Prevention Co-ordinator – NFCC

Department: Prevention Hub
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months / Secondment
Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time
Location: Home Based (UK wide travel as required)
Reports To: Head of Prevention

The Prevention Hub works to improve and innovate prevention activities to keep communities safe. We engage at a national, regional and local level to provide support to Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) prevention functions. The Hub works collaboratively to develop and maintain products to enable FRS to respond to emerging risks.

To support this work, we are looking for a professional individual who will provide support across the Prevention workstreams. As a member of the Prevention Hub, you will have a key role in delivering change across the UK. Working with FRS workstream leads and subject matter experts to co-ordinate projects and practitioner engagement opportunities.

This role will nationally support Fire and Rescue Services in the UK to develop, deliver and evaluate its Prevention work. This role will particularly focus on the prevention workstreams which are cross cutting across Operational Response, Protection and Prevention. This would include areas such as the Business As Usual (BAU) of Community Risk Management Programme (CRMP), Emerging Technology (lithium-ion batteries) and Wildfires. The role will provide general support to the Head of Prevention and Lead Officers to assist with co-ordination of workstream activities and practitioner network meetings.

Key responsibilities:

To work closely with Prevention Lead Officers and Subject Matter Experts to co-ordinate the workstream activity to deliver the outputs and benefits.

To support with the co-ordination of workstream engagement activities at a national and regional level.

To co-ordinate the facilitation of workshops, calendar management and logistics. This includes accurate recording of attendance and reports.

To gather, maintain and review stakeholder details for the Prevention workstreams, aligned with NFCC Data Protection policy and associated NFCC policies.

To establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with Fire and Rescue Services, NFCC internal teams, and other key stakeholders.

To work closely with NFCC Business Partners to assist in the co-ordination and delivery of the prevention workstreams.

To attend national events to support the work of Prevention and network with key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have:

Good understanding of the fire sector

Good written and oral communication skills

Good administrative skills

Good organisational skills in order to manage and prioritise workloads

Experience of using a range of IT applications particularly Microsoft Outlook, Excel, sharepoint and Teams.

Experience of organising and running meetings

Experience of working with a range of stakeholders

Ability to take personal responsibility for own performance

Positive attitude and willing to get involved.

This is a national role and there will be occasions for UK wide travel.

If this sounds like the kind of opportunity that you would be interested in; please have a look at the Job Description on the NFCC website and apply.

How to apply:

Please complete the application form on the NFCC website linked from the ‘apply now’ button. CV’s will NOT be accepted for this position.

If you experience any difficulty completing our application form, or have any queries regarding the role, please contact recruitment@nfcc.org.uk.

Closing Date – 16th October 2024 with the view to hold interviews week commencing 21st October 2024.

PLEASE NOTE – THIS VACANCY WILL CLOSE BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE IF WE RECEIVE A HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

NFCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and will require a DBS check to be completed prior to commencing in post.

NFCC is committed to being an inclusive employer. We comply with the Equality Act 2010, and we believe that everyone deserves to work in safe environments that are free from bullying, harassment and discrimination, abuse, and harm, where they feel supported, welcome, and able to thrive.

NFCC acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice, all staff are expected to share this commitment.