CFRS0158 - Community Safety Advisor
Community Safety Advisor
Salary: £31,067 - £31,586 (pro rata)
Hours: This role is 37 hours, and is available on a full-time, part-time, or job share basis. We offer other flexible work options, such as compressed hours.
Contract: Fixed Term contract, for 12 months
Location: Various locations including Penrith Headquarters, Barrow Fire Station, Workington Fire Station, and Carlisle Fire Station. The role will be countywide.
Closing date: 17:00pm on Monday 24th February 2025
Interviews: Interviews will be held in person on Wednesday 5th March 2025, at Penrith Headquarters. We can offer flexible alternatives if required.
THE TEAM
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service Prevention team as a Community Safety Advisor.
The Prevention Department's aim is to prevent the occurrence of fires and other emergencies and the impacts on our communities. This essential work supports our wider vision and commitment to the health, safety, and wellbeing of the people that live, work, and visit Cumbria. We aim to achieve this by delivering various community safety activities.
THE ROLE
Being a Community Safety Advisor is a varied role working predominantly in rural areas, delivering and promoting a range of standard and targeted prevention activities. These will include delivering Home Safety visits in people’s homes; education and training in schools on fire safety; and engagement with the community to reduce the likelihood-of and impact-from fire, emergencies, and health related issues.
Candidates should have experience of working with partner agencies and community safety work or relevant qualification. The role will be demanding yet rewarding and will require a flexible person who has an organised approach to work and the ability to motivate themselves.
The role involves extensive driving in Cumbria and on occasion requires some evening and weekend work.
IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?
The ideal candidates to join our team will have the ability to talk to a wide range of audiences: engaging them in the essential safety information and discussing the risks in an accessible way. We are looking for someone who’s friendly and compassionate and strives to achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable people and communities
The candidate should be comfortable with lone working and able to make informed decisions based on information available. You will be part of a supportive and close team, and you will be given a robust induction and on-going training and development to help you in your role. You will also be part of an open, honest, and inclusive service that works to put our communities first.
We are dedicated to developing our workforce - if you're looking to progress in an inclusive, supportive, and dynamic fire service, we would like to hear from you!
If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with the Team Leader Catherine Moody for an informal chat. Catherine.moody@cumbriafire.gov.uk
Please see the Community Safety Advisor job description linked below (we call it a Post Specification) for more details on the essential criteria for the role.
Attachment: PG 7094 - Community Safety Advisor Post Specification (WORD)
**This role requires an Enhanced DBS check**
CFRS has a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those whose most recent employer is the Armed Forces, for Care Leavers, and for Disabled Candidates. The scheme is linked below and there is a specific section of our application form where you can mark if you consider yourself eligible. We encourage candidates to let us know so we can provide the best support and access throughout the process.
Reasonable Adjustments – we strongly encourage any candidate who may require reasonable adjustments to make us aware as soon as possible, either using the section on the application form or by contacting the Resourcing Team directly (email below). We will have a confidential discussion with you and we take the approach of ‘you tell us what you require, and we will do out best to facilitate’. Where we are unable to make the adjustment, we will share this asap.
Resourcing Team email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk
TO APPLY:
Please complete the online Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service Application Form.
Link to Application Form: https://forms.office.com/e/Wit9u9zZQK (Microsoft Forms)
Please note: We do not accept CVs.
If you have any queries at all, please contact the Resourcing & Talent team via email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk
OUR SERVICE
With approximately 600 operational firefighters, front facing delivery teams, corporate services, and support staff, delivering services across the county from 38 Fire Stations, we know we need to be a modern, flexible, and inclusive employer.
We offer:
- Flexible working across the county, including a hybrid of homeworking and office working at one of our Wholetime stations
- Free parking at our fire stations
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Access to station gyms, free of charge
- Enrolment in either the Fire Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on your terms and conditions) - link to the Pensions page here
- Occupational Health service, including counselling
- Close working relationship with the Firefighters Charity, including mental and physical health support
- A dedicated Wellbeing Hub – link here
- On-going personal development, including apprenticeship options and leadership courses
- Access to modern ICT equipment
- Family friendly policies, including six months full pay for Parental Leave
- Menopause Policy - link here (Word document)
- Support for Carers
- Workplace adjustments for Neurodiverse and Disabled employees
- Staff Networks for a variety of different communities, including (but not limited to) Armed Forces, LGBTQ+, Menopause, Retirees
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our communities in Cumbria. We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We capture Equality data on our application forms to help us review barriers in our processes for any minority group. This is optional to complete and is securely removed and accessed only by the Resourcing team to review.
Resourcing Team email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk