Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service

WFS Patron; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is seeking a Community Safety and Partnership Manager to lead the Prevention team, shape partnerships, and drive targeted safety initiatives across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

You will oversee a small team, develop influential partnerships with healthcare and adult social care, and turn relationships into practical prevention actions that protect vulnerable communities and improve safety outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and maintaining partnerships to achieve outcomes.
• Experience in leading or supervising staff and managing performance.
• Ability to assess risk and manage complex or sensitive situations involving vulnerable people.
• Ability to use data, insight and evidence to inform decisions.
• Excellent communication, influencing and presentation skills.
• Plan, prioritise and organise work under pressure.
• Resilient, adaptable leadership with people development focus.
• Commitment to keeping people safe and supporting at-risk communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Community Safety Coordinators with coaching and performance management.
• Strengthen partnerships with healthcare and adult social care to improve outcomes for vulnerable people.
• Identify opportunities for partners to support prevention activity and improve referrals.
• Use data and risk trends to inform priorities and evidence-based decisions.
• Develop, deliver, monitor and evaluate targeted community safety initiatives.
• Coordinate hoarding and self-neglect responses with multi-agency partners.
• Support strategic prevention projects and seasonal campaigns.
• Monitor impact and value of prevention activity and partnerships.

Skills

Partnership development

Team leadership

Risk assessment

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Project management

Education

Higher-level qualification or equivalent

A-level/ Apprenticeship / NVQ Level 3

Job description

Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service serves a population of more than 800,000 in the Southeast of England. Around 400 Firefighters operate from 17 Fire Stations from the outskirts of London to the South Midlands. We employ around 100 specialist Support Staff, from ICT to Fire Prevention. We are a diverse, welcoming community - will you join us? Find out more about us and our values at www.bucksfire.gov.uk/join-us/.

About the Role

Fighting fires is only part of the work of the work we do. Our Prevention Team works with communities and partners to reduce risk, prevent incidents, and protect those most vulnerable. Partnership working is central to this approach, helping us extend our reach and create better outcomes for people across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

We are looking for an ambitious and motivated Community Safety and Partnership Manager to help shape the next stage of our Prevention function. This is an opportunity to lead a team, develop influential partnerships, and turn those relationships into meaningful prevention activity.

If you are a partnership-focused leader who wants to make a real difference to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our communities, we want to hear from you.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and develop the Community Safety Coordinators, providing effective supervision, coaching, performance management, and support
• Develop and strengthen partnerships with healthcare and adult social care partners, alongside identifying wider partnership opportunities that support community safety outcomes and improve outcomes for vulnerable people and communities
• Identify opportunities for partners to support prevention activity, increasing our reach and improving referral pathways into the Service
• Use community risk, fire, and prevention data to identify trends, inform priorities, and support evidence-based decision making
• Develop, deliver, monitor, and evaluate targeted community safety and prevention initiatives
• Coordinate the Service's response to hoarding and self-neglect, working with partners to support multi-agency interventions
• Support strategic prevention projects, safeguarding initiatives, seasonal campaigns, and wider Prevention priorities
• Monitor the effectiveness and value of Prevention activity, including the impact of partnership working
• Represent the Service professionally when communicating across partnership forums and external networks.

We are looking for someone…

• With experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships to achieve shared outcomes
• With experience of leading, supervising, or line managing staff, including allocating work, coaching, and managing performance
• Who can assess risk, make informed decisions, and manage complex or sensitive situations involving vulnerable people
• Who can use data, insight, and evidence to inform decisions and improve service delivery
• With excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills, and the ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Who can plan, prioritise, and organise work, manage competing demands, and work independently
• Who is a resilient, adaptable, and positive leader, prepared to, inspire, challenge, and develop others
• Who shares our commitment to keeping people safe and supporting those most at risk

They must have…

• A full UK driving licence
• A higher-level qualification, A level, Apprenticeship, or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• IOSH Managing Safely, or willingness to work towards
• AET, or willingness to work towards

Everyone who works with us is required to have a DBS check. If you have any queries or concerns regarding this, please contact [e-mail].

For further information about the role, please review the role profile.

Abatement & Protected Pension

If are in receipt of a Firefighter'spension,before taking up employment with Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority, you are required to notify Human Resources as Abatement Rules may apply.