Education Officer jobs in United Kingdom

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £27,717 - £30,066 per annum

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 26th January 2025

Interview Date(s): Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th February 2025

An exciting opportunity for a Road Safety Education Officer within the Traffic & Safety Team in the Environment and Transport Department. We are looking for someone who is able to adopt a flexible approach to the working week as our work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations across the county. You will support on developing and shaping our road safety education programme of initiatives to schools and the wider community and deliver these integrated strategies for education, training and promotion that support behaviour change and the safe and sustainable use of the transport network.

You must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with diverse priorities. In return, you will get a chance to assist with the development and delivery of our new road safety education programme in schools.

You will provide support to establish and maintain partnership working and be able to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, Members and external partners in order to achieve common outputs and outcomes for road safety education and to encourage active travel.

You will manage and supervise School Crossing Patrols (SCP) and Bikeability Cycling Instructors throughout the County including recruitment, training, development and administration and undertake eligibility assessments of requests for SCP sites.

You will also assist in providing technical guidance to the Road Safety Tutors / Bikeability Instructors on Bikeability delivery to ensure the National Standard is met and guarantee scheme management compliance.

Respond to queries from members of the public, elected members and other interested parties in relation to road safety education initiatives such as the Community Speed Watch scheme, Bikeability Cycle training, Pre-Driver education courses and School Crossing Patrols.

Carry out risk assessments and support the team manager on Health & Safety and risk management on delivery of all road safety education initiatives to ensure the ISO 45001 management standard is met.

Your designated base will be County Hall but the team also hybrid work. The nature of this role will require you to carry out work at different locations across the county, so a full and valid driving licence and ability to travel for business purposes including having access to a car is essential. Expenses will be paid in accordance with Local conditions of service with mileage paid from your designated base (County Hall).

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

To apply for this post, you must have:

1. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification or proven work experience in a public focused business; achieved First4Sport Level 2 Instructing Cycle Training or agreement to undertake this training course.
2. A customer-focused approach where the customer is central to the delivery of our service; able to build positive relationships across stakeholders, peers and partners, creating open and transparent relationships based on trust to support partnership working including with schools, business, communities and external organisations to ensure collaborative working with customers and key stakeholders to support delivery of outputs and outcomes.
3. Able to adopt a flexible approach with the ability to manage a varied workload working to tight timescales and agreed targets and to supervise the work of others; experience of line-managing staff and engaging a remote workforce and/or volunteers with sound knowledge and proven experience in line-managing staff and their work areas.
4. Able to problem solve and analyse information with good numerical and analysis skills, and attention to detail; excellent IT skills, including a knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office programmes and ability to learn the use of service-specific systems and software.
5. Good knowledge and understanding of road safety education initiatives.
6. Good written and verbal communication skills and good presentation skills.
7. Other requirements - Political awareness; an understanding of, and commitment to Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations; must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010. Full and valid driving license and able to travel for business purposes including having access to a vehicle.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Amber Brailsford

Senior Road Safety Education Officer

0116 305 0698

amber.brailsford@leics.gov.uk

Please apply by sending us your CV as well as a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.

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