Emergency Response (Blue Light) Driver Trainer

Job Title:            Response Driver Trainer
Location:            Greater London - Ruislip or Beckton
Compensation:  £40,090 - £42,200 plus £5,000 allowance paid monthly
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:              SF55408

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Response Driver Trainer at either our Ruislip, Croydon or Beckton sites.

The role

As a Response Driver Trainer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. An active and effective member of the Transport Training Team, working across the capital, you'll be responsible for delivering Emergency Response  (Blue Light) Training to London Fire Brigade personnel.

Day to day, you’ll deliver and accurately evidence Emergency Response Training to London Fire Brigade personnel ensuring compliance with current legislation and National Guidelines. You'll have a willingness to study towards relevant teaching qualifications (if not already attained).

• 80% of annual hours will be spent delivering theoretical and practical training to small and large groups of learners
• Assess learners, record results, provide feedback and guidance on performance, developing action plans as required
• Ensure that training is delivered in a safe and professional manner in accordance with relevant course materials and risk assessments. Minimise risk by taking responsibility to ensure hazards are removed safely and/or reported according to established procedure
• Ensure that all Babcock’s health and safety, equality and diversity, welfare and safeguarding policies are followed at all times within own area of responsibility.

Essential experience of the Response Driver Trainer:

• Emergency Response Driver from a UK Police, Fire or Ambulance Service background with an ADI qualification or ADI with a category C license held for more than 3 years
• Knowledge of “Roadcraft”
• Comprehenesive knowledge of the "highway code"

Qualifications for the Response Driver Trainer:

• DVSA ADI (Grade A or B)
• DVSA Cat C LGV Licence (advantageous, however if you can demonstrate the required level of experience and a willingness to learn, then we can arrange training on this)
• Level 3 Adult Education / Teaching qualification or willing to study towards
• Assessor qualification or willing to study towards 

This post is full-time and can be based out of our Beckton, Croydon or Ruislip sites.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Contributory pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 07/05/2024