DRIVING INSTRUCTOR/EDUCATOR TIMARU

Department: Driving and Employment Pathways

Position: Full-time

Applications Close: March 31, 2026

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

DRIVING INSTRUCTOR/EDUCATOR 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 Educator, either on a full time basis.

If you hold a current Full Class 1 Driver Licence and a current Instructor's ("I") endorsement or if you are prepared to study to gain this qualification. You must currently hold your full licence.

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.
• or you are a fully licenced class one driver who is prepared to study towards your I endorsement with the backing of the Y
• 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
• Be prepared to be based in our awesome Timaru office servicing our South Canterbury clients

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, . Applications close 5pm, 31 March 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 () 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.

Apply online for this role or contact Sharyn Kake for more information.

If this sounds like you, please click on the "Apply Now" button below.

All applicants must:

• Currently hold the right to work in New Zealand and currently be in New Zealand.
• Return a satisfactory Police Vet before commencement of employment.