Transport Scheduling Officer
East Midlands Shared Services · Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom · hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full-time 37 hours start times between 07:30 and 08:30 due to shift patterns
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £27,709 (Level one) rising to £28,896 (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Woolsthorpe Depot, Building 5 Woolsthorpe Depot Woolsthorpe Close Nottingham NG8 3JD
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
This role is provide support to the Passenger Transport Service in the provision of a range of commissioned transport services.
Assisting to ensure contract compliance for all commissioned transport provision, both internally and externally provided, preparing, specifications, schedules, routes and data necessary to commission transport related services and maintenance of routes throughout the year as and when they change with additional pupil referral requests.
The role also includes the processing travel pass applications, and personal travel budget milage contributions and parent contributions and associated administration tasks.
The role will help to prepare contracts, service agreements and specifications, including all procurement requirements regarding schedules, routes and other relevant data. Be responsible for the upkeep of digital database solutions and help to maintain service delivery and financial performance of all contracts commissioned.
This role will also be a point of contact for schools, external operators and parents in relation to travel queries.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Good IT skills to provide data, spreadsheets and performance reporting
- Background of transport or key enablers to service delivery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- An understanding of Safeguarding and role of care services provided by the contract
- Experience in contract monitoring and compliance
- Ability to be creative, identify problems and work to create solutions
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Nicola Bird, by email at nicola.bird@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 4th November 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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