Lead Driver / Trainer

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

The Client Transport service have a fleet of accessible vehicles and cars that are required to transport SEND Children and Vulnerable Adults to various location within and outside the Authority boundaries. The operating centre is Lower House Lane Depot in Widnes, Transport Co-ordination staff have several drivers/passenger assistants that are required on a daily basis to run the service.

Hours: 37 per week

Split shifts: Monday to Friday Mornings & Afternoons

Each shift may have an operational difference, that may require a slight variation in length, dependent upon the daily requirements of the service.

Your Contributions:

We are looking for a motivated and professional individual to join our team as a Lead Driver / Trainer.

In this role, you will supervise staff, deliver MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) training, and provide excellent support to colleagues and service users. The successful candidate will be confident, approachable, and committed to maintaining high standards of safety and customer care.

A Full UK Driving Licence to include category D1 (101) is essential for this role

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Jeff Briggs on [phone removed] or Lisa Hennon on [phone removed].

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – [email removed]

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!