Road Safety Coordinator

**About The Role**:
**Job title: Road Safety Coordinator**

Grade: D

**Salary**: £27,803 per annum (rising by annual increments to £30,296).

More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page.

Hours: Part Time - 22.5 hours per week (3 x 7.5 hours per day)

Appointment Type: Permanent

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

As well as being one of the largest combined Fire and Rescue Services in the country we are also one of the top performing. In February 2022, inspectors from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) looked closely at our Service and graded us as ‘Good’, ‘Outstanding’, and ‘Good’ across the three inspection pillars of Effectiveness, Efficiency and People.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff feel valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes and health & well-being services.

**As a Road Safety Coordinator in our Prevention department you will**:

- deliver service road safety educational programmes in schools, colleges and on MOD sites.
- coordinate the attendance of speakers (internal staff, external partners and volunteers) as appropriate.
- ensure the appropriate resources are available and our delivery is evaluated.
- work with the Education Manager to support the development and continuous improvement of the road safety education programmes and associated resources and evaluation.
- attend community events focusing on road safety education as directed by the service to support the road safety partnerships.
- represent DWFRS at road safety partnership meetings

**What makes you our ideal Road Safety Coordinator?**:

- 4 GCSE passes - Grade A* - C / 9 - 4 including English and Mathematics / equivalent Level 2 qualification / or higher level qualification and a Level 3 NVQ or equivalent qualification.
- experience of developing, organising, and delivering training or education.
- knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding procedures and reporting systems.
- experience of planning events and maintaining records.
- for full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification

**Other Information**:
The role has a significant travel requirement. There is a requirement to provide delivery across the Service area. We offer flexible working arrangements, however many of our events will require you to be set up and ready for 9am delivery.

**Additional Information - Raising Tax Awareness and Pension Considerations**:

- Annual Allowance - Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge. Further information on Annual Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.
- Lifetime Allowance - Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Lifetime Allowance implications. A breach in the Lifetime Allowance threshold will result in a Tax charge. Further information on Lifetime Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.
- Temporary Promotions/Positions - Wholetime and On-call staff: Please note that any period of ‘temporary’, whether that is by way of promotion or allowances associated with a temporary position, will not be pensionable.

**To find out more and apply**:
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications. We will accept a Statement of Comparability from a UK organisation called ENIC which can be obtained via their website. Please note that UK ENIC charge for this service, so if you request a Statement of Compatibility, you will be required to pay for it as we are unable to reimburse you.

**Values & Behaviours Framework**:
Our recruitment, assessment and progression processes are based on our Code of Ethics that has been developed specifically for Fire and Rescue Services. When recruiting, we identify the most important behaviours for the role and these are used as part of the short-listing and selection process.