Driver (Estates Team) - The Beacon School

3 weeks ago

Amersham, United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Council Full time

**Reference number**

BUC11265

**Contract type**

Permanent

**Working hours**

Part Time

**Level of DBS check required**

Enhanced with Barred List

**Date posted**

14 Mar 2024, 11 p.m.

**Application deadline**

25 Mar 2024

**Overview**:
The role requires 1-1.5 hours per day during term time where the need is to cover a Morning Transport route each day - Monday to Friday, starting at around 7:00 am.

Applicants must have a full, clean driving licence (ideally with D1 status), previous experience in a similar role would be an advantage, but not essential as training will be provided. The post would commence mid April/May and only once all the required recruitment, fitness to drive and safeguarding checks have been satisfactorily completed.

**Term time only**

**Salary Type**:Hourly rate of £15.00 (gross)

**Salary details**:Hourly rate of £15.00 (gross)

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Hours**:1-1.5 hours per day during term time

**Closing date**:25/03/2024 09:00

**Interviews to be held**:To be confirmed

**About us**:
**About the role**:
Job Purpose:
To work as part of a team primarily delivering the school bus service and maintaining the vehicle fleet with the highest standards of professionalism.

The role will involve daily contact with children and a high level of responsibility for children. The role constitutes regulated activity with children. In the role, you may also be required to undertake such other duties as the Head reasonably requires from time to time.

In all areas of school life, staff are expected to lead by example and demonstrate and uphold the values and principles that we wish the boys to learn.

Main Responsibilities
- Safe and careful transportation of pupils, staff and equipment
- Ensuring the cleanliness and roadworthy condition of fleet of school vehicles
- Maintaining accurate vehicle records and logs of each journey
- Undertaking basic maintenance as and when required
- Ensuring required vehicle checks are undertaken
- Following the school’s vehicle operation manuals and procedures at all times
- Review and compliance with relevant risk assessments
- Observing health & safety rules and requirements at all times

Safeguarding:

- Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact - Following the School’s safeguarding policy at all times and using the internal systems/contacting the DSL for monitoring safeguarding, wellbeing and pastoral issues

Other Duties:

- To fully participate in training courses and other meetings
- To fully participate in the School’s appraisal process for support staff.
- To carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required by the Headmaster.
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children

Package:
**Salary**: Hourly rate of £15.00 (gross)

Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution

Life assurance and income protection insurance

6 weeks paid annual leave to be taken during non-term time

**About you**:
Essential:

- Clean driving licence
- Previous experience of acting as a driver
- Excellent communication skills, at ease with dealing with young people and staff
- Excellent knowledge of road safety and the highway code
- Committed to the safety of self and others
- Hardworking
- Passionate about high standards of workmanship
- Friendly and approachable
- Ability to remain calm and professional in all situations
- Self-motivated and versatile
- Excellent role model
- Highly professional with positive outlook
- Team player

Desirable:

- Certificate of Professional Competence
- D1 licence
- Previous experience of working in a school OR with children

**Other information**:
**The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken in accordance with**
**School policy. **The safeguarding responsibilities of the post can be found in the job description and person specification in this recruitment pack.**

**This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare**:

- **All unspent cautions and convictions cautions**:

- **All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to **Nacro guidance**, the **Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance** or **Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance** (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

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