Road Safety Coordinator
| Posting date: | 11 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £15,279 to £16,057 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £15,279 per annum (rising by annual increments to £16,057) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Hamworthy, Poole |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
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.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are 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 including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) 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.
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.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are 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 including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) 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.
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.
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