Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
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A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
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Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
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Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
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Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
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Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
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Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
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Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
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Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
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An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
The Corporate Fleet Team plays a critical role in ensuring that Cambridgeshire County Council operates a safe, compliant, efficient and sustainable fleet across a wide range of frontline and statutory services.
We are looking for a Senior Fleet Coordinator to join our growing Corporate Fleet Team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and support a newly centralised fleet function that is delivering significant financial efficiencies, improving compliance standards and supporting the Council's ambitious Net Zero programme.
Working closely with the Corporate Fleet Manager and specialist fleet leads, you will coordinate fleet compliance activities, support vehicle maintenance and inspection programmes, monitor driver compliance, assist with fleet procurement and contract management activities, and help ensure that the Council meets its legal and operational obligations.
This is a hybrid role with flexibility to work from home and Council offices, together with occasional travel across Cambridgeshire to support fleet activities and inspections.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Zeena Weekes, Corporate Fleet Manager, on 01480 372475 or via Microsoft Teams.
What will you be doing?
As Senior Fleet Coordinator you will:
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Coordinate vehicle maintenance, servicing, inspections and compliance activities across the Council fleet.
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Maintain fleet records and support compliance with Operator Licence requirements, vehicle legislation and Council policies.
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Monitor driver compliance, including licence checks, driver training requirements, tachograph information and working time compliance.
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Support the management of fleet-related incidents and assist services in implementing corrective actions.
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Produce reports and performance information relating to fleet compliance, safety, utilisation and sustainability.
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Work with suppliers, contractors and internal stakeholders to ensure vehicles remain safe, compliant and operationally available.
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Support procurement activities, vehicle hire arrangements and contract monitoring.
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Assist with fleet improvement projects, including fleet decarbonisation, electric vehicle integration and operational efficiency initiatives.
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Contribute to the development of policies, procedures and guidance that support safe and effective fleet management.
About you
We are looking for someone who is organised, proactive and passionate about delivering high-quality fleet services.
You will ideally have experience working within a fleet, transport, compliance, logistics or operational environment and have an understanding of vehicle compliance, driver safety and fleet operations.
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Strong organisational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail.
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The ability to manage competing priorities and work independently.
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Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Experience of working with data, records and management systems.
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An understanding of vehicle compliance, health and safety and driver risk management principles.
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The ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues, suppliers and external partners.
A CPC qualification, fleet management experience, experience of Operator Licence environments and knowledge of decarbonisation or electric vehicles would be advantageous but are not essential. We welcome applications from candidates with transferable skills from transport, logistics, compliance, operational or public sector environments.
Full training and support will be provided to help you develop within the role.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
