College Minibus Driver New

College Minibus Driver

Location: Multi-site position; Rotherham, Dearne and North Notts Colleges, based within South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire

Salary: £25,456 1 FTE (£8,494.15 pro-rata) a year + benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time (15 Hours per week), Term Time Only (36 weeks per year)

Closing Date: 2nd of November 2026

Working pattern 1: 7.30am – 10.30am Monday to Friday

Working pattern 2: 2.00pm – 5.00pm Monday to Friday

The driver fulfils a key role, learners are transported between college locations within the RNN group.

We are looking for minibus drivers to join our Colleges’ Estates Team where you will work closely with other support staff, teaching assistants and tutors to drive our minibuses transporting young people between Campuses and support young people on trips and visits into the community.

Main duties would include (but are not limited to):

• To transport young people in accordance with Group policies, using any Group owned or hired vehicles as may be required. (This could be between colleges and around communities)
• To ensure the Groups vehicles are kept roadworthy through regular and routine maintenance, compliance checks, record keeping and reporting faults in a timely manner as required.
• To assist the Estates team with the coordination of the fleet bookings system.
• To ensure faults are rectified in a timely manner through liaison with the Estates team.
• To undertake daily housekeeping routines associated with the role which includes ensuring vehicles are kept clean and tidy.

You will…

• Have experience driving small to medium vans and/or minibuses
• Have completed MIDAS Minibus Driver Training (or be willing to undertake) and hold a Full UK D1 driving licence (no endorsements), held for over 2 years
• Be willing to undertake any training connected with the post including Safeguarding, First Aid at Work & a drivers medical
• Work in a professional and confidential manner with a high degree of integrity
• Be highly flexible and able to respond to quick changes in demands upon you including responding to urgent jobs and supporting colleagues across the Group’s Support Teams

Department Info

You will be expected to act with a degree of autonomy on a day-to-day basis, whilst reporting to your line manager, the Estates Admin and Transport Coordinator. You will work co-operatively with colleagues across all College Campuses and premises.

As a College Minibus Driver, you will need to be flexible to work across all campuses and there may be a requirement to cover shifts as/when required on occasion.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Access to local government pensions scheme (with employer contributions from 15.6% to 23.68%)
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Free Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for RNN Group, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.