TRANSPORT COORDINATOR SCHEDULER

Hull City Council; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in England is seeking a Transport Coordinator/Scheduler to manage the Passenger Transport Service for children and adults. The role involves ensuring statutory responsibilities are met, planning transport routes, and overseeing service performance. Ideal candidates will have experience in transport planning and compliance with legislation. Offer competitive benefits and opportunity for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport planning or scheduling.
• Strong understanding of compliance with statutory duties.
• Skill in contracting and performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning a safe, high-quality transport service.
• Ensure compliance with home to school transport legislation.
• Commission external contracts and allocate routes.

Job description

About the role

The Passenger Transport Team is looking to recruit a Transport Coordinator/Scheduler.

Responsibilities

• You will contribute to planning a safe, high quality, efficient, value for money Passenger Transport Service for Children's Young People and Family Services and Adult Day Care that supports independence and attendance at school or Day Care Centre/Respite of significant numbers of Special Educational Needs Children, Looked After Children, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16, and adult clients.
• You will contribute to ensuring that the Council's Statutory duty of providing free "home to school" transport for eligible children of compulsory school age living in the local authority area is discharged and compliance with national legislation.
• You will play a key role in commissioning external contracts, allocating routes to both the internal delivery team and contractors and collating key performance indicators that informs service decision making, service development and allows for the reporting of performance against agreed standards.

Contact Information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sandra Hodder, Planning and Performance Team Leader on 01482 612 809 or Kirsty Craven, Planning and Performance Team Leader on 01482 612 717 or email [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.