The Fire & Rescue Service in Nottinghamshire is looking for an experienced individual to join them as their new Head of Community Safety and Engagement.

Head of Community Safety and Engagement

37 hours per week

Salary £54,679- £60,182 per annum

Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP

Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK

Do you have a passion for working with people, making a difference, and improving people’s lives? Are you an outstanding leader, someone who lives and works by our clients Values and someone who wants to work for a progressive, caring, public-serving organisation? If so, you might be the perfect candidate for our clients new role as Head of Community Safety and Engagement!

With exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to form strong and constructive relationships, both between Departments and with partners and communities, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the delivery of fire prevention initiatives as well as education and youth and community engagement activities.

This Head of Department role will provide direction and innovation to design and deliver activities which seek to improve our engagement with communities, their understanding of us and to support our clients workforce diversity. Close working with other service delivery departments is essential to ensure community safety and engagement activities are high quality and aligned to strategic objectives.

The ability to provide direction and leadership to a diverse team of specialists is essential. Designing and evaluating services based on data, evidence and evaluation of activities, to ensure that the team are reaching our target audiences, and are seeking continuous improvement from the activities they undertake, will be vital for this role.

Benefits:

Agile Working – Our client is very proud to offer employees the ability to mix office working with working from home to provide flexibility to help with your work life balance.

Flexibility – They are family friendly and are open to considering different working patterns which help you provide a better service to our community while supporting your home life.

Annual Leave - 23 days of annual leave with an extra three concessionary days, plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day.

Health and Wellbeing - As a Service they provide a wide range of Health and Wellbeing support to all out employees which includes a membership to Bupa and a dedicated Occupational Health team who are there to support you. Also, all employees receive free access to a gym.

Blue Light Card enabling discounts on shopping and eating out

Development – You will have access to both formal and informal professional development opportunities which will help you advance your career.

Pension – Access to a public service defined benefit pension scheme.

If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then they look forward to hearing from you.

How to apply for the role:

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click “apply” today and you will be directed to the service recruitment portal where you will be able to submit an application form.

Please note that they don’t accept CVs in place of application forms.

Closing date: 12th January 2024 9:00

Interview date: 19th & 20th February 2024

The Fire & Rescue Service in Nottinghamshire is proud to be an equal opportunities and ‘Disability Confident’ employer, and are committed to increasing the diversity of their workforce. They welcome applications from all communities and particularly those who are currently under-represented in the workforce.

The Service is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and or neglect and operates a safer recruitment process.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Police Vetting check.

You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.

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Other suitable skills and experience includes Community Engagement, Community Safety, Safety and Engagement Coordinator, Health and Safety Manager, Stakeholder Management, Public Participation, Community Consultation.