LGV Drivers
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE19 1ES |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6127 |
Summary
Organisation: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
Work Location: Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES
Salary: Dependant on role
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 20th October 2025
PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH DRIVER CATEGORY YOU WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR WITHIN YOUR APPLICATION:
- Van Driver - £25,191- £25,590 per annum
- LGV Driver 7.5 - £25,995 - £26,409 per annum
- LGV Driver 12T - £26,832- £28,146 per annum
ESPO was created over 40 years ago and provides a valuable service to public sector organisations who support our communities throughout the UK. Our customers include education providers, NHS, charities, housing associations and local government and any profit is reinvested back into local communities.
Underpinned by our values of Customer Focused, Positivity, Working Together, Trust & Respect and Openness & Transparency and supported by our friendly workforce, we offer a great working environment.
About the Role
ESPO maintains a fleet of over 40 vehicles from 3.5 tonne to 13 tonne GVW (as well as using contract transport) to deliver goods. The Delivery Driver is normally responsible for one of the LGV vehicles.
ESPO drivers provide a contact point for customers; therefore, it is essential that they promote the Consortium image by being helpful and courteous at all times, and of smart appearance. Drivers have a general responsibility to operate at all times in accord with the statutory requirements, and good practice, of Road Transport Operation.
This role is a “Safety Critical Post” and, consequently, subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. If successful in being appointed to the role, you will be required to agree to a planned test and achieve a negative result as part of any conditional offer of employment and/or during your probationary period. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Monday to Friday with no overnight stays
- Potential opportunities for Term Time Working
- Well maintained fleet of vehicles, delivering to schools, colleges, care homes, council buildings etc.
- CPC training provided by ESPOs own Approved Training Centre
- Free parking on-site
- Maintain current Category C Licence.
- Maintain digital tachograph card (possess digital tachograph).
- No more than 3 penalty offences for moving traffic offences.
- Demonstrable practical application of multi-drop parcel delivery or similar customer focused service.
We’d 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 interview process.
What we offer:
- Flexible working opportunities and access to employee benefits portal with car lease scheme.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 after 5 years’ service), and a scheme to buy additional leave.
- Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution.
- Opportunities for learning development,
- Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.
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 ESPO. 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.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Neil Tompkins – operations manager
Telephone: (0116) 294 4118
Email: n.tompkins@espo.org
How to Apply
ESPO 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 customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers 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 ‘Apply Now’. 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, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support .
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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