Operations Assistant

Closing date: 15/11/2026 Back to search results Operations Assistant Salary: £28,153 - £30,023 per annum Grade: F Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time – 25 hours per week Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire Ready to keep our community moving? Are you the kind of person who naturally looks out for others and loves working as part of a close-knit team? Join our Harrogate based hub as our Operations Assistant and help orchestrate vital journeys every single day. Across North Yorkshire, our Integrated Passenger Transport Operations Team keeps our community moving. Our extensive network of more than 120 vehicles, mainly minibuses, and approximately 340 drivers and passenger assistants work tirelessly to deliver safe, reliable transport where it’s needed most. From providing essential school and social care transport services to providing local bus connections, we help people access learning, employment, and social centres. We ensure nobody gets left behind. We bridge the gap to critical community hubs, enabling independent access to education, supported employment, and day centres, and other meaningful activities in our community. The team delivers approximately 800,000 passenger journeys per year, including 20,000 wheelchair user journeys. The role In this role, you will support the Operations Officer to deliver high-quality, dependable passenger transport across Harrogate. Your core duties will be: Assisting the Operations Officer in responding to transport requests from colleagues in Integrated Passenger Transport and customers requesting trips Deputise for the Operations Officer when required to ensure general supervision of drivers and passenger assistants Provide daily operational advice to drivers and passenger assistants on matters including rotas, changes to scheduling/incidents, vehicle safety, general health and safety and operational service standards T o maintain accurate up to date schedules for the vehicles and monitor those schedules to ensure the cost effective and reliable operation of the fleet Monitor the distribution of passenger information and care plans to ensure bus crews have accurate information Ensure that vehicles have adequate stocks of sundries and equipment Respond to unforeseen events by providing solutions to ensure service delivery, for example, respond to absences, vehicle breakdowns or traffic delays Working hours Start times are either 7:00am or 8:30am, with lunch breaks of 30 minutes or 1 hour A full UK Driving Licence is desirable but not essential for this position What can we offer you? In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier: Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme salary sacrifice, employee cash back and discounts schemes Learning, development and career advancement opportunities Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits. To learn more about our service, hear from our team, and view current job opportunities, please visit Integrated Passenger Transport Opportunities This post involves access to vulnerable service users and if you were offered the position, you would be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) background check. Contact and apply For an informal discussion, please contact Julie Firth on Julie.Firth1@northyorks.gov.uk Applying is easy - simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload. Key documents Job Description Total Rewards Brochure Key dates Closing date: 15 November 2026 Interview date: Week commencing 23 November 2026 Venue for interview: Harrogate Civic Centre Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk. We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds Using AI? Please follow our guidance to ensure your application reflects your own knowledge and experience: www.northyorks.gov.uk/advice-your-job-application Apply now Back to search results Operations Assistant Salary: £28,153 - £30,023 per annum Posted: 05/11/2026 Closing date: 15/11/2026 Closing time: 23:59 (GMT) Apply now Save Share Login Register Email Address: Please enter a valid email address. Password: Sign in Forgot password? Your password has expired, please create a new password below. Your email address has not been verified. Please check your email or click here to resend. Verification email has been resent. Email Address: Please enter a valid email address. Reset password Cancel Email Address: New Password: At least 8 characters Uppercase Lowercase Symbols Numbers Confirm Password: Update Password Your login attempt was not successful. 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