Minibus Driver

Brighton College; Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution is hiring a Minibus Driver to transport students safely and on time. Responsibilities include driving College vehicles, assisting passengers, and conducting vehicle checks. The ideal candidate will possess a full UK D1 Minibus Licence and have excellent communication and time management skills. This is a term-time position with a salary of £24,523 based on 40 hours per week. Benefits include complimentary lunches and access to wellbeing programs.

Benefits

Complimentary lunch

Free event tickets

Life cover

Contributory pension scheme

Employee benefits platform

Subsidised gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience driving a minibus.
• Ability to pass a driving assessment post-interview.
• Willingness to attend First Aid course.

Responsibilities

• Drive College vehicles as required.
• Assist and supervise passengers.
• Perform pre and post journey vehicle checks.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good time management skills

Positive collaboration

Confident working with young people

Infectious 'can do' attitude

Education

Full, clean UK D1 Minibus Licence

Job description

Overview

Brighton College is seeking to appoint a Minibus Driver. Reporting to: Transport Supervisor. Main purpose of the role: Driving College vehicles as required. The focus of this position is to carry pupils to and from the College safely, maintaining high driving standards, on-time and in accordance with the published schedule.

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Driving College vehicles as required.
• Carrying out pre and post journey vehicle checks.
• Keeping the vehicles clean and tidy inside and outside.
• Assisting and supervising passengers as necessary.
• Any other reasonable management request.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Good time management skills.
• Positive collaboration, with an ability to bring out the best in those around them.
• An infectious "can do" attitude.
• Possess a full, clean UK D1 Minibus Licence.
• Pass a driving assessment which will be held post-interview.
• Be confident working with young people.
• Possess a conscientious, approachable and flexible attitude toward working colleagues and the workplace.
• Attend a mandatory driver medical assessment pre-employment and then annually thereafter.
• Agree to attend a First Aid course.

Hours of Work

You will be required to work 40 hours per week across different shift patterns, to be discussed further at interview. This is a term-time (35 weeks) only appointment.

Remuneration

The salary for this role is £24,523. This is at a rate of £15.63 per hour.

Holidays

Holiday entitlement is included in the salary for this role. All holiday is to be taken outside of the working weeks.

Benefits

• Complimentary lunch is provided.
• Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances.
• Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees.
• Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period.
• Contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment.
• Employee benefit and discount platform.

Wellbeing

• Subsidised gym membership for the School of Science and Sport is available, which includes access to yoga and Pilates classes, meditation sessions and use of the gym and swimming pool.
• Personalised health and wellbeing consultations.
• Generous sickness policy.
• Comprehensive wellbeing package.
• Access to books, magazines and DVDs from the College Library.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities

Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity. Our full equal opportunities policy is available on the ‘Careers’ page of our website.