Inspector
| Posting date: | 11 December 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 January 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4329 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: £24,408 - £24,795 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 22.2 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2026
Closing Date: 01st January 2025
Interview Date(s): Week commencing 20th January 2025
Do you want to make Leicestershire a great place to live? Enjoy getting out and meeting people? Would you like to make a difference for residents of Leicestershire? All while working for one of the best performing councils in the Country? If the answer is yes, then read on…
The benefits of working for Leicestershire County Council don’t stop there..
We are a Stonewall Top 100, Disability Confident and Mindful Employer organisation. We’re strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, investing in staff training and development, and supporting employees to find a healthy work life balance. You’ll also benefit from a competitive salary and the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.
We offer generous annual leave entitlements, smarter working arrangements, a range of family friendly policies and the opportunity to join our workers’ groups (Disabled Workers’ Group, Black Workers’ Group, LGBTQ+ Staff Network, Working Carers’ Group).
And as if that wasn’t enough as an inspector of public transport services across the County you will be entitled to free bus travel.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit 1 Inspector (Transport). Part-time, 3 days/22.2 hours per week, fixed term until March 2026
The successful candidate will travel around the County of Leicestershire, using local bus services, to carry out a programme of inspections of the bus services and timetable displays.
The main duties for this role include;
- To carry out inspections of buses, time-keeping and other matters relevant to the passenger experience
- Assist with the collection of bus service data including on-bus passenger surveys, distribution of bus related information and updating roadside displays
- To inspect passengers’ tickets for correctness, examine driver’s documentation for accuracy and record usage and revenue of individual journeys.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Hold a valid full driving licence
- Have a good standard of education including English and Mathematics at GCSE Grade 4-9 (or equivalent) OR Demonstrable experience in the points below
- Have good numeracy skills and experience of using Spreadsheets and Database systems to check information as well as accurately input information, update records and extract data.
- Have good interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to handle confrontation and respond to customer queries face to face in a calm and professional manner.
- Be able to understand bus schedules and timetables.
- Have good organisational skills with a logical approach to plan and prioritise work, together with a keen attention to detail and an ability to use own initiative and work with minimal supervision
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Lisa Wilkinson lisa.wilkinson@leics.gov.uk
Tel. 0116 3052651
How to Apply
Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.
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