Internal Only - Road Safety Assistant

at  South Gloucestershire Council

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

You will make a difference as a Road Safety Assistant by delivering road safety and sustainable travel education into specific schools to help children and the community stay safe on the roads!

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• You will hold a vocational qualification (e.g. NVQ 2 or equivalent, or similar level of accreditation).
• You must have experience of working in a similar service area or delivering training to school pupils and others in the community.We require you to be able to demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice relating to road safety education and school crossing patrol.
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  Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

• In the role you will deliver road safety training to school children, presenting in school assemblies.
• You will attend public road safety events as required to promote road safety and sustainable travel messages and give feed back to the road safety officer on interventions and also be responsible for attending regional meetings
• Supporting the Road Safety team you will book schools for interventions, ensuring that they have sufficient resources for campaigns and projects.
• Acting as a bridge between schools and the Road Safety Officer, you will attempt to resolve issues in the field.You will work with organisations, for example Living Streets and Sustrans, to promote active and sustainable travel and help to supervise our team of school crossing patrols.