Wigan Life Centre South
College Avenue
Wigan
WN1 1NJ
Salary: Grade 5, £20,493 - £23,080 per annum.
37 hours per week
Your role:
You will coordinate all activities relating to commissioned transport for both home to school transport and adult social care transport across Wigan Borough. Together with ensuring all children and young people with SEND and vulnerable adults receive appropriate, efficient and safe transport.
This will be achieved through undertaking route planning for home to school transport and adult social care transport ensuring that all transport routes are efficient and cost effective.
About you:
We are looking for someone who has experience working in a dynamic environment together with a knowledge of route planning and logistic management within a transport environment. You will have strong problem solving abilities and a logical, structured approach to work.
You will be passionate about delivering exceptional services to families with children and adults with additional needs and disabilities. You will have an understanding of the challenges faced by such families and the impact this has on their ability to take their family member to school or day care. Your drive for service improvement will be obvious and your understand of the client bases and their needs and requirements will be strong.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater ManchesterContinuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or ’unbroken’ between the supporting organisations.
This is your opportunity to co-ordinate and commission transport solutions for children and young people with special education needs and vulnerable adults, that meet their needs and the requirements of the service. Through having a caring and inspiring outlook this role will give you the rewards of feeling part of a team delivering outstanding services to residents of the borough.
As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.
Covid Safe
Wigan Council are proud to be a Covid safe organisation. For some of this role you will be required to work from home and connect with your team and others virtually. However, there may be occasions where you are required to go into a council building to carry out part of your role. The health and wellbeing of our staff is of utmost importance to us and if you are required to use a council building, a risk assessment will be conducted beforehand and the appropriate safety measures put in place.
For further information, please contact Stephen Collins on 01942 489688
Interview date: Friday 4 Feburary 2022
Interviews will be held remotely
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