Operational Driver Training Instructor (Essex Police College)

Essex Police and Kent Police; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex and Kent Police are inviting applications for the role of Operational Driver Training Instructor. In this full-time position, you will facilitate and enhance driver training, ensuring high standards are upheld in line with police training guidelines. The ideal candidate will hold a Police Advanced Driving qualification and possess strong communication skills. This dynamic role offers the chance to influence the development of police driver instruction, promoting safety and professionalism within the force.

Qualifications

• Experience of Police Advanced driving.
• Ability to instruct and assess drivers.
• Organized and confident demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Enhance delivery of driver training through practical application.
• Debrief course attendees effectively.
• Maintain standards set by the College of Policing.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Decision making

Education

Level 3 Certificate in Learning and Development

DVSA Approved Driving Instructor qualification

Job description

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Operational Driver Training Instructor (Essex Police College)

Location of Role: Chelmsford

Advert Closing Date: 18/07/2025

Starting Salary: £32,244.00(pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Other (see advert text)

Applications are invited for the unique and challenging role of Operational Driver Training Instructor within Learning and Development at Essex Police College and training venues.

Learning and Development is a busy and dynamic environment and this is a high profile and challenging role. As an Operational Driving Instructor you will enhance the delivery of Driver Training through practical application, as part of a team delivering training to the wider force.

The successful candidate must maintain the high standards set by the College of Policing at all times, ensuring the delivery, practice and instruction is provided to students in line with respective guidance.

The successful candidate must be organised and confident, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This will be combined with the ability to debrief course attendees, both verbally and in writing, to enable them to develop to their full potential.

An attention to detail and high levels of concentration are also essential.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate current or previous experience of Police Advanced driving and successfully pass the Police Driver Trainers Programme.

Additionally, if you do not already hold the qualifications, you will be required to pass the Training Essentials programme (TEP) and a suitable assessor qualification such as Training, Assessment, and Quality Assurance (TAQA)/TEP 5, as well as a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Approved Driving Instructor (ADI).

You will be required to pass assessments at a level enabling you to deliver Advanced Level Training to learners and will achieve competence at each level, Standard/Response/Initial Phase Pursuit and Advanced, where you will be signed off as competent at each stage by an Advanced Instructor.

Applicants will provide evidence of the following essential and desirable skills/experience:

• Strong Interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Previous experience or supporting the development of others
• Ability to remain calm, professional and make effective decision
• You hold a Police Advanced Driving Authority.
• Hold a Level 3 Certificate in Learning and Development (equivalent or higher)
• Qualified DVSA ADI.

This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and dynamic individual who can bring their wide experience to a demanding yet rewarding role.

Essex Police offer agile working which allows some flexibility in terms of work arrangements. Due to the operational nature of this role, it will be predominantly office based within an office-based team. Some travel may be required to other police sites to discharge duty.

For further information please contact the Chief Driving Instructor and Driver Training Manager, Keith Brooking via email on [e-mail].

Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at [e-mail] stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

As a Disability Confident Leader we:

• have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to externalchallenge and validation
• are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping otheremployers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusionare central to the values of our organisation. At Essex Police we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.

Through the dedicated commitment of our support networks, DE&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our DE&I commitments, ensuring Essex Police is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.