Specialist Operations Recovery Driver
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Job Title: Specialist Operations Recovery Driver
Salary: £28,124 (including a role enhancement of £3,500) plus a £984 location allowance and a 12.5% shift disturbances. Starting Salary is £32,623 progressing on yearly increments to £34,900 (inclusive of all allowances)
Location: Charlton Police Car Pound
It’s not just removing vehicles. It’s keeping London moving.
London is an evolving, dynamic city with nearly nine million residents. So we face complex policing challenges, and everyone across the Met plays a vital role in keeping people safe. Our Vehicle Recovery & Examination Services (VRES) team are no exception.
In VRES we arrange the removal, storage, examination, release or disposal of vehicles related to criminal offences. It’s up to us to make sure these vehicles are kept safe and secure, allowing thorough forensic and mechanical examinations to take place. Not only that, we recover stolen, nuisance or seized vehicles – and store them at our car pounds.
As a qualified, experienced and responsible driver, you’ll keep London’s traffic moving by swiftly recovering vehicles all around the capital. Your day-to-day will be varied and collaborative, often involved in major public events such as Notting Hill Carnival, New Year’s Eve and Remembrance Day (to name just a few). It means you’ll be required to work in all weather conditions, and have face-to-face contact with people who may be volatile. So you’ll need to be calm under pressure, while still upholding exceptional customer service.
To join us, you must have a DVLA driving licence with no more than six points and a minimum of categories C+E (HGV1 - heavy goods) and have the IT skills to use state of the art vehicle technology. With your excellent knowledge of H&S legislation, you'll also be able to make quick, informed decisions. Maintaining accurate paperwork is a must, as is the ability to write clear and concise reports. It's an advantage, although not essential, if you have completed the Institute of Vehicle Recovery modules as training will be given.
To apply, please visit our website to download a role-specific information pack, and use the link to complete and submit the online application form. You’ll also be required to submit a detailed CV.
Completed applications must be submitted by 19th December 2019.
Failure to supply all the relevant documents will result in your application being terminated.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations
Essential Criteria
- Required to hold a valid DVLA driving license (with no more than 6 points) with a minimum of categories C+E. Drivers will be required to use any other professional qualifications during their employment with the MPS.
- Be capable of moving goods and equipment
- Be capable of using basic IT that includes vehicle technology e.g. Satellite navigations systems
- Record job activity within available vehicle technology
- Be able to pass First Aid (Emergency Life Support) and Personal Safety (Officer Safety Training )
Desirable Criteria
- A valid DVLA driving licence with categories C1 ,C1+E, D1
- Qualified to use a variety of moving and handling equipment e.g. forklift or prepared to undergo training.
- Institute of Vehicle Recover (IVR) modules 1, 2,3,5,6,17,19 and 27
- Interest in motor vehicles
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with 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 ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.