Transport Team Leader

Due to increased demand Oxford High School will be growing its school bus service. This presents an exciting opportunity for a proven Transport Team Leader to coordinate and manage a team of minibus drivers, ensuring a first-class transport service across our three sites for both pupils and staff. 

Reporting to the Compliance and Facilities Manager you will be responsible for delivering a pro-active efficient and effective transport service. This will entail a range of responsibilities, including coordinating bookings, working with third party suppliers, ensuring MOTs, services and vehicle checks are undertaken, line managing a team of drivers and ensuring both vehicle and driver documentation is up to date. 

We are open to applications from candidates with direct experience managing a transport / logistics service (this does not need to be within education), as well as those with transferable team leadership and service coordination skills with knowledge of security and emergency procedures. A clean driver’s licence is essential as is the willingness to be trained for the D1 minibus entitlement, if not already obtained. You will have the ability to work effectively on your own initiative as well as in collaboration with other teams. Your excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to young people, parents, colleagues and external agencies will set you apart.

Please note a degree of flexibility is required to meet the needs of the busy school calendar.

About Oxford High School:

Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford's historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls' education.

Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work: our girls are highly motivated and ambitious, supportive yet self-aware. From our youngest Reception pupils through to our longest-serving members of staff, there is a real sense of pride at being part of the Oxford High community.

As well as our commitment to girls' education, we are committed to investing in our staff's personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network. 

Benefits: 

As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls' schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Free school lunches
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For more information and details on how to apply please click the apply button or email j.ralfe@oxf.gdst.net. For an informal chat please call 01865 559888 ext. 30015.

Closing date: 20th February 2023. 

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.  An early application is therefore strongly advised.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.