Road Safety Project Officer

We are recruiting a Road Safety Project Officerat Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Working hours can be split between home and office depending on specific task requirements.
Team: Transportation Engineering

This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organisation.

We pay an attractive salary of £28,598- £31,022and offer access to training and development opportunities.

As a Road Safety Officer, you will play a key role in delivering the Council’s road safety service. You’ll coordinate and deliver a wide range of road safety programmes, campaigns and training activities aimed at reducing road casualties and promoting safer behaviours for people of all ages.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines project delivery, partnership working, supervision, community engagement and operational decision‑making.

You’ll coordinate and deliver a range of Road Safety ETP initiatives, providing training, presentations and campaigns for all age groups while working with partners such as Mega Drive, Crucial Crew, Kerbcraft and Operation Atal. You’ll support schools with local issues, supervise elements of team activity, respond to enquiries, and represent the service at meetings. The role also includes completing risk assessments, managing project administration, contributing to evaluations, processing DBS applications, and ordering and distributing resources.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• Relevant Level 3 qualification on the Qualifications and Credit Framework for Wales. For example A levels.
• Awareness of road safety education, training and publicity initiatives.
• Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business purposes to travel throughout the borough to visit schools and transport materials/ equipment.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list.

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kerry Watkins on 01443 866538 or email WATKIKG@caerphilly.gov.uk

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.