Assisted School Travel Driver

Are you looking for some extra hours to fulfil your day, looking for a casual role in community services? We currently have a casual role available for an immediate start - this role will Transport students from their home to school in the morning and from school to home in the afternoon. This is a split shift position and will provide transportation between Canberra and Bungendore.

About Us

Personnel Group is a not-for-profit organisation that supports disadvantaged people to overcome barriers and live full lives, through employment, health, training, and community services. We support thousands of clients at 50 locations across New South Wales, Victoria, and the ACT.  We are committed to the communities we support and have deep, long lasting connections with employers and service providers across our footprint. Our team are passionate about equality and inclusion, and they live our values though their work every day.  Our people are our single most important asset and are essential to the high quality supports we provide our customers.

This role has the responsibility for the safe transportation of students with a disability from their home to school and vice versa, adhering to road laws and providing great customer service to our students and their families. 

This Driving position would be required to collect students from their home at the beginning of the day and transport them to school. At the end of the day to collect them from School and transport them home. This role will work during school terms and the successful person will need to be available from approx. 7:30am - 9:30am and then 2pm - 4pm in the afternoon.  

The Assisted School Travel Program (ASTP) plays a significant role in meeting the needs of eligible students with disability by providing free specialised transport to and from school where parents and carers are unable to provide or arrange transport to the student either fully or in part.

What does a day look like? 

In the morning you will collect the transport car from the office, drive to collect the student from their home and take to school. You will then return the car to the office and ensure that it is clean and ready for the afternoon collection. You will return to the office in the afternoon to collect the car and drive to pick the student up from school and transport home. In some cases, there may be multiple children that you are collecting. In most cases there will be an Assisted School Travel Officer traveling in the vehicle with you depending on the needs of the student. 

Start and finish times for the morning and afternoon shifts will be determined by the distance and travel time to and from the office, students' home and their school.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake daily transport run as outlined in travel route.
• Use of an app to complete compliance activities on a daily basis 
• Observe and comply with all WH&S requirements.
• Maintain contact with Families and Schools as required.
• Maintain the cleanliness of the company car (interior and exterior) 
• Carries out any additional duties that may be requested.

Essential requirements: 

• Current drivers’ licence
• WWCC or WWVP (Essential) 
• Be a confident driver 
• Excellent Language and Literacy skills
• Flexible with the days of work (Monday to Friday)
• Reliable and Flexible to start early mornings 

The successful candidate will also need to meet the Assisted School Travel program compliance requirements, this includes: 

• Working with Childrens Check for paid employment. 
• Fit to Drive Medical clearance.
• Successful Police check (No prior or pending convictions) 
• Successful Driving record (No prior or pending infringements) 

Your application should include a current resume and a cover letter explaining your interest in the role and why you believe you should be the successful candidate. 

There is no closing date for this position, candidates should apply as soon as possible. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial pre-screening phone interview to determine if suitable for a formal interview. 

For a position description and further information about the role, please contact Mandy Gilpin (People and Culture Coordinator) on 0488 131 584.

The Personnel Group is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from people who have a disability, are LGBTIQA+, and people of culturally diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island descent.