education

Degree-level qualification

Job description

Warrington Borough Council seeks to recruit an exceptional Transport professional to lead the Specialist Transport Service through an exciting time for the Borough.

Our Specialist Transport Service provides essential transport services every day to children with Special Educational Needs and adult social care clients using our own in-house accessible minibus fleet and through a range of private hire contracts.

And as an integrated specialist transport service we have also been successful in securing Bus Service Improvement Plan funding from Government which is helping us to invest in our network by introducing more bus priority measures, real time passenger information, capping bus fares and improving the range and frequency of bus services. Further to this the successful candidate would chair the Enhanced Partnership we have with all of Warrington’s bus operators.

We are also worked with a new commercial partner on replacing our bus shelter estate, have a well-established Enhanced Partnership Forum with our bus operators and supporting our council owned bus operator, Warrington’s Own Buses on delivering a zero emission bus fleet in a new, state of the art all electric bus depot, all to make our network the best it can be in support of getting bus patronage to more than it was pre-pandemic.

The role

Specialist Transport Services Manager - Warrington Borough Council seeks to recruit an exceptional Transport professional to lead the Specialist Transport Service through an exciting time for the Borough. Hours of work are 37 hrs per week.

What's needed?

For the right candidate we offer a great working environment, a very supportive and hard-working team, flexi-time and hybrid working and an opportunity to make a real difference to the residents, visitors and businesses of Warrington.

You will ideally be qualified to degree level with significant experience in local authority Public and Specialist Transport operations, a good people person with excellent communication and management skills, a fast thinker with a can-do mentality.

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

For an informal discussion about this exciting role please contact Steve Hunter, Transport for Warrington Service Manager on 07917 721249 or by email.

DBS clearance is required.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer

WBC School Brow, Grey Street , Warrington, WA1 2PH