Job Description

How you'll make a difference:

Working as a Driver in our Transport team, you will play a hands-on role for the community by ensuring the provision of home to school and other transport for vulnerable young people and adults.


What you will be doing:
Day to day, you will ensure passengers can travel from their homes to school and other locations, creating a safe and welcoming environment for all on board. It will be your responsibility to ensure the safety of all passengers during their journey. When needed, you will assist with the manual handling of wheelchairs and passengers as well as operating lifts and ramps for wheelchair users. Working closely with the Guide Escort, you will ensure the safeguarding of all vulnerable passengers.

What we need from you:
You must hold a full, clean driver's licence (class D/D1 with no restrictions), have a Driver Qualification Card (DQC) and tachograph card. You will have experience of working in a similar area providing passenger transport. We require you to know all the legal requirements for a vocational driver operating vehicles on an operating licence. You will be MIDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) trained or be willing to be trained to the MIDAS standard. Given the elements of the role, you will understand the importance of safeguarding vulnerable young people and adults. You will be able to show compassion and empathise with vulnerable groups.

What you need to know:
You will be working split shifts in the mornings and afternoons for a total of 7 hours and 24mins per day. Your salary is pro-rata to hours worked. This role is term time only, working 39 weeks per year. Please note that due to the nature of this role, it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained. You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 3rd December 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:
As part of our benefits package, you will receive

generous annual leave (pro rata)

, employee

wellbeing support

and you will have access to a range of

staff discounts

, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. We recognise that our

diverse team

of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities. We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine

flexibility

to help them achieve that

work/life balance.

We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our

training and development

offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work. We are

committed to safeguarding

and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.


Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of. We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses. We're providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.


We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it!

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