Community Safety Advisor
- Recruiter
- Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service
- Location
- Maidenhead
- Salary
- 29909.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 30 May 2018
- Closes
- 27 Jun 2018
- Sectors
- Engineering, Defence
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Community Safety Advisor
Salary: GBP25,463- GBP29,909 per annum - Grade 4
Location - Service East Hub, Maidenhead Fire Station
Excellent annual leave allowance of 27 days plus Public holidays, flexible working hours and onsite gym facilities
An excellent opportunity has arisen for the position of a Community Safety Advisor, who will join our East Hub Prevention Team and help deliver an efficient and effective service to the people of Berkshire.
The successful candidate will be responsible for liaison between managers and staff at all levels throughout RBFRS structure, to achieve and support set targets within the local IRMP and service plans.
The key focus of this role is:
- To provide direct support to the Station Managers within your allocated station hub area advising on all areas of community safety activity.
- To attend unitary, partner or stakeholder meetings in support to the service requirements and hub objectives.
- To ensure that organisational activity and localised risk based activity is embedded and monitored in station delivery plans.
- To support the Safe and Well and Adult Referral Programme developing adult at risk awareness, information sharing and training through liaison with key agencies and organisations working with the vulnerable in our communities.
- To play a key role in ensuring the effective allocation of referrals and coordinating the delivery of home fire risk checks and safe and well visits in your area.
- To maintain confidentiality in line with GDPR requirements and Safeguarding best practice as determined by Service policy and procedures.
- To work with key partner agencies to ensure the opportunities for reducing accidental and deliberate fires, road traffic collisions and water incidents are maximised through the development, co-ordination and delivery of effectively targeted Prevention initiatives and programmes.
- Establish, improve and maintain effective productive relationships with a network of community organisations e.g. minority groups, faith groups informing such groups of the Fire and Rescue Service agendas and any key prevention strategies, e.g. The English Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) initiative.
Key role requirements:
- Able to cultivate effective relationships with a wide range of people including elected Members, based on trust and mutual respect.
- Ability to deal with problems that arise and manage through to resolution.
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workloads effectively and efficiently.
- Enthusiastic and energetic with a positive 'can do' outlook.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to liaise at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions within own area of responsibility.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to effective cope with conflicting and complex demands and prioritise to ensure timely delivery of quality outcomes/projects.
- Excellent analytical, organisational and research skills.
- Proven ability of developing policy and or managing projects.
Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV's without an accompanying application form.
Closing date for applications is 17:00 hours Monday 11 June 2018
It is anticipated that the assessment process will run week commencing Monday 25 June 2018.
The Fire and Rescue Service is committed to equality of opportunity, and is actively seeking a more diverse workforce. If you are disabled and meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.