Play a vital role in shaping safer communities across Nottinghamshire. Lead with passion, drive impactful engagement, and help deliver life-saving community safety initiatives.

Head of Community and Safety Engagement
Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP

37 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
Permanent position
Grade 9 - £57,886 - £63,661

Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK

We are looking for someone with exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to form strong and constructive relationships, both between Departments and with partners and communities. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the delivery of fire prevention initiatives, as well as education and youth and community engagement activities.

This Head of Department role will provide direction and innovation to design and deliver activities that seek to improve our engagement with communities, their understanding of us, and support our workforce diversity. Close working with other service delivery departments is essential to ensure community safety and engagement activities are high quality and aligned to strategic objectives.

The ability to provide direction and leadership to a diverse team of specialists is essential. Designing and evaluating services based on data, evidence, and evaluation of activities, to ensure that the team is reaching our target audiences and is seeking continuous improvement from the activities they undertake, will be vital for this role.

Why NFRS?

Agile Working – We are very proud to offer employees the ability to mix office working with working from home to provide flexibility to help with work-life balance
Flexibility – We are family-friendly and are open to considering different working patterns that help you provide a better service to our community while supporting your home life. We also support part-time working
Annual Leave - 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day
Pension – Access to a public service defined benefit pension scheme
Health and Wellbeing - As a Service, we provide a wide range of Health and Wellbeing support to all our employees, which includes access to a Bupa cashback scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme, and a dedicated Occupational Health team who are there to support you. Also, all employees receive free access to an on-site gym
Blue Light Card – working for an emergency service, you will have the ability to apply for a Blue Light Card, which enables discounts on shopping and eating out
Development – You will have access to both formal and informal professional development opportunities, which will help you advance your career

If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then we look forward to hearing from you.

How to apply for the role:

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click “apply” today, and you will be directed to the company website to submit an application form.

You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.

Other suitable skills and experience include Community Engagement Manager, Head of Community Services, Safeguarding Manager, Fire Prevention Manager, Partnership Development Lead, Head of Community Development, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Head of Public Engagement, Community Safety Manager, Youth and Community Services Lead