Job Details
A social enterprise that provides transport services to multiple locations across the UK is seeking Bus Drivers for the Rochdale / Stockport areas to provide a high quality of customer service and driving skills to its’ passengers ensuring travel is safe and done in a legal manner at all times. Ideally the Bus Driver will have previous experience driving PCVs but specific type and route training is provided for people with excellent driving ability.
Applications from suitably experienced ex-military personnel (British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy or Royal Marines) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Key Role Accountabilities
- Provide high quality driving skills and customer service experience to passengers ensuring they travel in a legal and safe manner at all times
- Ensure that the promotion of equality of opportunity and challenging discrimination are central to everything that we do
- Demonstrate a commitment to quality, professionalism and compliance with organisational policies and legislation
- Commitment to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others throughout the organisation
- Identify and implement plans for own training and development needs
- Undertake such other duties and tasks as may lie within the scope of this post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service
- Ability to work outside of traditional working hours where required
- From time to time, the post holder will be required to travel to meetings or work in an alternative location
Person Specification
Essential:
- Hold a full PCV licence and associated CPC qualifications
- Demonstrable experience and expertise in driving passenger carrying vehicles
- Experience of working with vulnerable and disadvantaged customers including those with specific disabilities
- Be a team focused individual working towards company objectives
- Be reliable, punctual and courteous
- Ability work effective as part of a team and on own initiative, prioritise work, handle pressure and take day-to-day decisions on ensuring the workflow efficiency
- Ability to deal with people effectively and with professionalism
- Ability to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone/radio with customers and other staff members
- Have good literacy and numeracy skills
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations and challenges
- Awareness and knowledge of Health and Safety requirements in a transport environment
- Ability to ensure company Policy and Procedures are complied with at all times
Desirable:
- Be trained and certified to MiDAS standard or equivalent
- Have a good geographical knowledge of the Greater Manchester area
- Ability and willingness to take on new challenges and learn new skills
- Understanding of equality and diversity best practice and legislative requirements in relation to passenger transport delivery
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to work in other business areas as may be required by management
Salary:
£9.18 - £11.00 (depending on shifts and route) + overtime
Benefits:
20 days paid holiday per year rising to 25 dependent on length of service, + Bank Holidays
Full uniform provided
Contributory Pension scheme provided
Employee Benefit Scheme
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