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Driver Academy Manager

2 months ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom FirstGroup Full time

Who are we?

GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel – relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

About the team:

The Driver Training and Development team sits within the wider 'Driver' function and is a busy, vibrant department full of people who are passionate about delivering training and assessment to the highest standards.

About the job:

As a Driver Academy Manager, you will lead your Driver Development Academies through the delivery of a wide range of training and assessment, ensuring the team is capable to deliver the current and future training needs of the business.

As a pivotal figure within the Driver Training leadership team, you'll be vital to ensure the smooth operational running of the Driver Training Academies, ensuring they are fit for purpose. You'll be providing your Team Managers and their Driver Learning Managers with the support and development they need to succeed. Within your team, you'll be at the forefront of delivering huge transformation to our customers, both internal and external, as we deliver traction conversions, initial driver training and further development sessions to our driver community.

Your main responsibilities will be:

  • To ensure your Academy teams effectively and efficiently deliver the necessary training and assessment required of the business,
  • To ensure the Academies are capable and fit for purpose, enabling candidates to have the best possible experience with us,
  • To work with Regional and Driver Depot Managers, while forging excellent partnerships based around team working and delivering a quality service,
  • To demonstrate budgetary discipline across the Driver Development Academies,
  • To work with the Training Policy team to develop and ensure currency in training programmes,
  • To work with the Capability team to ensure that the support and allocations managers give your teams the support they need to deliver,
  • To drive and embed safety behaviours within the Academies,
  • To deputise for the Head of Driver Training & Development.

About you:

Do you have excellent organisational skills, while being able to work well within a team?

Are you passionate about delivering training, with the drive to move the function forwards, while embracing changes?

If so, then this could be an excellent opportunity for you.

You'll need to be:

  • Enthusiastic, passionate about development and able to inspire people to give their best,
  • An excellent communicator,
  • Able to work methodically and ensure accurate records are created/maintained,
  • Flexible in your approach and able to create innovative solutions,
  • Keen to promote and work within an inclusive environment,
  • Literate in the primary Office365 applications,
  • Able to understand and influence a work force plan,
  • Great at building and maintaining relationships across different levels of the business, and to external stakeholders.

As a minimum you'll need to have:

  • A proven track record in people management and developing managers, preferably with experience in management and development of drivers at front line level,
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines and implementing cultural change,
  • Current mainline train driving competency, with experience in management of competence,
  • Preferably, an assessor qualification and a learning and development qualification.

About the location:

Predominately, you will need to work between Reading and Bristol Driver Training Academies. Travel to the Southwest of England will be required to oversee Driver Training and Development activities that are undertaken in this region. This job will take you across the network, so travel will be required.

Working Pattern:

You will predominantly work Monday – Friday however weekend and bank holiday work is required when necessary. Early and late training and assessment schedules mean "out of hours" training is common.

Additional Information:

To succeed in this demanding and rewarding role you must be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills. You need a passion for the development of people, so they attain their full potential. The ability to be flexible, have excellent prioritisation skills and be very well organised. Being self-motivated, have attention to detail and ability to use your initiative is a must.

The Reward

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.

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