Driving Academy Administrational Support

Vacancy Reference Number: 21106

Number of Vacancies: 1

Learning & Development Location: Hendon Building PEEL CENTRE HENDON

Band: Band E

Part/Full Time: Full Time (36 hours per week)

Type of Contract: Permanent

Salary: The starting salary is £36,228, which includes allowances totalling £3,009. The salary is broken down as £33,219 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £35,541, plus a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Newton House, Hendon (Option to occasionally work from Marlowe House, Sidcup or Havering Patrol Base, Romford), with ability to occasionally work flexibly/remotely in accordance with MPS policies and line management support.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Driving Academy is a College of Policing Licensed Training Establishment, consisting of 70 officers and staff based across 3 sites, delivering Police Driving Courses and Refresher Training to MPS Officers and Staff.

A unique opportunity to be part of the Driving Academy Administrational Support Team, consisting of 2 staff, who will support the academy across the following key areas:

• COP Licensing Area of Work: Preparing the annual MPS submission to the College of Policing for the organisation’s COP License to deliver Driver Training. Administration of all Police Driving Instructor accreditation matters throughout the year. Administration of the Driving Academy Risk Register & Action Log. Scanning, recording and retention of all ongoing staff training that takes place throughout the training year. Updating and maintaining COP Records of Assessment in line with latest Police Driving Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria.
• Duties and Planning Area of Work: Creation of an Annual Training Plan (ATP) and Quarterly Instructor Duties. Managing the Driving Academy Mailbox, considering staff A/L requests/other duty commitments against course delivery. Attend meetings and liaising with other MPS and L&D stakeholders related to course/duty management. Creating fortnightly Fatigue Risk Management reports to monitor staff welfare, ensuring compliance with MPS Policy of Working Time Regulations. Creating LMS courses for Surge Activity and Overtime schedules. Daily/Weekly management of Driving Academy Duties in line with changing resource/demand picture and fleet availability.
• DVSA Invigilation & Transferee Records Areas of Work: DVSA theory test booking / invigilation / test delivery. Ensuring DVSA compliance and managing audits including undertaking annual supervised test delivery by DVSA compliance team. Overseeing and managing Driving Academy Mailbox dealing with general enquiries. Supporting main office duties and taskings e.g. scanning student records. Managing transferee and re-joiner requests and ensuring correct and compliant record management. Managing external course return administration and appropriate authorisations.

How to apply: To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button". The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement. Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 23/07/2026.

Essential For The Role:

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to organise work and prioritise against competing demands and timescales.
• Ability to recognise and respond to risk, escalating where necessary.
• Proficient in extracting data from various databases.
• Ability to liaise and collaborate with internal/external stakeholders.
• Previous experience and qualifications if any.

Essential Skills:

• MS Excel, MS Teams, Office 365, PowerPoint, Word.
• Coordinated and logistical mindset.
• Good administrational and time management skills.

Desirable Knowledge/Experience:

• Knowledge of Education governance and quality assurance processes.
• Previous experience of College of Policing licensing processes.
• Previous experience of Duty Planning.

Disability Confident Statement: The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.