Casual Academy Driver

**Engagement**: Casual position offering variable hours on a flexible basis

**Location**: The Nigel Doughty Academy, Nottingham, NG2 7SR

**Department**: Academy Operations

**Closing Date For Applications**: 17th November 2025

**About the Role**:
As an Academy Driver you will provide a safe, efficient and friendly service to
our players on the Academy Full Time Training Model ensuring safety is at the
forefront.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:
**Driving**:

- You will perform driving tasks on a fixed daily schedule provide safe,

timely and friendly transport to players on the Academy’s Full Time
Training Model who are of secondary school age. Driving
requirements are for three hours in the morning and three hours in
the afternoon/evening.
- Drive in compliance with the Rules & Regulations of the Highway

code.
- Ensure passenger safety at all times whilst undertaking driving duties

for the Academy.
- Additional driving tasks as required by the Academy programme.
- Ensure any incidents are reported immediately in the correct timely

manner.

** Vehicle Management**:

- On a daily basis conduct maintenance checks.
- Conduct regular safety checks of academy vehicles ensuring any

defects are reported and followed up.
- Ensure that the vehicles are maintained to a level of cleanliness

expected of the Academy.
- Adhere to Club safety protocols at all times.

**What are we looking for**:

- Strong communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
- A proactive, solution-focused mindset and the ability to adapt.
- Knowledge of transport regulations and safeguarding procedures

related to youth travel.

- Valid UK driving license.
- Have a flexible approach to availability and the ability to respond to

transport emergencies as needed.

- To create successful and professional relationships with players and

staff whilst maintaining professional distance from playing staff at all
times.

- To act, at all times, in a manner appropriate to a representative of

Nottingham Forest FC

- All staff are responsible for the wellbeing and safeguarding of

children and vulnerable adults on all Club sites. If you have a concern
or witness a Safeguarding matter, you must report it to the
department’s Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO) or the Club’s
Lead DSO or Senior Safeguarding Manager. If It’s an emergency, you
are to call the relevant emergency service such as Police or CAMHS.

**Forest For Everyone**
- We aim to create a culture which embraces and celebrates our differences, enables individuals to feel comfortable, maximise their potential and eliminate discrimination._

**Disability Confident Committed Employer**

**Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion**

**Our Commitment to Safeguarding**
- As part of the Club’s commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant may be required to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (“DBS”) check or an enhanced DBS check. The results of a DBS check will be considered on an individual basis, and the Club will act in a proportionate manner when deciding whether or not to proceed with the appointment._
- An FA Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all relevant new appointments to the Club. Individuals will be asked to declare any convictions, cautions or reprimands, warnings or bind-overs that may have been incurred. The Club reserves the right to carry out risk assessments where content has been disclosed on a DBS disclosure if it feels that it is relevant to the job requirements. Failure to satisfy the Club and the PL's safeguarding requirements may lead to the job offer being withdrawn or, if they have already started employment, summary termination of the employment._