Overview
Would you like the opportunity to help the travelling public of Greater Manchester? Are you seeking an active role with the opportunity to make a real difference to Transport Infrastructure?
Your Role
As an Information Display Assistant, you will be responsible for maintaining our bus stop shelter and facilities across Greater Manchester. You’ll look after the installation, preparation and upkeep of printed timetable information at bus stops as well as displaying advertising materials, event information and disruption information at designated sites across Greater Manchester.
As an Information Displays Assistant, you will work 37 hours per week. You will have a flexible working pattern working shifts Monday to Friday on a rolling rota pattern with a 12.5% shift allowance. Your shifts will rotate each week: one week 7:00–15:36 and the following week 10:24–19:00. This will include one short day each week where your shift will be 5 hours. There will be opportunities to work additional hours with an increased rate of pay depending on the day worked. For more info see Job Profile below.
Who are we?
The information displays team are a team of 6 who are each allocated a specific work area on the Greater Manchester transport network. Together we look after 12,000+ bus stops across Greater Manchester, installing hardware and ensuring passenger information is kept up to date. The team plays a vital role in supporting the growth, reliability and passenger perception of the Bee Network.
What You’ll Bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
We are seeking individuals who are passionate about working outdoors in changing weather conditions, are able to assist the public in a positive manner and have a good attention to detail. You’ll be able to drive with a full valid EU driving license (category B) and have a good knowledge of residential and city centre areas within Greater Manchester. You’ll have the ability to climb a ladder and get in and out of a van multiple times per day safely on a highway. In this role you'll also need to use your initiative to plan and manage your own workloads to deadlines as well as having a knowledge of COSHH.
What We Can Offer You
This is a fixed-term role for a period of 24 months with a salary of £28,069 - £29,881 per annum depending on experience. You will receive a shift allowance of 12.5%; this means that as you work on a rota basis, we add an extra 12.5% onto your total pay for the month.
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.
Our Benefits Include
* Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
* Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
* Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
* Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
* Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website.
What next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment; if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.
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