Head of Prevention
Job Description
JobTitle : Head of Prevention
Contract : Permanent
WorkingHours : 37 hours
Salary : starter salary from £63,712 rising to £70,715 (Grade 12) in role
Location : The role will be flexibly based between Service HQ (Kelvedon), homeworking, and a requirement to travel around the county to visit all Service premises*
Closing date : Monday15thApril, 5pm
Responsibilities
The role
Are you ready for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to join one of the country’s biggest, dynamic,and progressive Fire & Rescue Services?
Essex County Fire & Rescue Services (ECFRS) is seeking a Head of Prevention, responsibleforleading our community interactions, andthe successful embedding and implementation of all Prevention strategies and action plans.
You will alsobe responsible forleading our Prevention function, which includes the following teams :
Live Safe : Home Safety & Safe & Well Delivery, Volunteering, Inclusion, Partnerships, ECFRS Heritage Functions, Community Wellbeing Officers, and TRI Service Officers
Education & Specialist Interventions : Cadets, Joint ECFRS & Police Education Officers, Duke of Edinburgh, Juvenile Fire Setters & Firebreak Delivery Programmes.
Road & Water Safety : Safer Essex Road Partnership(SERP) andpartnershipsactivities
Whatyou’llbeworkingon
Community Risk Management Plan
Service DeliveryPlans
Reviewing the StructuretomaximiseProductivity and EfficiencyEnsuring that we raise the profile of ECFRS with key strategic partners, stakeholders, and communities,Influence external facing partnerships and key strategic level stakeholders,
Ensuring continuous improvement of ECFRS Prevention Interventions
Ensuring the development of robust evaluation and quality assurance processes
Alignment to National Standards and Legislative Requirements
Horizon scanning of government / national agendas to contribute and influence community-focused and a person-centred approach,
Champion collaborative approaches across prevention,protection,and response to supportorganisational priorities; placing people at the centre of what we do.
Job Requirements
Whatarewelookingfor?
You’llhave abackground of inspiring community involvement and partnership working, of bringing people together and working to improve the lives of others.
You’llbe an inclusive and collaborative leader,leadingothers to achieving a shared visioninmakingEssex a safe place to live, work and travel.
You’llhave lots of examples of howyou’vesuccessfully led diverse teams to delivergreat things,and how you have made a difference with external communities and to other people, and will also have experience of working on national, regional, and local initiatives and ensuring competing agendas are well-managed.
You will be able todemonstratehow you use date, information,and evidence to inform a continuous improvement mindset, able and willing to challenge the status quo and lead and manage change as a natural role model and inclusive champion.
You must be able to show us your commitment to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults, as well as how you will contribute to a positive working environment, valuing the contributions of all, and promoting equality,diversity,andinclusion.
