Government Car Service Driver - London, United Kingdom - Department for Transport

Department for Transport

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £15,109

Hourly rate £ hour working week)
Job grade:
Administrative Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Roads Transport Group
Motoring & Freight
Type of role:
Operational Delivery
Working pattern:
Parttime
Number of jobs available:
6Contents

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About the job

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Location

LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

Are you a professional driver who always provides exceptional customer service?

Do you hold a full clean UK driving licence?

If so, we'd love to hear from you

Job description:

The Government Car Service (GCS) provides secure driver and car services for Government Departments in London.

The main purpose of the job is to provide a safe and secure high quality passenger transport service to HM Government Departments.

Working hours will be:
Monday - Wednesday 1800 hours hours.
Friday - any 8 continuous hours up until 2200 hours.

There will be a requirement to be flexible to meet the needs to of the business.

_ Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: _

Transporting individuals throughout London.
Providing excellent customer service, communicating clearly and in a timely way with all stakeholders to ensure delivery of a professional service.
Remaining professional and discreet at all times.
Ensuring you follow recommended safety and security standards.
Proactively adjusting plans to overcome potential obstacles and setbacks.
Juggling priorities or adapting plans as appropriate to ensure effective delivery.
Keeping abreast of developments potentially impacting on achievement of plans such as traffic congestion, road works and transport disruptions.
Ensuring all safety and security measures are applied in carrying out instructed actions.
Escalating critical issues where instructions conflict with other operational priorities/standing instructions such as safety, security considerations, statutory obligations.
Communicating any changes of plans to all interested parties e.g. line manager, duty officer, customers.
Questioning and/or seeking to clarify ambiguous, unachievable or unclear instructions.

For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile

Person specification:

About You

You will hold a full clean UK driving licence and have previous experience as a driver at a similar level.

You are a committed and calm person, with extensive experience of driving both within and around London, driving both the major and minor routes and have an excellent knowledge of the Highway Code.
You are able to drive both manual and automatic transmission cars.
You can build positive relationships with both internal and external colleagues and are happy to contribute towards continuously improving our service.
Licences:
Full Clean Driving Licence
Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Delivering at Pace
Managing a Quality Service
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits:

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

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Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
How to Apply
Your experience of driving in a professional capacity.
Your experience of providing fantastic customer service to a wide range of stakeholders.
Your knowledge of driving throughout London and other major routes.

The sift is due to take place 30th April & 1st May 2024.

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held 14th-17th May 2024.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role.

As a result, your assessment will include a full day of activities including interactive, written and timed exercises:

A multiple choice Highway Code Assessment.
A written test to demonstrate knowledge of London.
Driving Assessment.
An eyesight test (conducted by our driver trainers with approved test equipment for driving).
An interview.

You're encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the jo