Community Safety Adviser (CSA)

Benefits:
Salary: £31,364 -

£35,745 Grade 4
Hours: Full time - Hours 37, Monday to Friday
Location West Hub Service Headquarters, Calcot, Reading
Excellent annual leave allowance of 28 days, plus public holidays and flexible working, onsite gym, parking facilities and a Local Government Pension Scheme are available.
About the role:
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has a reputation of excellence. We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic and driven individual to join our West Hub Prevention team.
This is a great opportunity to work for a Public Service provider that invests in the training, development, and wellbeing of its employees. Our team operate within a welcoming, diverse and inclusive environment and offers flexible working arrangements so our teams can achieve a good work-life balance.
RBFRS provides prevention, protection, and response across the county of Berkshire. It serves a diverse cultural population of 911,400 residents, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Together, we are committed to providing excellence in the prevention from fire, protection from fire, and response to fire and other emergencies for the people of Royal Berkshire.

About you:
We are seeking someone enthusiastic with a passion for community safety. The job involves admin and community engagement therefore the ideal candidate will be organised and able to handle a busy environment. Good communication skills and the ability to network well with a range of external and internal stakeholder.
The key focus of this role is:
To provide direct support to the Station Managers within your allocated station hub area advising on all areas of community safety activity.
To attend unitary, partner or stakeholder meetings in support to the service requirements and hub objective.
To ensure that organisational activity and localised risk based activity is embedded and monitored in station delivery plans.
To support the Safe and Well and Adult Referral Programme developing adult at risk awareness, information sharing and training through liaison with key agencies and organisations working with the vulnerable in our communities.

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):
Able to cultivate effective relationships with a wide range of people based on trust and mutual respect.
Ability to deal with problems that arise and manage through to resolution.
Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workloads effectively and efficiently.
Holds and maintains a current EU driving licence.
Application and selection process

Appointment is conditional upon undertaking an Enhanced with Barred List(s) Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.
Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV s without an accompanying application form.

Closing date for applications is 09:00 hours on 10 June 2024

It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run week commencing 17 June 2024.