HP - Driver Trainer
Role: Driver Trainer
Department: PES – People Services
Scale: SC6
Salary: £33,603 - £35,772
Location: Courtland Road, Hull
Hours: 37 Hours per week (Full-time) Occasional Weekends
Flexibility Requirement: Candidates must be open to flexible daily working hours to meet the operational needs of the department. This may include adjusting start and finish times, providing cover during peak periods, or supporting colleagues during absences. Flexibility is essential to ensure consistent service delivery and effective team collaboration.
Contract: Permanent
Humberside Police are seeking a highly motivated individual with proven driver training experience to join our dedicated team. This role is crucial in ensuring our officers and staff are equipped with the advanced driving skills required to perform their duties safely, effectively, and in line with national standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- To train police officers and staff of varying experience up to the level required to perform their duties. This will primarily include standard response and advanced courses and, where required, other specialist courses such as pursuit and containment. These programmes will take into account the Forces People Strategy, Plan on a Page and The Learning & Development (L&D) Strategy.
- Assessing students’ needs, devising and delivering training using varied methodologies to meet learning outcomes.
- Works in collaboration with other L&D staff to design and develop new products related to driver training, or review/update existing ones to meet Force identified aims and objectives in line with national standards and Approved Professional Practice (APP).
- Review course material and ensure appropriate pre-course planning is undertaken taking into account police operational requirements
- Review evaluation reports to identify opportunities for improvement and take action to address issues as they arise. Provide timely and accurate documentation and data to the Administration Support Team.
- Assessing students’ needs, devising and delivering training using varied methodologies to meet learning outcomes.
- Carry out continuous assessment, instruction and coaching of students according to their needs.
- Review evaluation reports to identify opportunities for improvement and take action to address issues as they arise. Provide timely and accurate documentation and data to the Administration Support Team.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.
What the role requires:
- Excellent organisational skills
- Holds a full Driving Licence.
- Possesses an adult teaching qualification at a minimum of Level 3 (or equivalent) or is willing to work towards this.
- Is currently, or has previously been, a qualified ‘advanced’ emergency services driver or been qualified to drive vehicles in other roles to an advanced standard safely at speed.
- Has experience, and is able to demonstrate success, in training and developing others in an adult learning environment to reach their full potential.
- Is able to illicit information by using a range of questioning styles
- Experience of working in a confidential environment.
- Good presentation skills and report writing skills.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision when required.
- Carries out tasks in an accurate and methodical manner with an eye for detail.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.
Perks of working for Humberside Police:
From great perks, agile working and professional development, we want you to have the best possible journey throughout your Humberside Police Career.
Our Police Staff work extremely hard, which is why we are proud to offer a host of reward and recognition schemes. Whether it’s Cycle to Work scheme, Gym and health schemes, we have the perks ready for you to benefit from.
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Further Perks:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Training and development opportunities
- Coaching & Mentoring Scheme
- Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
- Flexible/Hybrid working where applicable.
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Discount
- Access to the force’s onsite gyms
- Free on-site car parking
- Humber bridge tag (If travelling from the Southbank)
Pre – Employment Checks and Eligibility:
- Internal applicants MUST have completed a successful probationary period and tenure (if applicable) before applying for another role within the force.
- Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria of at least 3 years continuous residency in the UK to apply for roles with Humberside Police.
- Successful candidates will undergo a vetting procedure pre-requisite of employment. (Please note, with holding any information asked by the vetting department, may delay the vetting procedure, or result in your vetting been refused and the offer of employment been withdrawn)
- Tattoo’s will be reviewed as a part of the recruitment process to ensure we maintain a level of professional standards and to make sure the images do not cause offence or are unacceptable.
Contact point for applicants:
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk
How to apply for the role:
To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.
Please note, you must wait 3 months before submitting another application if you have applied for THIS role within the last 3 months.
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Closing Date: Sunday 11th January 2026 at 23:55
Interview date: TBC
It is not likely that closing dates will be extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and would need to be with the permission of the Recruitment Manager and Line Manager of the role.
The Recruitment Manager can authorise to close any vacancy before the closing date stated on the advert.
Attachments:
- Role Requirement
- Guidance for completing your application.
- Bank of Adjustments
- Preferred candidate roadmap
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