Systems & Contract Technical Officer, Whitehill Service Centre, 479.03 - WEL08097

You will support the Passenger Transport Service in ensuring that the council's passenger transport services are supported to effectively to deliver additional support needs transport, school transport and public transport services to customers, clients and service users and to the residents of West Lothian.

A key responsibility will be achieving best value by monitoring transport contracts and timetables so as to use resources as efficiently as possible as well as supporting effective contract and supplier management.

You will manage and maintain all e-systems within the Passenger Transport Service and provide a main source of internal intelligence in the ongoing operation of the systems.

Experience in contract management and monitoring and the ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail is essential.

The skills and experience you must have:

• Customer focussed


• Good written and verbal communication skills.


• Excellent information technology knowledge and skills.


• Excellent knowledge of and skills in data analysis and reporting.


• Able to work with accuracy and attention to detail.


• Able to work to tight deadlines.


• Capable of working within a team and of contributing to team goals.


• Organised and able to work alone for a large proportion of the time.


(Information for Internal Staff - Secondment opportunities must be discussed with your current line manager prior to submitting an application for this post).

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