Salary: £25,620- £25,989 pro rata per annum
Grade: CD
Contract: Fixed Term - 12 months
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week, Term time only
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Are you the kind of person who naturally looks out for others and loves working as part of a community?
Across North Yorkshire, our Integrated Passenger Transport Operations Team keeps our community moving. Our extensive network of more than 120 vehicles, mainly minibuses, and approximately 340 drivers and passenger assistants work tirelessly to deliver safe, reliable transport where it’s needed most. From providing essential local bus services to unlocking access to learning, employment, and social centres, we ensure nobody gets left behind.
We bridge the gap to critical community hubs, enabling independent access to education, supported employment, and day centres, and other meaningful activities in our community. The team delivers approximately 250,000 passenger journeys per year including 20,000 wheelchair user journeys.
About the role
Experience is not essential, however, some experience of driving minibus type vehicles or working in a similar role would be an advantage for this post. We are looking for a caring, flexible, and committed person to help transport clients that require additional support to get to and from a range of different venues.
You will be helping to make sure all our passengers enjoy a safe and comfortable journey:
- Driving accessible and non-accessible minibuses and other vehicles along with undertaking minor vehicle repairs as and when necessary
- Ensuring all passengers board, travel, and alight safely, while ensuring that any safety equipment is used correctly. Full equipment training is provided.
- Using your great communication skills to connect and collaborate with school and centre staff, parents, carers and colleagues
D1 or D1 (101) entitlement on your driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.
We offer a comprehensive training package including Minibus Driver Awareness Training Scheme (MIDAS), Basic First Aid and Managing Challenging Behaviour.
Please note that the salary advertised is the full time equivalent rate. For term time only employees, the annual salary is calculated pro rata and paid evenly over 12 months.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier:
- a local government pension scheme with generous employer contribution
- employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more
- Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
- learning, development and career advancement opportunities
For more information or an informal chat please contact Julie Firth at [email protected]
Key Dates:
Closing date: 30 August 2026
Interview date: 7 September 2026
Key Documents:
Job Description
Total Rewards Brochure
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Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
