MGV/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 which will cover the locations Medway, Canterbury and Tunbridge.
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 base pay will be GBP 546.41 per week pro rata with an Advanced Driver Coach allowance of GBP 267.83 per month.
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
- 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 health and safety policies and procedures
- Have excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to plan and organise your own workload.
Selection
All professional driverswith a permanent grade the same as the role they are applying for will be able for this post and applications will be assessed through a two:stage process:
Stage 1 Application and Questionnaire
Interested candidates will need to complete an ADC pe