Community Safety Engagement Lead – Avon Fire and Rescue Service

Under the direction of the Vulnerable Adults Manager & Joint Safeguarding Lead, you will be responsible for identifying, designing, and executing specific fire safety measures, along with the promotion and distribution of fire safety guidance to at-risk communities and associated partner organisations.

You will also support the Vulnerable Adults Team in developing, planning, implementing, and evaluating effective educational programs aimed at promoting and improving community safety for vulnerable adults. Your role is to keep the community at the centre of our efforts and help manage a professional service for at-risk communities, embedding fire safety messaging into all aspects of our work.

Some of the things you’ll be doing

• Investigate relevant opportunities, plan and manage projects, and implement suitable interventions to address the needs of at-risk communities.
• Design and deliver a variety of fire safety talks and training sessions, both internally and externally, to ensure that the work of the Vulnerable Adults Team is integrated into the community.
• Establish and sustain effective communication and collaborative relationships both internally and externally with relevant groups.
• Manage the creation of engaging social media content that supports departmental campaigns and safety messaging, with a focus on promoting Home Fire Safety Visits and Checks.
• Line-manage and support team individuals as directed. Facilitate your team’s learning and development.
• Carry out any additional responsibilities as reasonable and appropriate, as agreed with line manager.

What we will need from you

Essential:

• A level 3 qualification relevant to the role (for example in business administration, supervisory management, customer service, community safety).
• Good knowledge and understanding of the importance of robust safeguarding practices.
• Managing successful project work which engaged with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of planning, designing and delivering of effective training and presentations to internal and external partners
• Relevant supervisory experience and effective development of others.
• Managing workload independently to prioritise tasks effectively, drive workstreams forward and achieve desired objectives.
• Able to identify relevant training and development needs and to devise/deliver appropriate solutions.
• Able to drive with a current driving licence, or ability to arrange suitable alternative transport to travel to various work

Desirable:

• Good knowledge and understanding of fire safety advice and legislation.
• Knowledge and awareness of the types of issues that affect communities and the relevant legislation, policy and good practice relating to addressing these.
• Experience of planning, organising and delivering events in a multi-agency format.
• Producing written documents which utilise data to propose, support or evaluate workstreams