Mini Bus Driver - Contracts for Educational Transport x2

Salary: GBP 12,649.00 per year

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Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

For further information about this post please contact Roberts John Jones on 07384482101 or by email RobertJohnJones@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 14/08/2025

The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current, full D1 minibus Driving Licence.

Desirable

• Speaks Welsh, training regarding vulnerable travellers.
• An up-to-date, full DBS will be required before undertaking the duties.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsibility to drive a minibus safely and efficiently, considering the health, safety and welfare of the passengers and the highway code rules.
• Conduct a daily vehicle safety check, in accordance with fleet department policies, reporting back to the line manager and relevant fleet department officers.
• Provide a friendly service and assist learners to get in and out of the vehicle safely and ensure they are wearing a seat belt. Physical and mental characteristics will need to be considered when allocating suitable seats.
• A wheelchair ramp will need to be operated at the rear of the vehicle and ensure that the learner is safe when moving and that the chair is clamped correctly in the vehicle - appropriate training will be provided to this end.
• Wear specialist clothing provided by the council when considering Health and Safety features.
• Inform the line manager of any problems or frustrations that may exist or incidents on the transport, completing the relevant form as required.
• If the vehicle must stop unexpectedly, or breaks down, you will be responsible for safely transferring the learners to another vehicle.
• Ensure that the vehicles are kept clean outside and inside, equipment will be provided for this purpose.
• Attend training relevant to the job.
• Undertake duties in accordance with council policies and procedures

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsibility to drive a minibus safely and efficiently, considering the health, safety and welfare of the passengers and the highway code rules.
• Conduct a daily vehicle safety check, in accordance with fleet department policies, reporting back to the line manager and relevant fleet department officers.
• Provide a friendly service and assist learners to get in and out of the vehicle safely and ensure they are wearing a seat belt. Physical and mental characteristics will need to be considered when allocating suitable seats.
• A wheelchair ramp will need to be operated at the rear of the vehicle and ensure that the learner is safe when moving and that the chair is clamped correctly in the vehicle - appropriate training will be provided to this end.
• Wear specialist clothing provided by the council when considering Health and Safety features.
• Inform the line manager of any problems or frustrations that may exist or incidents on the transport, completing the relevant form as required.
• If the vehicle must stop unexpectedly, or breaks down, you will be responsible for safely transferring the learners to another vehicle.
• Ensure that the vehicles are kept clean outside and inside, equipment will be provided for this purpose.
• Attend training relevant to the job.
• Undertake duties in accordance with council policies and procedures

• Play a full part as the service establishes what matters to the people of Gwynedd.
• Play a full part in developing the team's operational principles together with personal responsibility for adhering to them.
• ⁠Operate flexibly within the Team's operational principles to deliver what matters to the residents of Gwynedd.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve the service and identify issues that prevent the team from delivering effectively and efficiently and take action to resolve these matters.
• Ensure that the information required to prove how well we achieve what matters is retained and that the information is used to improve the service.
• Contribute to and take appropriate decisions to deliver what matters to the people of Gwynedd.
• Assist other teams to achieve what matters to the people of Gwynedd.
• Work in a proactive manner; be open to a different way of thinking; energetic and committed with personal integrity to deliver the above functions.
• Be responsible for personal development to be able to fulfil the post.

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.