School Mini Bus Driver in Prenton

Birkenhead School, founded in 1860, is an HMC independent day school providing education for boys and girls drawn from the whole of the Wirral and as far afield as Chester and North Wales.Situated in the leafy suburb of Oxton, the School enjoys excellent facilities. The main campus has a village green atmosphere, with classrooms and laboratories looking out over the cricket square. Recent capital developments have included a new landscaped playground area and an outdoor classroom.

Birkenhead School prides itself on being a family school. It is attractive to parents to have all their children in one school, and it is a great advantage for the school to be able to establish strong, long-lasting relationships with families.A key feature of the School is its strength of community, which runs through the student, staff and parental bodies. The School is embedded within the wider Wirral community, and has strong links with local business and charities.

A dedicated, talented and collegiate staff body is required to achieve these aims. The Schools informal motto is Respect, Responsibility and Resilience, to which we have recently added inclusivity, compassion, integrity, humility and courage as defined School values.

To safely operate the Schools minibus routes, collecting students from various pick up points and delivering them to School and return. Duties include:

• Ensuring passengers wellbeing, and safe and secure travel at all times
• Co-ordinating the various pickups and return
• Liaising with parents to offer the required standard of service
• Ensuring the minibus is kept clean and in good condition
• Safeguarding the welfare of all students travelling to and from School and co-curricular activities
• Regular visual inspection of vehicles, including checking tyres, lights, oil etc.
• Ensure minibuses are always driven in a legal and safe fashion
• Complying with Schools policies and processes

The Person

We are looking for candidates who can relate to children of all ages, as well as representing the School professionally to all parents. Candidates must:

• Be able to work both on own initiative and collaboratively
• Role model values, integrity and positive behaviours
• Be flexible, punctual and reliable
• Have a warm and welcoming approach
• Possess excellent customer care and communication skills
• Be organised and adaptable to changing situations
• Ideally have previous experience working in a School environment

Skills and Knowledge:

• Experienced driver with a full driving licence, with at least category D1 (entitlement to drive minibuses)
• A PSV or advanced driving qualification would be an advantage, but not essential
• Skilled individual with high standards, who can act with discretion, enthusiasm and a positive attitude
• The ability to communicate well with students, peers, parents and visitors

Hours

This is a part time position (22.5 hours weekly), with working hours between 6.30am – 8.30am and 3.30pm – 5.30pm. The School also provides an after School twilight service returning students home between 5.30pm and 6.30pm, which is paid as additional hours and usually consists of 2 – 3 shifts per week. A degree of flexibility is also required to allow for occasional activities involving working outside the normal hours e.g. weekends, daytime activities etc.

Other Benefits

We will value and support your contribution to School life and in return provide you with excellent rewards;

• Working with fantastic young students
• Working as part of a committed team
• Membership of an auto-enrolment pension Scheme
• Wellbeing assistance through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Substantial discount on School fees for children of permanent staff attending the School
• Free use of the fully equipped on-site gym
• Support for your continuous professional development

A letter of application indicating skills and experience, together with a completed application form, including the names and email addresses of at least two referees, should be sent for the attention of the Bursar via Cheryl Wallace (Personnel and Compliance Manager).

To meet our safeguarding obligations, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is undertaken as part of the recruitment process for all new staff. As Birkenhead School is an educational provider, it is permitted to ask whether an applicant has any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings which would not be filtered in line with current guidance, as defined by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). It is a criminal offence for an individual who is barred from working with children to apply for a role which is classed as regulated activity.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.