Job Description

Job Category: Non-Teaching
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 27,717 - 30,066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 10th August 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
An exciting opportunity for a Road Safety Education Officer within the Traffic & Safety Team in the Environment and Transport Department. You will support the development and shaping of 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. We are looking for someone who can 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.
About the Role
You must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with diverse priorities. In return, you will have the opportunity to assist with the development and lead the delivery of our new road safety education programme in schools.
You will need to be able to work with people of all ages, from reception-aged children to retired citizens, presenting and communicating ideas. You will need to be confident presenting to a classroom of diverse people, innovative in your approach, and engaging.
You will also need to keep up with the latest road safety education initiatives across the UK and apply innovative techniques to keep Leicestershire County Council resources engaging and current.
You will provide support to establish and maintain partnership working and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation, Members, and external partners 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 and safety and risk management for the 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 does 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 the ability to travel for business purposes, including having access to a car, are 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.
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About You
To apply for this post, you must have:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Good knowledge and understanding of road safety education initiatives.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and good presentation skills.
• 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 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.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while 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. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style that determines where it can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories on the page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Amber Brailsford
Senior Road Safety Education Officer
0116 305 0698
How to Apply
Please apply sending us your CV as well 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 explaining how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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About Leicestershire County Council
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Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.
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