Community Transport Officer

**Employer**: Wokingham Borough Council

**Salary**: £29,269 - £33,024 Per Annum

**Location**: Shute End/Home Working

**Contract**: Temporary

**Working Pattern**: Full Time

**Hours**: 37 hours per week.

**DBS Check**: No

**Closing Date**: 06/05/2024 at 23:00

**Reference**: 712908

Wokingham Borough Council has an excellent opportunity available for a Transport Officer to join our Community Transport Team, on a 9-month fixed-term contract.

This is a superb opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who wants to be part of a dynamic Highways and Transportation Service.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Assist with resolving day-to-day queries about the operation of transport to schools, colleges, and adult social care settings, and liaising with transport operators and other Council departments to ensure the most suitable and efficient transport for those clients who are eligible.
- Ability to demonstrate excellent customer relations skills and be confident to respond to and engage with customers in relation to transport enquiries.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft systems including Word, Outlook, and Excel.
- Experience in home to school transport, adult social care, DBS checks and safeguarding is desirable, although full training will be provided.

Wokingham is situated in the heart of the thriving Thames Valley and is consistently voted both the healthiest place to live and one of the best places to live in the UK. This is an exciting time to join as the council is delivering transport services across the borough.

Wokingham Borough Council offers a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible working opportunities and an excellent local government pension, a host of discounts and much more.

We’re committed to making you feel empowered in your work, whether that’s through approachable and engaged management, or extra training to enhance your expertise. This is combined with great development opportunities, meaning you’ll feel supported and encouraged at every stage of your career.

Ours is a high support, high challenge work environment, where people can fulfil their full potential.

**Closing date**:11pm, 6th May 2024

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.