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 team 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 Learning Manager, you'll be delivering a wide range of training and assessment, predominantly to drivers but also to other grades in the business. 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 additional development sessions to our driver community.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• To deliver learning, development, and assessments across locations within the business that meet current Great Western Railway and railway group standards
• Manage trainee drivers during initial training ensuring high standards are being met
• Work with the Training Policy team to develop and maintain training programmes
• Promote and demonstrate good safety behaviours
• Maintain accurate records of training and give great feedback

You'll need to be:

• Enthusiastic, passionate about development and able to inspire
• Flexible and open minded to new ideas
• Keen to promote and work within an inclusive environment
• Literate in the primary Office 365 applications

As a minimum you'll need to have:

• Previous experience of training or coaching
• At least 3 years main line train driving experience
• Attention to detail
• The ability to work as part of a team and the initiative to work unsupervised
• The capability to work flexible hours throughout locations in Great Western Railway, including Bristol, Exeter, Newton Abbot, Plymouth, and Reading
• Suitable qualifications in training and assessment (although training can be provided)

About the location?

Although you will report into Bristol Driver Training Academy, your work will take you across the network and travel will be required as mentioned above.

Working Pattern?

You will mostly be working Monday – Friday, however weekend and bank holiday work is required when necessary and early and late training and assessment schedules mean “out of hours” training is common. Flexibility will be required to meet business needs.

Additional Information?

To succeed in this role, you must be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills and passion for the development of people, so they attain their full potential and the ability to structure your workload, plan effectively and be committed to delivering excellence with minimum supervision.  You'll need to be well organised, self-motivated, and able to use your initiative.

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 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.

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