Driving Instructor & Comm. Driving Testing Officer

We help tangata to achieve their driver licence – want to join our Y-Drive team?

The Opportunity: DRIVING INSTRUCTOR AND COMMUNITY DRIVING TESTING OFFICER, based in Timaru.

We deliver driver licence support and driving instruction in Oamaru, Timaru, Ashburton and Christchurch.

Due to ongoing demand and expansion of our Y-Drive Driving School service in South Canterbury, we are looking to recruit a new Driving Instructor and Community Driving Testing Officer., either on a part-time or full-time basis.

If you hold a current Full Class 1 Driver Licence and a current Instructor’s (“I”) endorsement and/or Testing Office (“O”) endorsement, we are keen to hear from you. You must currently hold one of the above mentioned two driving endorsements to apply for this position.

Ideally it suits a person who is passionate about providing a “hand-up” to those people in our community who present with barriers to success and are likely to need support to gain the necessary theory and/or practical driver licence knowledge and skills to achieve their restricted and/or full driver’s licence.

Get in touch if you…

• are a qualified Class 1 driving instructor and/or Testing Office and hold a current full New Zealand driver licence.
• are a “people person”, with a positive energy, passion, and intrinsic desire to empower and support people to achieve their Class 1 learner, restricted and/or full driver’s licence.
• are prepared to build strong relationships with both our clients and local stakeholders
• are confident, resourceful, optimistic, and ready to meet any challenge
• are highly organised, with strong computer skills
• have common sense, resiliency, empathy, a sense of humour and ability to use initiative
• have a commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi and apply tikanga in relevant work settings
• can uphold the core values of the Y: Honesty, Caring, Responsibility and Respect

If you are looking for a full-on, challenging, yet rewarding position supporting people to take charge of their future, we want to hear from you!

Email your CV and cover letter marked CONFIDENTIAL to Sharyn Kake, Manager Driving & Employment Pathways, sharyn@ymcasc.org.nz. Applications close 5pm, 31 January 2026. A position description may be requested from the same email. Applications will be reviewed as they come in and interviews may commence prior to the close date.

About The Central South Island Evolving to meet community need since 1917 in South and Mid Canterbury and now North Otago and Christchurch, the Y provides a wide range of programmes and services across three core streams:

• Education & Training
• Driving & Employment Pathways, Wellbeing & Youth Work
• Youth & Community Development

Check out our website (http://www.ymcasc.org.nz) to see what our mahi is all about.

The Y Central South Island is committed to child protection and the safeguarding of children and young people in our care, and it is our expectation that all staff will operate in a way that reflects this intent. Appointment to a role with the Y will be subject to a satisfactory Police and CYRAS Check. Of equal importance, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace are central to our mahi. Our bicultural plan guides our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.