Road Safety Lead

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Road Safety Lead
• Job Location: SkillZone
• Salary: £34,834 - £38,223 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 25/03/2024
• Job Requisition Number: 8457
• This post is not open to job share

About The Role & You

Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service is seeking a versatile, self-motivated person with excellent communication and relationship-building skills to become the Road Safety Lead in Prevention.

You will be responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating Road Safety education for adolescents and the post-16 age group, across Gloucestershire. You will need to be confident to work collaboratively with other professionals to develop your education activity and able to build on an existing network of session-trainers to support the work.

You will take a leading role in reducing serious and fatal collisions on our roads so an understanding of delivering behaviour change programmes is necessary. Your role may be demanding but you will be making a difference to our diverse community. You will also have access to a network of other Road Safety colleagues across the sector and guidance from Regional Prevention Leads to help you in implementation of new programmes and adapting existing programmes.

The role sits within the Prevention Team so you will be expected to share in creating and supporting community engagement and events that help improve community safety. These colleagues will be like-minded, community-focused and there to support your work.

If this sounds interesting and you know you can make a difference to the lives of young people and adults then please apply.

In return we will offer you:

• Regular formal and informal support.
• Safe,supportive, and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
• Access to relevant training and career progression.
• Annual leave of 25.5 days rising to 30.5 days after 5 years employment.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+), Young Employees Network, Black Workers Network and Neurodiversity Workers Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For further information, please contact Yvette Greenhouse - yvette.greenhouse@glosfire.gov.uk

Interview Date - 5th April 2024.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Job Profile - Road Safety Lead

This Position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.