Safety Centre Instructor

GMCA; Bury; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

GMCA’s Bury Safety Centre is seeking a Safety Centre Instructor to educate communities on fire, road, water, and anti-social behaviour through engaging, immersive sessions. The role requires dynamic interaction with school groups and community audiences, with occasional evening/weekend duties and an Enhanced DBS check.

You will work with colleagues and volunteers to deliver safety messages in a fun, informative environment, supporting seasonal campaigns and events across Greater Manchester.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills for a range of audiences.
• Experience delivering educational safety packages to support risk reduction across groups, including those deemed vulnerable.
• Ability to manage conflicting demands.
• Ability to maintain partnerships with schools and educational establishments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver key safety messages about fire, road, water and anti-social behaviour to diverse audiences.
• Collaborate with schools and volunteers to plan and run visits to the Safety Centre.
• Engage with different age groups and support community events and campaigns.

Skills

Public speaking

Education delivery

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Job description

Safety Centre Instructor

Permanent

Full Time

36.25 hrs per week

The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as part of the disclosure and barring services.

Your role:

Join Our Team at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service!

Are you ready to make a real impact in your community? At Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), we’re on a mission to educate and protect the people of Greater Manchester. We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team at the Bury Safety Centre (BSC) and help us to deliver life‑saving safety messages in a fun, engaging, and immersive environment.

Together with colleagues and volunteers, who you will help to train, you will deliver key safety messages about fire, road, water, and anti-social behaviour in a way that captivates and informs. Collaborating closely with schools who we identify would benefit mostly from visiting the Safety Centre. Your role will be dynamic and varied, engaging with different age groups from school children to community groups, making every day unique and exciting. You’ll be at the forefront of our education programme and seasonal Greater Manchester Campaigns, supporting community events and open days.

About you:

We’re seeking passionate communicators who love engaging with people and making a difference. Team players who thrive on collaboration and can work with a dedicated team to deliver our safety messages effectively.

You must have:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills in a professional setting to a range of audiences.
• Experience of delivering educational safety packages to support the reduction of risk.to various groups, including those who are deemed vulnerable.
• Ability to manage conflicting demands.
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with schools, and other educational establishments.
• Ability to maintain partnerships with internal and external partners.
• This role includes working occasional evenings and weekends.

Please refer to the role profile for more information.

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non‑binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/

Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:

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Hybrid working

This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.

ENHANCED

The role holder will be subject to an Enhancedlevel check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Failure to disclose information when asked within this application could result in dismissal but will not necessarily be a bar to employment with us. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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