Minibus Driver - Colchester
Salary £ 25,238.20
Colchester
Vacancy listed 10/01/2025
Application deadline 24/01/2025
Details
What’s the attraction? 
·        To truly make a difference to people’s lives
·        To put your minibus driving experience to good use within the community, enabling the more vulnerable people to access services 
·        To be part of a forward thinking team, who always put our members first
·        To know that the trip you have just provided has put a smile on a member’s face
 
Community360 has a proven track record of already providing transport services in both Colchester, Maldon and Chelmsford.  We are seeking someone who can join a busy team providing transport to those who cannot access public transport for appointments, services, activities and facilities.  The Scheme improves the transport provision for people in the local community who have limited mobility (be it through permanent or temporary disablement, illness, accident or age) or who would otherwise be socially excluded or geographically isolated.
 
The Position
This role will suit someone who likes to “go the extra mile” and has a flexible approach.   Duties include driving a fully accessible minibus and transporting individuals to/from a range of activities including:
 
·        Discharge from hospital
·        Medical/health/therapy appointments
·        Shopping trips, hairdresser appointments or other socially related event
·        Excursion trips
 
You will bring:
·        Experience of driving up to 16-seater minibuses
·        Flexible approach essential
·        Empathic and caring nature
·        A passion for helping people whilst having our values at the heart of what you do
·        Resilience to deal with a fast paced environment
·        Strong communication skills
·        Ability to work in a team environment
·        A full clean driving licence with Category D1 (preferable but not essential) and good local knowledge of the Colchester area.
 
MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) training will provided.  Candidates are required to be aged 25 years or over in order to be covered by our Fleet Insurance.

Closing date: 5pm 24th January 2025
Benefits

28 days holiday (pro rata for part time) including bank holidays
Extra day off for your birthday (after passing probation)
Five extra days holiday (pro-rata) after five years’ service
Up to three paid days volunteering per year (after passing probation)
Development opportunities
Staff Buddy Scheme
Social and Wellbeing programme
Pension Scheme 6% paid for by employer
Charity Discount Card

Notes

Please upload your CV and a covering letter to the BreatheHR portal. Your covering letter must evidence specific essential criteria from the Person Specification. You can view the full Job Description and Person Specification on our vacancies page on our website for further information.

You will not be considered if a covering letter with the evidence requested is not provided.

Please note we cannot provide feedback on unsuccessful applications.

Please note 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.

We have given details about the skills and types of experience you’ll need for this role – but we know skills and experience can be developed. If you think you can do most of this, and are excited by our work, we want to hear from you.

This vacancy has now been closed