Bury Council
Bury
Full Time
Permanent
Expires 17/08/2025
About the Role
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Travel Co-ordinator within the School and College Transport Team.
The team manages home to school/college transport provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to support attendance at schools and colleges both in Bury and outside of the borough. The team also fulfils the Council’s statutory duties in relation to travel assistance and free school travel passes.
This is a key position within the team; you will be expected to deliver a high-quality service in relation to all aspects of travel assistance. You will be responsible for delivering a range of activities including the processing of travel assistance applications for pupils with special educational needs, mainstream pupils and college students.
You will have good customer care skills and experience of working with members of the public, both face to face and over the telephone. The role will involve regular liaison with contractors, parents, school staff and other professionals to ensure the safety of those that use the service.
You will provide assistance, advice, guidance and information relating to the service provision. You will need to be computer literate with the ability to work competently with Microsoft Office packages and a bespoke ICT transport management tool.
This is a full-time position working throughout the year. Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week worked in accordance with service requirements. In order to ensure the service is staffed when transport is operational during term-time a rota is in place that includes a 7:30am start or 4:45pm finish time.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Nicola Hudson on 0161 253 5676.
Duke Street, Bury, BL9 0EJ, United Kingdom
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