Overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Data and Infrastructure Officer to join our Public Transport Team. You will be part of a busy and friendly team who are responsible for co-ordinating all activities associated with the tendered bus network and the information and infrastructure across the County, helping us to promote and develop a high quality local bus network.
About us
-Our team sits within the Communities Directorate as part of Transport Services.
-We are a small but dedicated team with, among other responsibilities, the production of high quality and comprehensive information relating to bus services. We are required to react to changes to timetables on the commercial bus network.
-The wider team also manages bus contracts, bus pass issuing and roadworks impacting bus services and as a team we assist across all disciplines during busy periods or periods of absence.
-As a team with a specialist focus, we strive to ensure the best outcomes for residents and are often in contact with the public over matters which concern the operation of the bus network.
-As well as Public Transport, the service area also has the Schools’ Sustainable Travel Team who manage and run initiatives to encourage non-car use to school including the school crossing patrol service. The two teams work alongside each other to promote and develop our service offerings.
Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.
About the role
-The main responsbilties of the role are to manage to the flow of data from operators regarding bus service timetable changes, checking, inputting and exporting that information into national databases, internal systems and onto roadside information. You will also assist in the preparation of information for the Buckinghamshire Council website.
-In addition, the role will have responsibility for managing the NAPTAN bus stop database, ensuring that this is maintained accurately and exported regularly to the national database.
-With support from the Lead Officer and Head of Service, the post holder will also be the day to day contact for our contract providers, in particular, Vix for the Real Time Passenger Information displays and Trapeze for the Bus Stop Database. This will include monitoring the passenger transport mailbox alongside colleagues and ensuring faults with this system are reported and followed up and that new orders are delivered.
-The successful candidate will receive training on the relevant software packages and will be getting involved in checking and importing data ready for the production of information.
-Support, progression, and development is available.
-What are the most interesting/unusual/challenging aspects of the job – this is your chance to sell the role.
-Buckinghamshire Council is highly regarded for the quality of information it produces for the roadside and by maintaining an estate of over 250 real time passenger information displays at bus stops. This role is an opportunity to be integral to that process and to work with our providers to develop our offering further.
-As part of a dedicated and knowledgeable team, you will have the ability to feed in to the wider work of the team in a welcoming and collaborative environment that gives the right candidate the opportunity to develop new and varied skills.
-This is a unique opportunity for either someone with a solid background in database management, project work or experience of working within the bus industry who has the skills learn the specialist systems and processes we use.
About you
We are looking for a candidate either with a background in the operation or promotion of public transport services or otherwise with experience of managing databases and processes who can put these skills to use in the public transport sector. The role is reactive to changes submitted by commercial operators and often requires periods of higher workload.
You will have a keen attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines. You will be able to plan and manage your own workload and be able to prioritise this accordingly with the input of management in the team.
Other information
For further information on this role please see the attached job summary.
Our team work a hybrid model of home working and office working, generally with 1-2 days per week in the office, although the office can accommodate a greater number of days in the office.
The post holder will occasionally be required to attend meetings in person and access to a vehicle would be an advantage.
Number of positions available: 1
Closing date: Midnight Thursday 9th January 2025
Interview-type / process: In person at an office location in Aylesbury
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the recruiting manager, please contact: James Loader, Head of Public Transport, 01296 674426 james.loader@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
-All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions.
For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
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