About the role
This is a 12 month fixed term contract
The Transport Delivery Team plays a vital statutory role, making a real difference every day by ensuring safe, reliable travel for Children and Young People, as well as Vulnerable Adults.
This is a key position within the service, helping to keep operations running smoothly and effectively. You will support the delivery of the Council’s Home to School Transport Policy, balancing budgetary responsibilities with the individual needs of the people we support, while working within a clear and robust legislative framework.
A central focus of the role is contract compliance. You will help monitor and assure the quality and safety of transport services, ensuring all providers operate in line with contractual requirements. This includes verifying that vehicles, services, and personnel meet required standards, and that all staff are fully approved and hold enhanced DBS clearance.
What will you be doing?
You will take a lead roll on delivering robust audits making sure all operators comply with their legal and contractual requirements. You will work with our Contracts Procurement Officer monitoring trends in operator performance & devising strategies to improve performance and compliance.
About you
You don’t need experience across all aspects of the job as that will form part of your development journey, but you will need experience of transport operations and the legal requirements associated with this. Additional experience in contract management would be an advantage.
You’ll need to have a solutions driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment and have a positive approach to challenges. You will be able to smoothly manage processes whilst being able use your own initiative to 'think outside of the box’. You’ll use your great attention to detail to ensure all contractual requirements are met.
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
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