School Bus Supervisor (City Zone)
Location: Brighton
Salary: £9,979 per annum, this is at an hourly rate of £12.72
Vacancy Type: Permanent/Part Time
Brighton College is seeking to appoint a School Bus Supervisor (City Zone)
Reporting to: Deputy Transport Manager
Main purpose of the role: To ensure the safe and orderly boarding, travel, and departure of pupils on the school bus. The Bus Supervisor will greet children, carry out registration, ensure all pupils are seated and wearing seat belts, maintain a calm and secure environment during the journey, and act as a keypoint of contact for parents regarding their child’s transport experience.
General Duties and Responsibilities:
- Greet and welcome children as they board the bus.
- Carry out a daily register to ensure all assigned pupils are present.
- Assist children with seating and ensure seat belts are fastened securely.
- Monitor behaviour and ensure safety rules are followed throughout the journey.
- Support children with any needs during the journey (e.g., comfort, reassurance).
- Ensure children depart safely and are handed over to the appropriate adult.
Liaise with parents and guardians regularly to:
- Communicate any delays, changes to the route, or other logistical issues.
- Build positive, respectful relationships with families to foster trust and cooperation.
- Respond to minor concerns or questions in a professional and timely manner.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas:
Essential:
- Friendly, caring, and patient with young children.
- Reliable and punctual.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to remain calm in unexpected situations.
- Comfortable speaking with parents and maintaining confidentiality.
Desirable:
- Experience working with children.
- Basic first aid knowledge.
- Familiarity with safeguarding procedures.
- Previous experience in a school or transport setting.
Hours of Work:
This role will be 20 hours per week across a split shift, working from 7.00am to 9.00am and 4.30pm to 6.30pm Monday to Friday inclusive. This will be a term-time (35 week) appointment.
Holidays:
Holiday entitlement is included in the salary for this role. All holiday is to be taken outside of the working weeks.
Benefits:
- Complimentary lunch is provided.
- Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances.
- Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees.
- Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period.
- Contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment.
- Employee benefit and discount platform.
Wellbeing:
- Subsidised gym membership for the School of Science and Sport is available, which includes access to yoga and Pilates classes, meditation sessions and use of the gym and swimming pool.
- Personalised health and wellbeing consultations.
- Generous sickness policy.
- Comprehensive wellbeing package.
- Access to books, magazines and DVDs from the College Library.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Brighton college, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
https://brightoncollege.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vacancy/905/School-Bus-Supervisor-City-Zone
Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities:
Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity.
