Safety Centre Volunteer

GMCA; Bury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service as a Safety Centre Volunteer at Bury Training and Safety Centre. In this role, you will engage with visitors to educate them on safety, gaining valuable experience while making a community impact. We welcome passionate individuals over 16 to apply and contribute their skills to enhance community safety.

Benefits

Travel expenses reimbursed

Comprehensive training provided

Opportunity to gain work experience

Qualifications

• Passionate communicators who thrive on engagement with the public.
• Ability to support visitor sessions at the Bury Safety Centre.
• Willing to undertake an EDBS check.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tours for schools and community members.
• Provide an immersive learning experience about safety.
• Become an ambassador for the Safety Centre and GMFRS.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Job description

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Join Our Team at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service!

Role: GMFRS Safety Centre Volunteer

Location: Bury Training and Safety Centre

Can you offer a minimum of 6 hours a month support to make a real impact in your community with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS)?

An exciting new volunteering opportunity is available at Bury Training and Safety Centre to deliver tours for schools and members of the community. This interactive journey at the Safety Centre gives an exciting and immersive learning experience for our visitors to learn how to protect themselves against fire, other dangers in the home, on our roads and around water.

Successful candidates will receive comprehensive training and become a highly valued member of the Safety Centre team, and an ambassador for the Centre and GMFRS.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain work experience and learn valuable skills or share your own skills, knowledge and experience.

We welcome applications from all community members. Volunteers must be over the age of 16 to apply. Travel expenses to and from the site will be reimbursed in line with our Volunteer Travel and Subsistence Policy.

About you:

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

Apply now and start your journey with GMFRS!

Bury Safety Centre - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

You must:

• Be 16 year or older
• Be able to support a minimum of two visitor sessions at the Bury Safety Centre per calendar month during school term time and hours.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills in a professional setting to a range of audiences.
• Willing to undertake a EDBS with Barred Lists

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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Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.