Transport Manager

Job title:
Head of Transport

Company name:
Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Location:
Portadown

Type:
Temporary

Rate:
£23.60 per hour

Accurate Sector Selection in Broadbean:
Transport

Structure:
As Transport Manager you will be responsible to the Head of Specialist Services for the delivery of high-quality transportation of service users and non-patient services for all directorates within the Southern Trust area. You will be responsible for the operational management of a number of transport departments. You will ensure the objectives of the Trust's Delivery Plan and the Division Balanced Score Card for Transport Services are successfully implemented through effective multidisciplinary working in a collective leadership model. You will provide clear leadership to all staff in the postholder's area of responsibility. He or She may also carry external contract responsibility and/ or lead professional responsibility. The jobholder will also support the Assistant Director of Disability services with long term planning and service reform initiatives.

Key Details
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* Pay £23.60
* Location - Portadown
* Hours - 37.5

Responsibilities
* Lead on designated projects on behalf of the Assistant Director across the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
* As a member of the Disability Division determine service needs, maintain staffing levels and managing them accordingly.
* Ensure the Transport service supports the delivery of the Trust's corporate objectives and achievement of its strategic goals. In particular support and underpin the Trusts clinical, managerial governance and performance systems.
* Delivery of safe, high quality, customer focused services to support patient and client care.
* Ensure services are continuously improved and that modernisation initiatives are implemented and that opportunities for benefits realisation are maximised.
* Provide specialist input to ensure that Transport and associated functions achieve service objectives and that user perspective, and the need to advance modernisation and reform in service models, informs that operational delivery.
* Responsible for the development of Transport services to meet the needs and objectives of the Trust.
* Provide clear leadership to staff within the Transport services department and ensure it has a highly skilled, flexible and motivated workforce.

Candidate Requirements

* A University degree or relevant professional qualification and worked for at least 1 year in a management role OR have worked for at least 3 years in a management role

* You will have a Certificate of Professional Competence for Transport Managers in Road Haulage and Passenger Transport and 1 years' experience of direct management of staff

* Delivered against challenging performance objectives for a minimum of 2 years meeting a range of key targets and making significant improvements.

* Worked with a diverse range of stakeholders, internal and external to the organisation, to achieve successful outcomes for a minimum of 1 year.

* A proven track record of people management, governance and organisational skills for a minimum of 1 year.

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