Travel Officer (Bus Transport or Workshop) x2

Job Vacancy

Exciting opportunities have arisen in both our Workshop and Bus Transport Travel teams to provide office based technical support to the operational teams to deliver great customer service to a high standard of quality.

You will have experience of working in either a fast-moving maintenance and repair garage to schedule services/MOTs and manage the fleet database which includes HGV’s or bus/taxi transport scheduling of home to school travel for our inhouse team of drivers and liaising with external contractors.

For both roles you will be comfortable in a customer facing role where good written and oral communication skills are essential. You will have the ability to multitask to prioritise competing customer requests.  

You will be IT literate and experienced in using Microsoft software packages and able to rapidly adapt to service specific software applications and databases.

A full current UK driving licence is required.

CLOSING DATE - Tuesday 20th February 2024

INTERVIEW DATE - week beginning 26th February 2024

Job Advert

Position Title: Travel Officer (Bus Transport or Workshop) x2                

Directorate: Place               

Working from Home:No

Location: Bonnyrigg Depot                                                

Contract Status: Permanent          

Hours of Work: 36   

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 7 hours 12 minutes per day      

Weeks per year: 52

Please note that it is Midlothian Councils policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.

Based on you working 36 hours over 52 weeks per year the minimum actual salary for this position is £28,984.95 per annum.

Additional Information

If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please call 0131 271 3063 to speak to a member of the Recruitment Team stating the post reference number.
Midlothian Council is currently undergoing a period of transformation, changing and improving the way it delivers services in Midlothian. As a consequence, there are a number of existing employees for whom we are committed to seeking suitable alternative employment within the Council in accordance with our legal obligations. Candidates are advised that, for some vacancies, internal candidates in this situation will be interviewed before the wider selection pool and a slightly longer delay may be experienced before application outcomes can be advised to you. Thank you for your patience in this matter.