Transportation Coordinator (Summer)

Transportation Coordinator (Summer 2025)

Brighton Adults

Full Time/Fixed Term

Looking for a dynamic summer role and exposure to international business? Join EF Brighton as our Summer Transportation Coordinator, where you’ll take the lead on organizing the arrivals and departures of our student body. If you’re proactive, detail-oriented, and ready to make an impact, this is your opportunity to develop skills, all while being part of something truly meaningful.

EF’s mission is opening the world through education.

A career with EF combines the support and opportunity of a large international organisation, with the spirit and energy of a small business. We look for thinkers and doers – creative, collaborative, and motivated people who are excited by education, communication, and travel.

When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries. In the UK and Ireland, our core presence is felt at our international language campuses and summer schools, where we welcome students from around the world to participate in language learning and cultural exchange. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and encourage you to open the world through education.

Your Role

EF Brighton is looking for an enthusiastic administrator with excellent communication & organisational skills to join our busy Student Services Department and coordinate our transfer service over the summer.

As our Summer Transportation Coordinator you will be responsible for producing safe & seamless transportation solutions for our customers. You will oversee the school emergency phone on weekends liaising with various stakeholders, including students, transportation companies and sale offices to ensure a great start for every student on their journey with us. This is full time, fixed term role running from June/July – August 2025. Permanent job opportunities available post summer.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop relationships with local suppliers
• Manage weekend departures and arrivals:
• Liaise with Central Transportation Team on the creation of accurate arrival and departure lists
• Produce onward transfer lists for students transferring within Brighton on arrival/departure lists
• Liaise with Residence staff and taxi company to update any changes/delays
• Oversees weekend briefing, liaising with wider team
• Develop and improve the overall customer experience of arrival and transportation services
• Respond to student feedback or complaints
• Report and follow up from weekend incidents to ensure week by week improvement
• Increase sales on return transfer
• Provide the first point of contact with all calls to the emergency phone on a 24/7 basis on weekends
• Ensure the timely and accurate answering and recording of all requests for emergency resources using the log system

Requirements

• An interest in transportation and logistics
• Minimum intermediate competency working with Microsoft Excel
• Excellent attention to detail
• An analytical mind set and excellent problem-solving skills
• Capacity of working in a fast-paced and deadline driven environment
• Capable of using your own initiative and being decisive
• Have the right to live and work in the country of employment
• Complete fluency in English
• Excellent listening skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Remain calm under pressure
• Empathy and compassion
• The ability to manage and support others during times of crisis - most commonly during an emergency call

Why you will love working with EF

• Continuous professional development
• Exposure to international business
• Work in a truly international environment
• Regular social events
• Ambition is nurtured and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
• Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
• Global career opportunities
• Pre summer training
• Access to EF Hello language learning
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EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.

EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, experience, and everything else that makes you unique.

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