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Road Safety and Sustainable Transport Assistant

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Addenbrooke House, Telford
Salary
SCP 13-17 - £11.41 - £12.35
Closing date
4 Feb 2020
Reference
TWC000003597

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Highways / Transport / Traffic
Contract Type
Casual
Working Pattern
Casual
Hours
Part-Time

Job Details

Highways, Transport & Engineering

Road Safety and Sustainable Transport Assistant

NJC  Scale 5 £11.41 per hour

Casual hours

Are you passionate about Road Safety, and want to help educate road users and develop their skills? If so, this is your opportunity to be at the forefront of delivering Road Safety initiatives.

 

This is an exciting opportunity to join Telford & Wrekin Council’s Highways, Transport & Engineering, Road Safety & Sustainable Transport Team. In this dynamic role your primary focus will be on delivering Bikeability National Standard Cycle Training to school aged children throughout Telford & Wrekin.

 

It is essential that you are a cyclist with your own bike, have general road safety knowledge and previous experience of working positively with children. You must either be a National Standard Accredited Bikeability Cycle Instructor or willing to work towards this accreditation (training will be provided).  

 

Applicants will need to have good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to relate these skills to school age children. You will need the ability to solve problems positively and appropriately whilst delivering training both in the classroom and on the highway. Along with the confidence and ability to train groups, maintain discipline and inspire confidence in a fun and dynamic environment. 

 

The role may also see you delivering various other road safety education initiatives such as pedestrian training, classroom based workshops and assemblies.  

 

It is important to note that this is a casual post and work does fluctuate throughout the year and there is no guarantee of working hours.

 

 

 

For further informaton on the role please click on the job description and person specification which is available below.

Please complete the online application form as CVs will not be accepted.

We are committed to equality and diversity.

 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Sian Skelton on sian.skelton@telford.gov.uk or 01952 384691

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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