Job Description
Job Title: Principal Consultant – Highway Inspection & Road Safety Training
Reporting to: Director of Training Services
Based: Coventry* / Hybrid
Hours: Full-time or part-time
Salary: Competitive – depending on experience
*The office is in Coventry, and you will be required to come into the office from time to time, we also offer a hybrid working policy. Training courses delivered throughout the UK. The role will require the successful applicant to travel regularly throughout the UK being away 3-4 nights from home on a regular basis dependent on location of applicant and training course.
Main Purpose of the Job
The confidence, ability, and experience to develop, prepare and deliver a wide range of highway inspection, road safety, traffic management training courses at venues throughout the UK, Ireland and occasionally overseas.
While we conduct a wide range of courses throughout the U.K., it is desirable that the candidate has the relevant knowledge and experience to carry out a variety of courses including the below.
- Highway safety inspector training
- General road safety audit related courses
- Road safety engineering courses
Training will be provided to the right candidate with a long term aim for you deliver a wider variety of traffic management and highway related courses.
The role also includes designing, building and recording e-learning content for our online training platform, turning our classroom courses into engaging, self-paced online learning.
Specific Duties
- The delivery of training courses throughout the UK, Ireland and occasionally overseas. Due to the diverse training locations, significant amounts of travel and time staying away from home are part of this role.
- Delivery of our training courses via Microsoft Teams.
- Assisting with the development of new and existing training courses.
- Preparation of material for training course.
- Development of vocational qualifications, competency certification with respect to TMS training course.
- Writing scripts and learner activities for online courses, applying sound instructional design principles.
- Creating knowledge checks, quizzes and end-of-course assessments that meet the requirements of each course and any accrediting body.
- Maintaining and developing wide and up-to-date knowledge and understanding of transportation, traffic management, road safety and highway engineering issues.
- It is desirable that you have an ability to undertake Road Safety Audits in accordance with GG119, to assist the audit team. However, training will be provided in order for you to become a part of the audit team in the long term.
It is essential that the successful candidate has the following skills
- Experience in one or more of the following; highway inspection and maintenance or road safety engineering.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and delivery skills.
- Good interpersonal skills, with a friendly and outgoing personality .
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite e.g., Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
It is desirable that the successful candidate has the following skills
- Knowledge of current Road Safety issues, Highway Design Standards and Traffic Engineeringand Traffic Management.
- Experience in creation and delivering training courses.
- Carry out Road Safety Audits in accordance with GG 119 (preferably Team Leader status, otherwise Team Member).
- Member of SoRSA, CIHT, IHE or other industry professional body.
- Designing and developing e-learning modules for our online training platform, including converting existing classroom courses into self-paced online learning.
- Good knowledge of how to utilise online video conferencing tools such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom for online training, e-Learning software such as Moodle and Articulate 360.
The successful candidate has the following qualities
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and delivery skills.
- Good interpersonal skills, with a friendly and outgoing personality.
- Hardworking and conscientious, reliable, and flexible.
- Strong relationship building skills – able to liaise with colleagues and customers on a daily basis.
- Trainers often run courses on their own so the desire and ability to present technical subjects is a key factor.
- Able to work under pressure and to deadlines. Good prioritisation skills are essential.
- The ability to work on their own initiative, taking control of nominated areas of responsibility.
- Team worker who actively contributes towards resolution of problems and improvements to processes within team environment.
- Good organisational, planning and office administration skills.
Benefits of Working for TMS Consultancy
- Competitive salary (to be negotiated)
- Westfield healthcare plan
- Ability to work flexibly
- 25 days of annual leave. Plus, bank holidays and office closure during Christmas (not taken out of annual leave entitlement)
- Flexible working hours and ability to earn time off in lieu.
- Competitive pension scheme
NB: This role would suit full or part-time candidates and whilst experience is an advantage, training will be provided for the right candidate. Due to the variety of specialisms within this role, please contact us if you have experience in one or more of the areas detailed in the job description. We would be more than happy to discuss this further with you.