Road Safety Assistant

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Colchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Essex County Council is seeking a Road Safety Assistant to support the Safer Essex Roads Partnership in delivering Vision Zero education across schools and communities. You will engage with children and adults to promote safe behaviors and work with SERP partners to communicate key road safety messages.

The role requires travel across the county, a proactive, independent worker with strong communication skills, and the ability to work with schools to implement the programme.

Qualifications

• Experience of education / training is essential.
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and online meeting platforms.

Responsibilities

• Deliver road safety interventions and educational sessions in primary school settings.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with partner organisations, institutions and schools.
• Record data from visits and evaluation of sessions delivered.
• Manage health and safety for activities undertaken.
• Perform other ad hoc duties as required.

Skills

Driving licence

Education / training experience

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Ability to travel

Education

Experience of education / training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Zoom / MS Teams

Job description

Road Safety Assistant

Temporary, Part Time

£13.77 per hour

Location: Countywide

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 16th September 2026

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.

The Opportunity

The Road Safety Assistant will be working within Safer Essex Roads Partnership working to deliver Vision Zero, zero road deaths or serious injuries in Essex by 2040. This role will be working with partner organisations of SERP and with public to communicate road safety messages.

This role will deliver the road safety programme for education in primary schools. The post holder will be required to work across the whole county, however, to keep travel to a minimum, the group of schools that you will be assigned will be as close to your home location as possible. You will report to the Road Safety Team Leader who will allocate work, provide training and development as required.

You will be able to communicate comfortably with both adults and children to support the road safety programme, and your enthusiasm and self-motivation will equip you to work independently, liaising directly with schools.

What you will responsible for:

• Work as part of a team delivering road safety interventions, raising awareness, educating and behavioural change sessions to children and adults in primary school settings.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with partner organisations, institutions and schools.
• Record data from visits and evaluation of the sessions delivered.
• Management of Health and safety for the activities undertaken.
• Other Ad Hoc duties to fulfil the requirement of the role

This role will be a good fit for you if:

• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Organised and able to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Confidence to seek clarification of instructions and work scope.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key people both internally and externally.
• Seeks solutions through the expertise of both self and others, researching the facts

with care and resolving problems in a timely and thorough manner.

• Flexibility to travel to meet our widely distributed clients and to work with internal and external teams in other offices and sites.
• Demonstrate reliability, professionalism and efficient time keeping.
• The ability to work flexibility to fulfil the needs of the role.
• Ability to effectively manage own diary and workload to achieve agreed targets.
• Understanding of safeguarding principles and the ability to follow safeguarding policies, procedures, and reporting protocols.

Essential

• Full UK driving license and is willing to travel.
• Experience of education / training.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and online meeting platforms eg Zoom or MS Teams).
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Experience or knowledge of Road Safety or Highways.
• Experience of Health and Safety practice.
• Understanding of behaviour change techniques.
• Confidence in delivering educational interventions to children.

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone’s Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

In March 2026, the Government announced that councils in Greater Essex will be reorganised into five new unitary authorities from April 2028. In addition to this, Greater Essex has been accepted on to the devolution priority programme, where we will work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority. You can read more about these changes, and what this may mean for this role, on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

Please note that Essex County Council has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and where a worker elects to provide their services through an intermediary (such as a personal services company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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Company: Essex County Council

Salary: Up to £13.77 per hour

Location: Colchester, Essex

Sector: Education

Job Role: Officer