Casual Minibus Driver

Casual Minibus Driver

Fancy a flexible role where you can truly make a difference to a pupil's school day? We are on the lookout for two brilliant, reliable drivers to join our team!

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Casual Minibus Drivers to join LEO Academy Trust. Working on a casual basis, you will provide vital support by ensuring our pupils and staff travel safely and comfortably to offsite events, whilst maintaining the high standards expected across our Trust.

The Role

As part of a small team of minibus drivers for the Trust, you will step in as a casual minibus driver as and when required. Your paramount responsibility is the safety of your passengers, ensuring you drive the Trust's minibuses in a responsible and competent manner.

Key duties include:

• Safely transporting children and staff, as and when required, to and from offsite events.
• Safely loading children on the minibus and ensuring seatbelts are worn at all times.
• Taking responsibility for the safety, comfort and welfare of pupils and staff and offering assistance where appropriate.
• Carrying out daily, pre-journey vehicle checks and basic maintenance (checking fuel, water and oil levels, tyres, lights etc.).
• Reporting any vehicle defects, faults, incidents and accidents to the Trust Minibus Fleet Manager.
• Ensuring the vehicle is in a clean and roadworthy condition before and after use, and refuelling the vehicles as required.
• Working within the constraints and guidelines as set out in the Trust’s Driving For Work Policy, including enforcing safety protocols such as the use of seatbelts and adherence to speed limits.
• Checking the first aid box on the minibus ensuring it is up to date and advising the Trust Minibus Fleet Manager when used.
• Covering for absent colleagues.

What You Will Bring

We are searching for patient, helpful, and highly reliable individuals who genuinely enjoy working within a school environment.

Essential Criteria:

• Age 25+ (for insurance purposes).
• Hold a current, valid driving licence D1 unrestricted or a PCV licence or D1 restricted (car licence obtained prior to 01/01/1997) - you must have held this for at least 2 years..
• Geographical knowledge of the local area.
• Competent to undertake vehicle checks and carry out basic maintenance.
• Pleasant, patient and helpful personality, with an ability to communicate with a range of different people.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Reliable and trustworthy with a flexible approach to working arrangements.
• Good organisational ability.
• Experience driving a large vehicle is desirable.

Why Choose LEO Academy Trust?

• LEO Academy Trust champions continuous professional development and delivers a programme of in house CPD working with a range of partners to offer accessible training for all staff including e-learning and face to face workshops.
• We provide extensive health and wellbeing support for all staff via a third party provider

Pre-Employment Checks:

In strict accordance with statutory safeguarding requirements, all offers of employment are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. This includes obtaining an enhanced DBS certificate, confirming your identity and right to work in the UK, carrying out overseas checks (where applicable), and verifying your professional qualifications. We will also undertake referencing ensuring any gaps in employment are fully explained—and conduct online searches (including social media) as a routine part of our due diligence process.

LEO Academy Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills. Applications are invited from all members of the community. We do not discriminate against staff on the basis of age; race; sex; disability; sexual orientation; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; religion, faith or belief (Equality Act 2010 protected characteristics). The principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity also apply to the way in which staff and Trust treat visitors, volunteers, contractors and former staff members.

Safeguarding & Equal Opportunities: LEO Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please read about our commitment to safeguarding as well as other important information in the Applicant guide on our website.

Other Information: All candidates should detail how you meet the aspects of the person specification for the role - please see the job description and person specification. You should describe your suitability against the person specification and ensure that you cover all essential criteria (if not marked as essential, please assume all are essential), by providing evidence and examples of proven experience. We are unable to accept CV’s without a completed application.

Reasonable Adjustments: Should you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in applying for this role, at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment team to tell us what changes or help you might need.

Apply early...

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.