PC Driving Instructor (External)
Post Title: PC Driving Instructor (external)
Type of contract: Substantive, full-time
Rank/Grade: Police Constable
Directorate/Department: Learning and Development/Driver Training Unit
Statement of expectation for the role: Minimum 5 years
Vetting level required: RV/CTC
Location: New Street
Salary: National Police Scale plus LW and LA
Description of CoLP:
The City of London is the historic heart of London packed with history, commercial activity and culture. The City of London has a demographic profile which is not replicated anywhere else: a residential population of around 10,000 and over 550,000 working population arriving in the City daily. In addition, tens of thousands of people cross the City every day and many other thousands visit as tourists.
It has both a rich legacy of historic buildings and a large number of iconic sites including St Paul’s, the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange, and the Gherkin.
The City of London Police is proud to deliver an exceptional service and, year on year, we have risen to this challenge. We are committed to keeping the City safe and protecting the City from the threat of terrorism.
Description of Department:
Learning & Development (L&OD) is the main training department of the City of London Police. The department is staffed by police officers and support staff, fulfilling a variety of roles. All of the mandatory training is provided by the department as well as ad hoc non-specialised training. The Driver Training Unit is part of L&D. All police officers in the department also have to fulfil front line roles when required to do so by the organisation.
Purpose of the Role:
In this role you will be developing the planning, preparation and delivery of courses and training packages within the Force Training Plan and as directed by the Head of Force Training. As a Driving Instructor you will work very closely as part of a team of Instructors, having supervisory, motivational and developmental responsibilities for the various driving courses delivered.The post also requires the successful candidates to provide police officers and police support staff with instruction and practical demonstrations of police driving techniques, from Response upwards, as per the Police Driving Specification Programme.
You will be responsible for the preparation, design and delivery of all aspects of Police driver training, including updating curriculum documents, learning outcomes and training portfolios.
Promoting and developing the learning of students, will be part of your role and you will need to have extensive knowledge of Roadcraft, Highway Code, any relevant APP’s, Force Policies and legislation.
Essential Criteria
- Be serving in a Home Office force.
- Be a current Police Advanced driver trainer.
- Hold a recognised Police Driver Trainers Course qualification and be able to deliver train the trainer courses to develop new staff.
- Be an accredited Advanced driver trainer and Initial Phase Pursuit (IPP) trainer.
- Be operationally competent to drive at Advanced standards.
- DVSA ADI qualified.
- Level 4 trainer and assessor qualified including SFJ, CETLS, TEP etc.
- Have a good level of knowledge and understanding of the College Of Policing driver training portfolios.
- Be able to evidence excellent communication skills, both verbally and written, with the ability to produce concise and well-reasoned reports with appropriate recommendations when required.
Desirable
- Level 2 NVQ in Health and Safety (IOSH)
- Have knowledge and experience of Roads Policing.
- TPAC qualified.
- Protected convoy driving qualified.
- Advanced motorcycle qualified.
- VIP protection motorcycle escorts qualified
Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their qualifications if invited to interview.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 1 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
If you would like to discuss the post in more detail, please contact Chief Driving Instructor Pip Cook.
The closing date for applications is Friday 30th January 2026 @ 12:00PM.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
Benefits:
* In return, we will offer a number of benefits including a generous pension scheme, a free Oyster card for London (TFL) travel and subsidised national rail travel, which allows you to travel within a 70 mile radius. For further information please visit:
https://careers.cityoflondon.police.uk/working
The ATOC Rail Travel Concession allows regular serving police officers to travel on National Rail services within a 70 mile radius of London for a small monthly cost. This is a taxable benefit that the City of London Police negotiates and Officers make a contribution to the cost of the scheme. If you wish to confirm if your journey would be covered under this scheme, please contact HR Services directly as the 70 miles is an approximation. *
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
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The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
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