Principal Transport Officer

The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the Job Descriptions/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job reference

REQ001938

Date posted

05/12/2025

Apply by

09/01/2026

Salary

£42,839

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Administration and Clerical

Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

A position has arisen within the Environmental Services Directorate for a highly motivated Principal Transport Officer to make an active and positive contribution to the overall management of the Integrated Transport Unit, based in Ty Glantaf.

The successful candidate will provide management and support in relation to the Integrated Transport Unit's Home to School/College, Community Care, Travel Training, and Public Transport provisions. The position will involve managing a team of Transport Officers and Travel Trainers; and contract management to ensure passengers continue to receive a high-quality transport provision. You will be responsible for the maintenance of management information systems, investigating and responding to complaints and enquiries and maintaining close working relationships with key partners and stakeholders.

You must possess excellent supervisory skills, be able to focus on service users and delivery, successfully manage your workload in a timely and efficient manner, and deliver excellent managerial support to your team and service area.

You must have exceptional attention to detail, be proficient in the use of IT packages, have good oral, written and communication skills, be a good organiser with a flexible approach to work and be customer focussed.

For an informal discussion or further information on the position please contact Matthew Edmunds, Schools and Community Care Transport Manager on

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.