Safer Road Users Officer

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the Safer Road User Behavioural Change Team.

The role of the officer is to engage with communities in Kent, using publicity, education and training pitched at different life stages. Through interventions, engagement and media campaigns you will influence people using our road network, enabling them to make safer choices in their travel behaviours. You will have responsibility for the creation and delivery of projects within an allocated age range.

The portfolios being recruited into are the 12-24 years category and 25+ years category. The decision on which age demographic you will have responsibility for, will be made on successful appointment to the post.

This role directly contributes to KCC’s Vision Zero strategy and aims to reduce death and life-changing injuries associated to roads in Kent. The interventions you design will target the Fatal Four, as well as highlighting safer choices for active and independent travel as an alternative to vehicles. We work closely with partners to ensure our tone of voice and messages are delivered consistently.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate qualifications or experience in competencies relating to; creating and facilitating educational packages, or briefing and managing campaigns. Specialised training in aspects of behaviour change techniques will be provided to the successful candidate.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification

This full-time role will be able to utilise hybrid working with a mix of working from the office and from home. The office base would be Kroner House, Ashford or Aylesford Highway Depot, which can be agreed with the successful candidate.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For further information on this role, please contact Lorna Smith

Safer Road User Team Leader

Office number 03000 418525

Lorna.Smith@kent.gov.uk

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.