About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to Join the Travel and Transport Team at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) as the Operational Travel and Transport Manager. This is an important role to manage the operational running of Travel and Transport functions as well as supporting the wider Sustainability team on new projects and strategic work to improve travel and transport across the trust.
This is a full time post primarily based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with the requirement for regular visits to the other OUH sites in Oxford and Banbury.
Main duties of the job
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Lead the operational delivery and ongoing development of Travel & Transport services across all OUH sites, ensuring effective day-to-day management and project implementation. Develop and deliver initiatives aligned to the Trust's Travel & Transport strategy, supporting sustainability and greener travel outcomes. Oversee staff travel operations, including permit processes, eligibility criteria, and contractual arrangements for transport services. Act as the key point of contact for travel and transport queries and complaints, maintaining a high standard of customer service and representing the Trust professionally. Engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support service improvement, consultations, and project delivery. Manage external contractors, ensuring effective delivery of services, value for money, and appropriate use of resources. Line manage the Travel & Transport administrative team, including workload allocation, performance management, appraisals, and absence management. Work in partnership with the Senior Green Travel & Transport Manager to deliver strategic projects beyond operational activities.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description Job responsibilities
For a detailed list of the main responsibilities and duties please see the Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Educated to degree level or equivalent experienc Essential
Grades Achieved / Years of service
Desirable
Project Management qualification
Experience Essential
Experience of working in a technical role in an estates environment. Experience of working within the field of travel and transport, with a working knowledge of transport, carparking and related systems and services Experience with data retrieval, analysis and presentation Experience demonstrating advance ICT skills, including spreadsheets, databases and MS Office applications.
Desirable
Knowledge of NHS organisations, data standards and information systems.
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Essential
Good planning and organisational skills to meet tight deadlines with limited supervision. Ability to provide and receive highly complex information and to communicate complex ideas at varying levels of the organisation. Able to recognise and implement opportunities for improvement with a minimum of supervision. Strong negotiation skills when working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
Desirable
Experience of successful change management, in particular around emotive or sensitive subjects.
Communication Essential
Verbally confident and articulate with a friendly and professional demeanour. Good written and oral communication skills with ability to deal with emotive subjects Confidently able to negotiate with others in the workplace and sensitive and professional when dealing with public, patients and stakeholders.
Other Essential
Ability to work flexibly. Ability to travel between sites and off-site. Ability to plan and meet workload in a pressured environment subjected to frequent change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)