Road Safety Community Coordinator 8512

Norfolk County Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk County Council seeks a Road Safety Community Coordinator to enhance road safety efforts through engagement and community initiatives. This role will involve coordinating events like Active Travel Surveys and educational programmes aimed at promoting safer travel choices. Opportunities for flexible and hybrid working are available, making it a rewarding position for someone passionate about road safety.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Employee discounts programme

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Confident using digital tools like Excel and Teams.
• Able to build relationships with schools and communities.
• Strong organizational skills and proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Active Travel Surveys for schools.
• Support Safe Journey Ahead programme online delivery.
• Assist with car seat safety sessions.

Skills

Digital tool proficiency

Community engagement

Project coordination

Tools

MS Forms

Excel

Word

Teams

Job description

Job Description

Road Safety Community Coordinator 8512 | Permanent contract | £27,711 to £30,060 per annum (Scale F) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich

Are you passionate about making Norfolk’s roads safer and encouraging healthier, more sustainable travel choices?

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and organised individual to join Public Health’s Road Safety Team as a Road Safety Community Co-ordinator. This role plays a vital part in delivering behaviour change interventions and supporting community engagement to promote schools and families to adopt safer travel skills and behaviours across Norfolk.

About The Role

The road safety team promote strategies, behaviours and skills through education to reduce risk taking behaviours and help prevent people from serious harm. This is achieved through a combination of education; behaviour change interventions and partnership led initiatives that support safer travel for all road users.

As a Community Co-ordinator, you will support the delivery of key road safety and active travel initiatives, including:

• Coordinating Active Travel Surveys to help schools embed safe and sustainable travel into their culture.
• Supporting the Safe Journey Ahead programme and online delivery for key stage 2 by equipping teachers with the tools and confidence to deliver road safety as part of an established curriculum.
• Assisting with car seat safety sessions, helping families and professionals to make informed choices.
  
  

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines digital working, community engagement, and project coordination.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Is

Confident using digital tools such as Excel, Word, MS Forms, and Teams, and can present information clearly.

Enthusiastic about co-designing behaviour change interventions and evolving work based on feedback.

Resourceful in building positive relationships with schools, families, and local communities.

Adaptable to change, committed to personal development and working digitally.

Values feedback and evaluation to understand impact and drive improvement.

You will possess strong organisational skills, a positive and proactive mindset and enjoys working collaboratively with different partners.

What We Offer

This is a full-time position offering a hybrid working model with flexibility and work variety.

The main contracted work location is Norfolk County Council, and it is expected the successful candidate to attend some planned in person meetings or events.

Opportunities for professional development and training are available.

A chance to make a real difference across the community by promoting safer and healthier travel.

How To Apply

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

[e-mail] - Road Safety Commissioning Manager

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps yousave money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
  
  

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 14 July 2025 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 28 July 2025 at 23:59

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.