Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 30 hours per week, term time only, split shift 07:30-09:30 and 14:30-16:30
Worker Type: Offsite Worker
Salary: The Starting Salary is £24,790 (Level one), rising to £25,584 (Level three) per annum (pro rata)
Location: Woolsthorpe Depot NG8 3JP
Closing Date: 11th August 2025
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. In addition to competitive pay, generous leave entitlement, and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive, and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About The Role
Successful candidates will provide safe and friendly transport for children and adults on their way to and from schools and day centres.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to maintain passenger comfort while providing transport to and from Special Educational Schools and Day Centres. Providing care, responsive and effective support whilst assisting passengers with physical, mental and /or developmental disabilities.
- Ensure the equipment is fit for the route to be undertaken and complies with department policy. Ensure that the tail lift is correctly operated and that all passengers are safe in compliance with the training provided.
- Liaise with the Driver, parents/carers, and other professional people you come in contact with, reporting any issues/ concerns to the office as soon as possible.
- Comply with the principles of standard infection control protocols at all times to prevent the spread of infection.
- This role requires manual handling of people, such as pushing wheelchairs, supporting ambulant passengers with mobility issues, and supporting passengers while using a vehicle tail lift.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
Interview dates will be week commencing 18/08/2025
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council, we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact Tracy Wootton by telephone on 0115 876 1464 or by email at
[email protected]If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
