Children's Transport Compliance Officer

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Term Time Only - plus an additional 15 days worked during school holidays

Working Hours:

37

Location:

Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Closing Date:

13/09/2026

Job Category:

Children's Services

Service Area:

Children's Services
- Access to Education, Employment and Training

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32days after five  addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension - everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme - eligible employees can lease an electric or low-emission vehicle at a reduced cost through salary sacrifice, subject to National Minimum Wage and other eligibility requirements.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Roles are either 'site based' or 'home based'.

Site based roles are mainly based at the workplace, with the option to work from home for up to two days a week, depending on service needs.

Home based roles are mainly based at home, with the expectation of attending the workplace up to one day a week.

The working arrangement for each role is set by the manager, based on service requirements.

We're recruiting a Children's Transport Compliance Officer to join our Education Sufficiency and Access service.

Our team helps ensure that children and young people who are entitled to transport can travel safely and reliably to and from their place of education.

In this rewarding role, you'll help monitor and support transport services commissioned by Milton Keynes City Council, working closely with transport providers, schools, parents and carers, and colleagues across the organisation to ensure services are safe, compliant and meet the needs of children and families.

You'll play an important part in helping us provide high quality transport arrangements that support children and young people to access education and achieve positive outcomes.

This is a term-time only role.

With an additional 15 days worked during school holidays as required to support service delivery and operational requirements.

This role may be suitable for home working
, following an assessment. Home-based roles require a minimum of one day per week working from the office or site.

Interviews for this role will be held on 25th September 2026

At Milton Keynes City Council, we aim to make a difference every day. We're dedicated, respectful and collaborative. We act as one council, and we work hard to create cleaner, safer and healthier communities while tackling inequalities and supporting people to thrive.

• Monitor commissioned children's transport services to ensure they are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with contractual requirements.
• Build positive working relationships with transport providers, schools, parents and carers, and internal colleagues to support effective service delivery and resolve issues.
• Maintain transport systems and records, ensuring information is accurate, up to date and supports effective service planning.
• Administer school badge processes and ensure safeguarding and Disclosure and Barring Service requirements are completed and recorded appropriately.
• Carry out visits, checks and audits, gathering information and supporting compliance activity across commissioned transport services.
• Review operator and supplier documentation to ensure legal, regulatory and contractual requirements are met and high standards are maintained.

• Able to plan, prioritise and coordinate a varied workload while meeting deadlines and service objectives.
• Confident in maintaining accurate records and using digital systems to support reporting and service delivery.
• Strong written and verbal…