Job description

About

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives.

Want to make a positive difference to people’s lives?

Come and join our Passenger Transport team here at Bath and North East Somerset as a Transport Supervisor .

Here in the Passenger Transport team & B&NES Council we are responsible for the Safe and Appropriate Home to School Transport for around 2500 eligible children each day.

This challenging task is undertaken by an operational team of 3 technical officers and your role will be Supervising the team to ensure the routes run compliantly as tendered and in the most efficient way.

We are looking for an experienced Supervisor, preferably from Transport background to take charge of the team to plan, allocate and co-ordinate the work of a team to ensure workflow is managed smoothly to meet service demands in an efficient manner.

We seek a pro-active individual with a proven track record of leading teams and the ability to prioritise team work while operating in a constantly changing daily environment.

To apply

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

We are unable to sponsor candidates for this role under the Home Office Tier 2 points-based system (skilled worker route), therefore you must be able to obtain and provide your own right to work in the UK’. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to bring your right to work documents with you to your interview so they can be copied and verified at that stage.

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Steve Doel, Operations Manager on Steve_Doel@bathnes.gov.uk or Tel 01225 394371.

Interview date: TBA

No Agencies Please

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