Road Safety Community Coordinator

Permanent contract | £26,421 to £28,770 per annum (Scale F) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich

An exciting opportunity has come up to co-ordinate work across the driver and rider skills section of our Road Safety Team within Public Health. Our driver and rider skills team commission and co-ordinate Road Safety opportunities to support; the Road Safety Partnership and our ambition; ‘To promote strategies and positive behaviours and skills to reduce risk taking behaviours that may contribute to being involved in a killed or seriously injured collision on Norfolk’s Roads.’

We are looking forward to receiving applications from candidates who; have a positive mindset, can co-ordinate commissioned projects and lead administrative duties, are keen to learn and help us; grow, advertise and co-ordinate our Road Safety commercial delivery. These work streams include taxi and minibus assessments and we mean Business workshops to encourage businesses to adopt safe driving/riding practises, campaigns and policies.

There are also opportunities to provide co-ordination support across some of our behaviour change interventions and campaigns for young, new and older drivers/riders.

The successful candidate will be; resourceful at making positive connections and building relationships with the local; community and businesses. Organised and confident with digital working, particularly with, teams meetings, excel and word. Adaptable to new ways of working and committed to collecting feedback from clients and businesses to shape, continuous Road Safety development, performance reports and evaluations.

This role is predominately hybrid working, with a varied and rewarding mix of co-ordination tasks. Flexible working arrangements are available alongside training opportunities for the successful candidate to learn and develop their skills.

Please submit a CV along with a supporting statement with examples detailing how you meet the essential and where appropriate desirable criteria for this position.

For more information or a further discussion about this position, please contact either:

laura.partridge@norfolk.gov.uk Road Safety Manger

Andrew.Sykes@norfolk.gov.uk Skills Improvement Lead

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
  Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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Closing date: 1 February 2024 at 23:59