Specialist Transport Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire, LE3 8RA Working Hours: 29.6 hours (4 days a week) Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £27,717 - £29,076 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Closing Date: 8th November 2026 Are you interested in a rewarding role in the County Council’s Cultural Services team to ensure that Museum, Archive, Library and Art collections are safely transported between our venues, to schools, community organisations and other museums and galleries around the country?

About the Role

Culture Leicestershire is looking for a specialist transport officer who can provide a high quality, secure and efficient movement and transport service for museum, archive, library and art collections including exhibition and other equipment. This is a vital role within our team as you will be responsible for safely moving and transporting a wide range of museum and other collections that can include unique artefacts, paintings, sculptures, small machinery, archive documents and historic costume and textiles.

These collections move between our heritage, library and other community venues and you will often have to deliver and collect objects to other museums and galleries, to schools and colleges and also from people’s homes and places of business. You may well be the only member of the team that people meet so we also need you to be a great ambassador for what we do.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post. For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement . Our Team Culture Leicestershire is the County Council’s Libraries, Collections and Learning, Heritage and Museums and Cultural Participation services, together we are an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

Our service includes 16 County Council libraries, 33 community-managed libraries, mobile libraries and a prison library; Five Accredited museums; Museum collections containing over 500,000 objects and their care and conservation; The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland; the Cultural Participation team who work with communities and individuals across the county and Creative Learning Services who provide access to library, museum and art resources to schools, colleges and academies across Leicestershire and in Leicester City.

We offer in-person access to our services in our libraries and museums, in people’s homes, in schools and in places where communities come together to explore their heritage, share a love of reading, be creative, learn and explore. Our digital, online and remote services add value to our in-person offer and bring an added depth of information, content and experience.

We have small teams who all have specialist skills and knowledge and work closely with the public and behind the scenes to provide an exciting programme of activities, events, exhibitions and displays. You’ll be a key member of the team making sure that our collections are safely transported to where they need to be, whether its in our own venues or in museums and galleries across the country.

About You

Have a valid full driving licence and be eligible to drive a category C1 vehicle and have experience of driving and transporting goods (The Service has a 3.5 tonne Luton van with tail lift). Have good experience of providing quality customer care working with a wide range of colleagues and face to face with customers, staff from other services and the general public.

Be able to plan and manage your own time to ensure that service needs are met and have experience of keeping written records/documentation and be sufficiently numerate to complete worksheets, delivery notes etc Have knowledge of Road Traffic Legislation and the Highway Code, basic vehicle maintenance and be able to complete any record of work, record of driving, accident reports and any other record of vehicle use in a neat and tidy manner.

Be able to plan and manage routes between locations which are efficient in terms of mileage and time whilst taking into account the needs of service delivery. Be aware of Health & Safety in the Workplace, including hazard identification, risk assessment and manual handling techniques in order to safely move and transport museum objects and other collections and equipment between venues.

Be able (with training) to carry out a series of moving and handling operations associated with the transport of specialist static loads including museum and archive collections and fine art. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents.

You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer . Interested in Flexible Working? We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.

If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Philip Warren, Collections and Learning Manager Telephone: 0116 3043423 Email: [email protected] How to Apply At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life.

Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected.

For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.

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