Prevention Manager

E.g. fire & rescue service, community safety or social work?

West Sussex County Council is a vibrant and diverse organisation dedicated to serving over 850,000 residents every single day. As part of the County Council, West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service champions a commitment to delivering exceptional response, prevention, and protection services, all while upholding the highest performance standards to safeguard the well-being of both residents and visitors.

The Opportunity

Salary: £53,350 to £57,005per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: Bognor Regis Fire Station and working from home (Hybrid)

Interview date: 23 and 24 April 2025

The Prevention Team works tirelessly to deliver targeted programmes to the most at-risk and vulnerable members of our community. The goals of these programmes are not just about reducing the number of incidents and their impact, but about empowering communities to become safer and stronger together.

If this resonates with you and stirs your enthusiasm, we warmly invite you to apply for this fantastic opportunity as our West Sussex Fire Service Prevention Manager.

As the Prevention Manager, you will assist and support the Head of Prevention in managing the resources within the Team to effectively achieve the aims and objectives of the Service.

You will be responsible for the implementation of the Prevention Team's service plan, which incorporates national standards and the delivery of the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP). You will oversee activities including schools education, initiatives with young people, arson awareness and community fire and road safety according to the needs of the Service.

What are we looking for?

Aside from having significant management and leadership experience you will have:

• A proven record of success in managing the delivery of a community safety function.
• Experience of delivering and evaluating programmes that reduces the risk of harm to specific individuals and groups safe as reflected in the Fire & Rescue Service's CRMP.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills and the ability to deal credibly and sensitively with our customers, senior managers and executives.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CPP01057.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Nathan Cross (Head of Prevention) at Nathan.Cross@westsussex.gov.uk. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application helppage.

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