Minibus Driver

St Mary’s Catholic College

Minibus Driver

Job Title: Minibus Driver

Location: St Mary’s Catholic College

Responsible To: A member of the Senior Leadership Team

Salary Grade: Band F, Scale point 12-17 £11,456-£12,555 (actual)

Contract: This is a fixed-term position, initially for three months. This post is 20 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only).

Start Date: As soon as possible

Closing Date for Applications: Monday 27th February 2023

The governors of St Mary’s Catholic College would like to invite applications from reliable, hardworking and trustworthy individuals for the position of Minibus Driver. The post is initially for three months from the post holder’s start date. The successful candidate will drive the minibus vehicles for the school to enable students to participate fully in a wide variety of activities. The post holder will also collect pupils from their homes and bring them to school in the minibus to support attendance across the school.

St Mary's Catholic College is a school for students of all abilities, which continually strives in all it does to realise its Mission Statement to ‘Love and Serve Christ within us all’. St Mary’s is based in Wallasey and is home to the Trust’s new ‘Element Centre’. 

Key responsibilities:

• To be responsible for carrying out driving/escort duties.
• To be responsible for ensuring that the required number of seats are in place and secure, and that the necessary wheelchair restraints are available for the planned journey.
• To be responsible for the welfare, safety and comfort of passengers at all times, and to offer assistance where appropriate. 
• To undertake appropriate training when necessary.
• Not to drive any vehicle or use any equipment unless fully trained and confident.
• To supply a copy of your driving licence every 6 months on request, and to immediately advise the school of any changes or endorsements to your licence.
• To be responsible for ensuring that all passengers and yourself wear a seat belt at all times.
• To undertake any other driving requirements that the school may require.
• To undertake any other duty that may from time to time be reasonably required. 

We offer: 

●  A unique opportunity to work for a MAT which is one of 87 national teaching school hubs and includes the lead school for Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub

●  Mentoring and high level training

●  Encouragement to develop your career with excellent promotion opportunities and opportunities

●  A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core.

●  Inclusion in whole school and MAT teams – working together to achieve ambitious outcomes whilst valuing every individual’s contribution

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Holy Family Multi Academy Trust will undertake general online searches for all shortlisted candidates, this may include social media and video platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok and You Tube. Online searches will only examine data that is publicly available, and the aim is to identify any incidents or issues. Any areas of concern will be discussed during the interview process. To assist in this part of the process we would appreciate it if you would complete the attached Social Media form and return it with your application.

We are committed to safeguarding the young people in our care, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To apply for this position, please send a covering letter and completed application form for the attention of Mr K Maddocks, Headteacher, to recruitment@hfcmat.com. For further information please visit the ‘Vacancies’ section on our website www.stmaryswallasey.com.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young People and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.