Contract: Permanent or Job Share Options available
Working Hours: 37 hours per week flexibility required for start and finish times*
Salary: £38,220 to £40,777**
Location: Chelmsford Training Centre Essex
Closing Date: Midnight 29th April 2026
*To ensure compliance with the Emergency Response Driving syllabus there will be occasions when training must be delivered during hours of darkness. This will require flexibility with starting and finishing later than usual, normally once during delivery of a 10-day course.
** Salary will be based on qualifications.
The Role
As a Driver Trainer with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS), you will play a key role in developing and assessing our people to ensure they can operate and respond safely using the ECFRS fleet of appliances and vehicles.
You will be responsible for delivering high‑quality driver training and assessments, supporting learners at different stages of their development and maintaining the highest standards of safety, professionalism, and competence.
What You Will Be Working On
Delivering ERD driver training
Training for specialist vehicles
Carrying out learner assessments
Creating development plans
Creating and maintaining trainer record
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experience in leading others and a strong enthusiasm for operational training, assessment, and development of colleagues. This role focuses on Emergency Response Driver Training and associated training activities, supporting individuals across the Service to develop their competence and confidence.
The successful applicant will be motivated to progress their own career while helping others to develop and will be able to demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to build constructive working relationships. They will be confident in assessing performance, identifying issues, and taking appropriate action, while supporting changes in service provision in a positive and constructive way.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must:
Hold an LGV valid licence which you have held for a minimum of 3 years.
Hold a valid manual UK Driving Licence for Category B and C vehicles, which has been held for a minimum of 3 years
Have experience of operating IT systems including Excel and Share Point
Have the flexibility to drive and travel around the County
Hold an Emergency Response Driving qualification
If up are an internal candidate, you must have discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance. This will be verified prior to shortlisting.
How to apply
You will be required to submit a CV detailing a minimum of five years employment and / or education history, along with a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.
You may submit this either as a word document, pdf, or an mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video), however the word count of your supporting statement should not exceed 750 words no matter which format you choose to present your application.
You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications) should you wish. Your CV and additional documents will be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).
Assessment and selection:
Stage 1
Shortlisting will be on the 30th April and 1st May
Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria of the person specification)
Stage 2
Interviews will be in the w/c 5th May
Role specific interview and presentation*
* Details of the 15-minute presentation which will be shared after Stage 1.
Standard presentation facilities will be supplied – as well as role specific interview which will incorporate Quality Assurance, Safeguarding, Service Values and Behaviours, Code of Ethics and NFCC leadership framework as required in the role.
Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact your line manager or Marc Diggory (marc.diggory@essex-fire.gov.uk) or Sarah Rapley sarah.rapley@essex-fire.gov.uk in the first instance.
Our Culture and Benefits
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.
You can find out more about our benefits at https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/recruitment/benefits
Important Information for Firefighter Pension Scheme Pensioners
If you are currently in receipt of a pension from the Firefighter Pension Scheme, please note that taking up this role may affect your pension. Under pension abatement rules, if your earnings in this role, when combined with your pension, exceed your pre-retirement salary (adjusted for inflation), your pension may be reduced.
For further guidance, please contact our Pensions team on 01376 576799 or email mailbox.pensions@essex-fire.gov.uk.
Safeguarding
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.
You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults.
The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.
This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Disability Confident
We are an equal opportunity, Disability Confident, employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilities during our recruitment and selection processes and we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to, including our employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potential colleagues.
Our employee forums and partners include:
Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men’s Forum, and our Women’s Forum. In addition, we also have a female firefighter’s operational group.
Further to the above, the Service has a Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and provides additional support and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and struggles as a result of dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work, and so we encourage and enable people to access digital tools to help them perform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support others as a result of their lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities to identify and access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able to assist with your application too.
Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information, from one of these groups, please contact Equality.Diversity@essex-fire.gov.uk
You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you may require, at any stage of the process by email to recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk
You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via www.essex-fire.gov.uk and about our vacancies and application processes via www.essex-fire.gov.uk/join-essex-fire