Team Manager - Contracts & Compliance, Highways and Transportation
Rate: Negotiable dependent on experience (Inside IR35)
Start: ASAP
Location: East Midlands
Duration: Initially until the end of February 2023 (extensions likely)
Payment: Weekly via Umbrella Company
We are working with an organisation based in the East Midlands, who are seeking the interim support of a Team Manager within their Transport Operations team. You will be responsible for the efficient specification, tendering and contract management and compliance for Local Bus, Park and Ride, mainstream and SEN education, social care and community transport for the organisation, balancing customer focus, quality and cost effectiveness to ensure and demonstrate value for money provision which meets all statutory duties and responsibilities.
Please see below for additional details:
Key Duties:
- To monitor and report on the financial position for ALL transport services related to SEN, Social Care, Community Transport, Mainstream Schools and local bus services, including trading agreement services provided to other orgnaisations
- To be lead liaison with the Safe Guarding Team on all matters relating to the safe guarding of children & vulnerable adults receiving transport, including attendance at safe guarding strategy meetings as required
- To provide visible leadership and management with effective strategic and operational performance and financial management ensuring that services provided by and contracted by the organisation are delivering desired outcomes and meet all statutory duties and responsibilities.
- To develop, deliver and maintain a training program and provision for internal and external employees providing transport for SEN, Social Care and Mainstream service users, including those employees providing medical administration for high needs/high risk service users
Requirements:
- Managing a large, diverse and mobile workforce, where such key considerations as Health and Safety, Risk Management and customer relations are of paramount importance
- Implementation of a service which meets the strategic outcomes of the organisation
- Leading and managing a service in line with defined frameworks for performance management, in line with a departmental / service plan. This will include the effective management of Health and Safety and risk
- Managing budgets in line with the organisations financial management practices and policies
- Successful management of projects, including experience of resolving organisational and service issues
- Working with key stakeholders to deliver outputs and outcomes
- Implementing continuous improvement strategies to maximise service effectiveness and/or efficiency
If you meet the above-mentioned criteria, please apply below. At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications. However due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 48 hours please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.