Transport Operations Co-ordinator

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This post sits within the Economy, Transport and Planning Directorate and provides frontline support for the Home to School/College and Looked after Children transport function. This involves providing comprehensive day-to-day administration, finance and route and workload planning to ensure all pupils/children get to and from their destinations safely.

You will be required to make appropriate travel arrangements for children and young people with specific needs, which includes planning routes, and continually monitoring these routes to ensure they are being delivered in the most cost effective way.

You will provide a comprehensive day-to-day administration of externally operated transport contracts as well as PCC operated contracts, alongside maintenance of essential Transport Operations databases and spreadsheets and other essential administration tasks.

For the full list of tasks please see the job profile.

Who is the Person

You will have good communication skills with the ability to articulate ideas and share information, as well as a customer focused approach to work which promotes your passion to deliver excellent service and continuous improvement on the Home to School transport issues for the City's residents.

You will have good interpersonal communication and networking skills which enable you to build effective relationships and have a positive influence on stakeholders and colleagues. Ideally you will have experience of transport co-ordination, logistics and planning, plus experience of dealing with financial and budget management. You will have the ability to resolve unexpected problems as they arise and to use, maintain and keep secure, in line with GDPR, high volumes of sensitive personal data, both manual and computerised.

You will have experience of using different IT programs such as databases and spreadsheets to collate and store data as well as experience of liaising with Officers and Managers at a service wide level dealing with correspondence. You will be able to implement relevant guidance and legislation, organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct in order to uphold standards of best practice. You will have a thorough understanding of Safeguarding and the issues that may arise on transport. The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post

Our recruitment process

Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants' page:Support for applicants - Careers portal

Please ensure that you read the job profile for full details on the post. This role is solely office based.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the City that works to improve outcomes for children.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person'points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that you will be shortlisted.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found atEquality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contactrecruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800