Application closing date
26/10/2025
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
Grade H, £37,280 - £39,862 a year
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Job description
Directorate: People Services
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: The Council House
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated and committed to the delivery of transformational change to join the Council's Commissioning Access and Independence Team, incorporating the Home to School Travel Service.
As a School Organisation and Provision Project Officer, you will provide high quality business support across the Home to School Travel Service, as well as support the Commissioning Manager and Principal Commissioning Officer in the delivery of transformation projects. You will provide high level support for essential Home to School Travel Service projects and business functions, including data management. You will possess excellent communication and customer service skills with parents, carers, and other stakeholders.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:
* Flexible work/life balance scheme
* Hybrid working
* Modern office environment
* Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
* 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
* Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
* Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
* Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
* Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
* Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of School Organisation and Provision Officer, here's an example of what you'll be doing to make an impact:
Under the direction of the Commissioning Manager:
* Provide high quality support, with opportunities to lead, in the delivery of transformation, innovation and budget expenditure programmes within the Home to School Travel Service
* Data management, including supporting the Commissioning Manager with producing customer data and budget reports. Support in the preparation of reports and presentations to relevant internal and external stakeholders, as required.
* Coordinate and support the compliant administration of home to school travel assistance application process.
* Coordinate and support the compliant administration of the pre-16 and post-16 appeals process, including direct involvement in appeal hearings.
* Coordinate and support the compliant administration of Personal Travel Budgets (including mileage allowances) to ensure accurate and on time parent/carer payments, in accordance with Public Contract Regulations.
* Provide mentoring support and guidance to colleagues in the team – to be identified.
* Provide comprehensive support to the team to ensure relevant parties are regularly updated on progress, producing key formal documents to support decision making.
* Demonstrate the Council's vision, values, and priorities, through personal example, to ensure the delivery of practical and effective business outcomes.
* Participate in service improvement including reviewing, business processes and systems and encouraging maximum use of technology to deliver improved, efficient services.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 26th October 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held on the 19th November 2025.
For further information or an informal chat about this post, please contact Tom Hay, Commissioning Manager – Home to School Travel Service on or email
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on Relay UK or