Transport Manager - Moulton

We are seeking a highly organised, customer‑focused individual to lead our Transport team. In this role, you will help oversee the college's transport provision for students, ensuring they travel safely to and from campus each day using our fleet of vehicles, taxis, and external ...

Job description

We are seeking a highly organised, customer‑focused individual to lead our Transport team. In this role, you will help oversee the college's transport provision for students, ensuring they travel safely to and from campus each day using our fleet of vehicles, taxis, and external transport providers.

Your duties

Key tasks associated with this role include;

• Oversee the safe and reliable daily operation of all student transport services.
• Manage routes, timetables and resources to deliver an efficient, customer‑focused service.
• Lead and coordinate transport staff, ensuring effective rota coverage and driver allocation.
• Monitor fleet safety, servicing schedules, fuel usage and compliance through the fleet administrator.
• Handle transport budgets, income collection and procurement, including contract tendering.
• Manage student bus passes, travel permissions and clear communication of updates or delays.
• Maintain strong relationships with transport operators, ensuring contracts, DBS checks and SLAs are met.
• Support curriculum trips and oversee taxi accounts with accurate, auditable records.
• Monitor student behaviour on transport and liaise with curriculum teams when needed.
• Uphold safeguarding, health & safety, GDPR and equality, diversity & inclusion standards.

Due to the operating hours of the service there may be a need to be on call at either end of the day in case of emergencies.

For the full requirements of the role, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

The successful candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualities will include:

• You will have previous experience in a busy customer focused role.
• You will need strong organisational skills and enjoy managing multiple activities simultaneously.
• You must be IT literate and understand the importance of attention to detail and accuracy.
• You will have excellent communication skills and be able to positively relate to people from all walks of life.
• You should be used to working with large amounts of data and have a flexible approach to your work to enable you to adapt to changing priorities
• You will have a minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent) and a full driving licence.

For the full requirements of the role, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Benefits

There are too many benefits to working at Moulton College to include them all. Aside from the location (Moulton is located in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside covering over 450 hectares, with a further 170 hectares rented as grazing for our livestock), Moulton College boasts a dedicated, skilled and experienced staff team and an aspirational student body. As a valued employee at Moulton College, you will have access to:

• 33 days' annual leave, including 8 bank holidays **
• A maximum of 5 College closure days **
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit pension scheme with an employer contribution of 20%)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Benefits *
• High Street Discounts scheme with access to discounts at a host of retailers
• Opportunity for annual volunteering days *
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development of Moulton College employees
• Access to 24/7 Support Line for employees and close family household members
• Healthcare cash plan *
• Discounted on-site Gym membership available
• Discounted nursery fees
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme *
• Eye care vouchers*
• Online payslips

(* Subject to conditions / ** Pro rata for part time)

We help new employees settle in through central College induction events and local induction activities. We also provide a range of essential information through our online learning packages. These cover various topics including EDI, Safeguarding, Health & Safety at Work, to name a few.

How to apply

Applications may be reviewed and shortlisted upon receipt. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The College is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Please note that, in line with current legislation, an online search will be undertaken as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates to prevent (or minimise the risk of) individuals being employed to work with young people who may be unsuitable to do so. Any specific concerns regarding any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, may then be discussed during the interview stage with the candidate.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo a range of checks in line with Keeping Children Safe In Education, including an enhanced background check conducted by the Disclosure & Barring Service prior to employment commencing.

To apply for this role, please download the college application form, complete and return via email to ; these are located on the College website at ; Alternatively email to request an application pack.