LGV Professional Driver with Driver Coaching responsibilities
(Advanced Driver Coach)
Job reference:
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team of experienced Advanced Drivers Coaches at the Midlands Super Hub.
This is a professional driving role for Royal Mail, the successful candidate will be required to drive for Royal Mail but will have added responsibility as an Advanced Driver Coach.
The salary will be GBP 36,763 per annum pro rata with an Advanced Driver Coach allowance of GBP 295.42 per month,(pro:ratedadhoc payment of the coach allowance based on performing the role).
Royal Mail operates in an increasingly competitive environment where optimum performance is crucial to the future success of the business. The purpose of an Advanced Driver Coach is to support our professional drivers, to improve their skills, knowledge and understanding allowing them to perform their duties in a safe and responsible manner whilst maintaining the highest standards at all times. The successful candidate will have added responsibilities that will include supporting with all aspects of driver training Including Driver's CPC, along with peer to peer coaching, mentoring, and development.
What you'll do on a typical day
As a reserve Advanced Driver Coach, you will continue your current driving role but support as a coach when absence or workload requires. You will need to be adaptable and flexible around the requirements. When performing the Reserve ADC, you will assist colleagues to enhance their range of skills and potential. Your objective is to promote best practice in all aspects of logistics, training, and driver development and your role will involve:
- On a typical day you will assist colleagues to enhance their range of skills and potential. As an ADC your objective is to promote best practice in all aspects of logistics, training, and driver development and your role will involve:
- In cab "peer to peer" mentoring and completion of the Driver Training Needs Analysis check list including de:brief (using all available technology) and the creation of individual Driver Development Plans
- Conducting driving assessments as part of the driver recruitment process (agency and Royal Mail drivers)
- Delivery of induction training to our new drivers (agency and Royal Mail drivers)
- Delivering Driver CPC to ensure that all our drivers remain compliant with regulations.
- Deploying a nationally consistent method of training/coaching of technical, driving and associated skills. This will include training/coaching of product developments of existing equipment or the introduction of new technologies as well as manual and mechanical handling training and other Health and Safety refresher training relevant for Professional Drivers
- Site Risk Assessments relating to HGV activity
- Ensuring that all training records and related paperwork is kept accurate and up to date.
- Responsible for maintaining and documenting their own continuous professional development
What you need to succeed as an ADC:
- Be qualified to drive the same category of vehicle that you are supervising the driver in and have held a full clean licence for the category for at least 3 years
- Be flexible as the role requires a great deal of flexibility in your hours of attendance depending on the tasks at hand. The role will involve hours that cover all shift patterns including weekends when required (in line with the shift of the driver you are training). You will also be required to travel to other RM sites from time to time to assist the local team in their training provision.
- Have a good level of computer literacy.
- Be able to maintain confidentiality.
- Be adaptable and have a willingness to learn.
- Have good administrative skills.
- Demonstrate professional expertise and integrity in their current role
- Possess an excellent understanding of heal