Drivers

Job description

Job Introduction

Job Title: Driver - HertsLynx Drivers
Starting Salary: £13.52 per hour progressing to £13.73 an hour
Hours: 37 - Please note this role involves evening and weekend working
Location: Hertfordshire - various locations
Contract Type: Permanent/Variable
Directorate: Growth & Environment

HertsLynx, isHertfordshire's on-demand bus service, providing flexible transport in rural and less well-served areas.

Passengers book journeys via an app, website, or phone rather than using fixed routes or timetables.

The service groups bookings together to plan efficient routes in real time.
HertsLynx improves accessibility, reduces car dependency, and makes better use of public transport resources.

Essential criteria

• A full, unrestricted D1 licence is essential and experience driving both manual and automatic vehicles.
• A confident and safe driver with empathetic and professional approach.
• Comfortable working independently and following scheduled routes.
• Reliable, customer focused and committed to helping residents in the community.
• Reliable, punctual and able to work independently to assigned shifts and timings.
• Willingness to undertake mandatory training, including moving & handling, safeguarding and first aid.
• Driving assessment required.

If there are no vacancies in your preferred team/location, please continue to make an application and we will add you to a waiting list. You will be contacted when vacancies become available to see if you are still interested in Driving for Hertfordshire County Council.

For more information about each of these roles please visit our Driving jobs in Hertfordshire page

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Operational Services, level 4 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Operational services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact [email protected] for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis as and when suitable applications are submitted.

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.