Rutland County Council

Senior Transport Manager (Maternity Cover)
Fixed Term, full time 37 hours per week
Scale PO4
Salary £41,025 - £43,821

Rutland is one of the best places in the country to live, learn, work, play and visit. We may be the smallest Unitary Authority in England, but we can offer fantastic opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of the residents in our local community. This is your chance to become part of a great team, delivering great services throughout the County.

We are looking for maternity cover for up to 12 months for our Senior Transport Manager to lead our transport team to deliver customer focused services to our residents. In this exciting and challenging role you will be responsible for public transport, home to school transport, transport strategy, road safety, public rights of way and fleet management.

The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, this post is classified as a politically restricted post. Employees who are politically restricted are disqualified from standing for or holding elected office under the Local Government (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 (LGO(PR)R 1990) [SI 851].

We act as ‘One Council’ in all we do, with each of us working together in the most effective way to meet the needs of our customers every day – if you share this ethos then we very much want to hear from you.

Please visit our website for a full Job Description. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dave Brown, Director – Places (Environment, Planning and Transport) on 01572 758461; or email [email protected].

Closing date: 14th February 2018
Interview date: 26th February 2018

To apply, and to find out more about what we do, please click here. Alternatively, email: [email protected] or call 01572 722577 for an application pack.

All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will usually be sent out via email. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the HR team.

Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.