Transport Supervisor

Nottingham City Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organisation in the UK is looking for a transport supervisor to manage a dedicated team ensuring safe and efficient transport services. Responsibilities include supervising drivers and ensuring health and safety compliance. Candidates should have NVQ Level 3, experience in managing a mobile workforce, and skills in Microsoft Word and Excel. A valid driving license is required. This is a field-based role requiring visits to various locations.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a remote and mobile workforce.
• Ability to develop and implement work programmes.
• Full, valid driving license and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a county-wide team of drivers and escorts.
• Assist in employee selection and training.
• Ensure health and safety responsibilities are met.

Skills

Supervising a remote and mobile workforce

Coordinating and processing information

Using Microsoft Word

Developing skills in Microsoft Excel

Working to tight deadlines

Team collaboration

Conversing in accurate spoken English

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant subject area

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £28,605 - £31,029 per annum

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 04th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Week Commencing 19th January 2026

A vacancy has arisen within Leicestershire County Council's in‑house passenger fleet team to join us in the role of transport supervisor.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering safe, efficient, and legally compliant passenger transport services for predominantly SEN home‑to‑school transport and Adult Social Care for the benefit of the people of Leicestershire.

About the Role

As a transport supervisor you will have the skills to manage and lead a dedicated county‑wide team of drivers, escorts, and contingent workers in accordance with agreed performance standards. You will provide front‑line day‑to‑day supervision to ensure all operational aspects of the Passenger Fleet operate effectively and efficiently.

Responsibilities include assisting the Team Manager and Transport Managers with employee selection, recruitment, induction, training and development, attendance management, monitoring and disciplinary procedures.

In addition, you will also be responsible for ensuring that our health and safety responsibilities are met for both staff, passengers, and depots (buildings).

The nature of the work will involve the jobholder carrying out work outside of normal working hours.

Currently the team operates a rota covering the staff helpline during the hours of 6am to 6pm, this is shared on a rolling basis with other transport supervisors.

This post is based in County Hall, but the nature of the work requires the jobholder to carry out work at different locations (depots and school sites) around the county (including at peak school times) and therefore will need access to a car for work purposes.

This post is classed as a “Safety Critical Post” and is therefore subject to random Drugs & Alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex‑offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant subject area
• Experience of supervising a remote and mobile workforce
• Co‑ordinating and processing information
• Working with more senior members of staff in delivering progress updates and reports
• Development and implementation of work programme
• Resolving work related problems and implementing appropriate solutions
• Confident in the use of Microsoft Word and have developed skills in Microsoft Excel
• Working to tight deadlines, in a peak‑time pressurised environment. Able to use own initiative in planning & prioritising own workload
• Ability to work well within a team
• The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post

A full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle is also required.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Lisa Weir, Tel: [phone]

How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well as a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the “About You” section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or if you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal.

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