Minibus Coordinator
Gordon's School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- £8,610 p.a. (FTE £20,000) - plus free lunch, parking and use of the fitness centre
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 14 October 2019
Job overview
Reports to: Property Services Manager
Hours: 20 hours per week term time plus 2 weeks, may be required to
work some Saturdays
Salary: £8,610 p.a. (FTE £20,000)
Main Purpose of the Job:
Act as internal transport manager with full responsibility for the school fleet of minibuses, their safe driving and oversight of all school vehicle usage.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Driver administration: checking of drivers' licences annually, refer to the Bursar any drivers who do not comply with the school’s driver competency guidelines
• Ensuring that drivers are adequately trained and competent to operate relevant vehicles and equipment and that any discrepancies are investigated and dealt with promptly. Arrange and have delivered initial and refresher Midas-type training for staff as required and maintain the log of all Midas qualified drivers; send reminders well ahead to staff who require refresher training.
• Ensuring drivers comply with the driving hours rules; and where appropriate tachograph data is downloaded at the required intervals and that all records are retained and can be produced.
• Driver operations – ensuring drivers complete and return their driver defect report sheets and that defects are recorded correctly and cross checked.
• Vehicle management - ensuring that vehicles and trailers are kept in a fit and roadworthy condition, that defects are recorded and repaired promptly; to take vehicles and towed equipment for safety inspections, service, repair and statutory testing at the appropriate times and within the notified O-licence maintenance intervals; to liaise with maintenance contractors, manufacturers, hire companies as might be appropriate. Ensuring that vehicles and trailers are parked as appropriate when not in use.
• Conduct weekly checks of all school vehicles; ensure that fuel cards are provided for each vehicle and that all fuel tanks are filled for weekend use and check on Monday mornings.
• Vehicle administration - including ensuring that all maintenance is planned and executed at appropriate times for the school; vehicle maintenance records are retained as required and that operator licence discs are current and displayed correctly; tachograph calibrations are up to date and displayed, vehicles are appropriately insured and taxed; vehicles have emergency roadside cover with information in the vehicle together with all other appropriate information and safety equipment; all vehicles have current fuel cards.
• Organising vehicle cleaning in conjunction with Facilities, or possibly using a local service provider
• Oversee the vehicle booking administration, the booking schedules of all school vehicles, assisting with the hiring of alternative vehicles as required
General:
• Manage, audit and review compliance systems to ensure that they are effective
• Review any shortcomings such as prohibitions and/or annual test failures
• Keep up to date with relevant changes in standards and legislation
• Ensuring Section 19 is in place and act on any relevant changes in accordance with the Section 19 Permit requirements
• Liaise with the Assistant Bursar on any relevant insurance matters
• Anything else reasonably required by the Line Manager or Bursar.
Qualifications and experience:
• Full clean UK driving licence held for a minimum of 2 years (essential)
• D1 category for minibuses or has held a licence since before 1 January 2007 (essential)
• Proven experience of light commercial driving (essential)
• It is a legal requirement that applicants are over 21 years of age for insurance purposes (essential)
• Experience of working within a similar environment (desirable)
Key Skills:
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Good communication skills – written and verbal
• Ability to prioritise work
• Flexibility
Gordon’s School is a State Boarding and Day School and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment – applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate screening including a DBS check.
For more details please visit out website: www.gordons.school/vacancies.
To apply please complete the application form below and email it to htedeschi@gordons.school
Attached documents
About Gordon's School
Gordon’s is a non-selective, co-ed, 11-18 school of circa 1000 students. Unusually for a state school it offers residential boarding facilities to 280 students. Founded in 1885, its historical links with General Charles Gordon have shaped the ethos and sense of tradition that is present within the school today.
Gordon’s places a strong emphasis on standards, academic success and high expectations. Great importance is placed on the quality of teaching in the classroom because of the belief that schools are first and foremost centres for learning.
In the sixth form there are over 350 students taking BTEC and A Level courses. There are five residential boarding houses and six day boarding houses for students. This allows for a high level of care and individual support, excellent staff/student relationships, backed by a structured learning and teaching environment, with high standards of courtesy and self-discipline.
In the school there is a wide variety of sporting and co-curricular activities. Daily over forty clubs offer a range from traditional games, rock-climbing and horse riding to tap dancing, music and drama. The Combined Cadet Force and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme are particularly popular and successful. One unusual feature is the marching Pipes and Drums band, which plays at ceremonial occasions at school and for outside events, when the students wear their ‘blues’ - a form of military uniform featuring the Gordon’s tartan.
School facilities are excellent and include over fifty acres of playing fields, a state-of-the art fitness centre, sports hub including all-weather pitches and coffee shop, and refurbished music and drama block.
The school is situated in fifty acres of Surrey parkland a few miles from the M25, M3 and M4 motorways. Day boarders come mainly from the local villages of West End, Chobham and Lightwater. Residential boarders come for all parts of the United Kingdom and around ten percent from overseas.
The Ofsted Inspection of November 2014 reported, “Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect”. Ofsted inspected 27 areas, 26 of which were given grade 1. In particular: -
“Teaching and learning are outstanding”
“The curriculum provision is outstanding”
“Standards are outstandingly high in national tests and GCSE”
“The effectiveness and efficiency of the boarding is outstanding”
“The quality of care provided by the school for the pupils is exceptional”
“Leadership and management are outstanding”
All of this is a tremendous testimony to the hard work and commitment of both students and staff – and is part of the reason why Gordon’s is the most over-subscribed state school in Surrey with over five applications for every place.
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