Job Description

Minibus Driver

Job Details


Job Title: Minibus Driver


Department: Finance


Campus: Cross Campus


Salary: Grade 3 Spine Point 10 - 23,895.82 (Actual salary: 11,675.29)


Contract Type: 22.5 hours / 36 weeks / Permanent


About the Role


HSDC is looking for a reliable and safety-conscious Minibus Driver to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for transporting students and staff as scheduled, ensuring vehicles are kept clean, roadworthy, and fully compliant with college standards. You will maintain accurate vehicle records, support with driver training (including MIDAS), and assist cross-campus teams with deliveries and postal runs when required.




This position is ideal for someone with strong customer service skills, attention to detail, and a flexible approach who takes pride in delivering a professional and supportive transport service for the College community.


Responsibilities


You will be responsible for:
To drive the college vehicles in line with schedules, as directed by the Educational Visit Co-ordinators. To maintain the colleges vehicles ensuring high standards of cleanliness (internally and externally) and roadworthiness, reporting all defects immediately to the Educational Visit Co-ordinators. To maintain records as required by the Educational Visit Co-ordinators e.g. vehicle log sheets, mileage logs, check sheets To work overtime as required to cover the driving schedule, including college Open Evenings and Awards Evenings. To support with the delivery of Midas training and supporting this with the college driver team across all campuses. When driving schedules slacken, and under instruction from the Educational Visit Co-ordinators, augment cross campus teams with delivering and postal runs.



Requirements


You will need:
Good general education to include Maths and English to Grade C, or willingness to undertake. D1 license endorsement, or training course. MIDAS qualification.



Benefits


In return, you will receive:

Invest in Your Growth

: Access a wide range of training, in-house coaching, workshops, and funding for qualifications. Opportunities for funded research, with potential international travel.

Generous Pension Plans

: Benefit from either the Local Government Pension Scheme or Teachers' Pension Scheme.

Ample Time Off

: Enjoy a generous annual leave package to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Exclusive Discounts

: Get an NUS TOTUM card, offering discounts with hundreds of retailers.

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Application


How to apply

We strive in offering an inclusive and accessible recruitment and interview process to all candidates. Should you have any questions at all, or require any support with reasonable adjustments, please contact recruitment@hsdc.ac.uk and a member of our team will respond as soon as possible.


For more information on the position itself, please connect with Jo Wilson at jo.wilson@hsdc.ac.uk for any queries. Please note, we appreciate the value of each applicant but kindly ask that you complete an application form as we do not accept CV's.


If you would like to take a look at the job description for this vacancy, please see this under Supporting Documents on the right-hand side of the page.