Derbyshire County Council
Specialist Transport Manager

Location: County Hall, Matlock
Reference: JOB/24/03501
Salary details: Grade 13 £46,363 - £50,006 per annum
Job term: Full Time
Appointment type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 10 November 2024

Matlock/Hybrid – expectation to work in the office 2 days per week.

Lead and Innovate as a Specialist Transport Manager

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for passenger transport services? Do you have extensive experience in operational delivery, contract performance and change management? Join our team as a Specialist Transport Manager and lead the way in delivering high-quality passenger transport services.

Derbyshire County Council welcomes applications from experienced passenger transport professionals to join our team and provide clear strategic and operational leadership and management. It is a great time to work in transport at Derbyshire, as it is a time of growth and transformation across all passenger transport services.

The key aspects of the role are to:
Lead and manage specialist transport services including home to school transport (mainstream), Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Adult Social Care and vulnerable community clients
Ensure the provision of safe, legal and cost-effective transport solutions that meet County Council priorities and responds to passengers changing needs
Collaborate closely with partners including client departments, taxi and coach operators, schools and centres, licensing authorities and stakeholder forums
Provide financial monitoring and budgetary support to senior officers
Develop and support the implementation of a new IT management system and new working processes.
This list is not exhaustive, look at our comprehensive job profile on our Derbyshire County Council jobs website for more detail.

What We’re Looking For:
- Substantial experience of passenger transport services, from a strategic and/or operational delivery aspect
- Great leadership and people management, motivation skills and experience in managing large teams
- Knowledge of statutory and regulatory aspects of passenger transport operations
- Experience of managing and monitoring multi-million budgets
- Project and programme management skills, especially tangible experience of change management improvements
- The drive and determination to ‘make a difference’ for the people of Derbyshire.

Personal Attributes: strong leadership, excellent communication and negotiation skills and the ability to engage effectively with all stakeholders.

Derbyshire is a wonderful place to live, visit and work. The post will be based at County Hall at Matlock, in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales. As part of our Modern Ways of Working programme we are currently working on a hybrid basis which includes flexible office/on-site/home working arrangements - there'll be an opportunity to discuss future working arrangements at interview.

And what’s in it for you?
- 27 days of annual leave (dependent on Local Government length of service)
- Flexible working scheme
- Generous local government pension scheme
- Guaranteed incremental annual pay increases
- Discounts at selected county leisure centres
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free online health and exercise sessions
and more!

Derbyshire County Council offers a stimulating and supportive work environment. We value continuous professional development and provide ample opportunities for career growth. Join us and lead a team dedicated to delivering excellent transport services in Derbyshire.

We are accepting CVs for this position, but if you would prefer to submit a standard application form, you can download one from the Jobs website and upload instead of your CV.

If your application is by CV, please include a covering letter and a supporting statement of no more than 500 words detailing how you will meet the required criteria as set out in the job and person profile.

For an informal and confidential chat about the role please contact our Head of Transport, Deborah Oddy – [email protected] 

Provisional Interview Date: 18 November 2024

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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