Relief Minibus Driver

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Relief Minibus Driver**

D1 category Driving Licence

**Safeguarding**

**Background**

Moor Park is an IAPS, co-educational, boarding and day school of Catholic foundation accepting pupils from 3 months to 13 years of age. Children from 3 months to rising three are catered for in our Tick Tock nursery/child care setting which runs for 50 weeks in the year. Thereafter, children enter Pre-prep until the end of Year 2. The Prep School completes a Moor Park education before the children leave to the full range of senior schools both locally and nationally. Being a boarding school for the 8- to 13-year-olds, the school operates on a 24/7 basis during term-time.

The school is built around a magnificent 18th century country mansion in approximately 85 acres of stunning grounds which include playing fields, woodland and a lake. It is situated just outside the market town of Ludlow in the beautiful Shropshire countryside.

Moor Park is renowned for its happiness, atmosphere and pastoral care. Relations between pupils and staff are relatively informal, but mutually respectful; children are encouraged to voice their views and opinions. Recent years have seen more than average numbers of leavers gaining scholarships to a variety of senior schools. The diversity of awards gained, which include academic, music, sport, art and all-round, testifies to the breadth of education on offer. Emphasis is on the individual, finding and encouraging aptitude and talent.

To support the school’s exciting array of day-day activities, the school employs several drivers to operate the school’s minibus fleet. Drivers carry out all manner of driving tasks from morning school runs of day pupils, collecting boarders from airports, taking teams to sports events and day trips all over the UK. Given the importance of the minibus fleet to the success of the school, we need to ensure that we can operate the full fleet at all times.

**Requirement**

Due to illness, holiday and occasional significant demand, Moor Park is looking for a relief minibus driver to cover our regular drivers when they are not available. This will involve out ad-hoc driving tasks for the school which can vary from a driving detail of a few hours, through to two weeks of morning and afternoon pick up and drops. It would suit someone who is a confident and driver, is flexible and has well-developed people skills to be able to interact in a professional manner with pupils, parents and staff.

**Purpose**

The role of Minibus Driver is to provide children with a caring, safe transport to and from school. We are looking for a relief Minibus Driver.

**Hours of Work**

Zero hours contract, but covering our full time drivers as required. Monday to Friday with occasional Saturday working, term time only (although there is some holiday working if you wish to accept it).
- Core hours 3-4 hours per day, 7am to 8:15am and 6:15pm to 7:30pm, depending on which route you are covering
- Daytime overtime hours available for school trips
- Airport transfer overtime hours available at the start and end of terms

**Pay**

£10.61 per hour excluding holiday pay

**Duties**
The school operates three 17-seater minibuses, two of which weigh more than 3.5 tonnes as well as one 9- seater bus. Only staff with a D1 category on their licence are permitted to drive the heavier minibuses under DVLA rules.

Regular morning minibus run (each weekday in term time), collecting bus from school at approximately 7.00/7.30am depending upon length of run; taking pick up register and mobile phone.
- Checking bus prior to all journeys (lights, brakes etc);
- Registering the children using the bus (on the register provided);
- Supervising the children during the run, ensuring seat belts adherence and acceptable behaviour;
- Seeing the children on and off the bus at school and at their stops; ensuring belongings taken and younger children handed over to school staff to escort them to their classrooms/parents to take them home;
- Ensuring safety of the children on disembarking and that each child is met at their drop off point;
- Contacting parents by mobile if no-one is present to collect;
- Return minibus to school; returning keys to office ready for morning run;
- Saturday morning and lunchtime minibus run, as required;
- Driving for school trips as required/available;
- Airport runs at start/end of term and half term as required/available;
- Other driving duties as required/available.

**Personal Requirements**

**Essential**

Ability to commute or willingness to relocate to Ludlow SY8 or surrounding area.
- D1 category included on licence (please be aware that your licence will be checked on an annual basis);
- Extensive driving experience;
- DBS Disclosure (applied for via Moor Park);
- Ideally under age 71 for insurance purposes.

**Desirable**
- PCV licence or experience of driving minibuses and large vehicles;
- Experience of working with children.

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