Water Safety Delivery Support - Wales and West
Salary: £28,334 - £33,334 (dependent on experience)
Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Location description: Homebased
Interview date: 11th and 12th July
Closing Date: 30-06-2024
Reference: 17488
About us
Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since the 19th century, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning.
We're looking for Water Safety Delivery Support to join our Water Safety Team. As part of the Wales, West and Isle of Man Regional Water Safety Team, you will help support the effective delivery of drowning reduction activity by supporting water safety volunteers and other internal and external stakeholders in sharing the RNLI's water safety messaging and interventions.
This role will cover the southern half of the RNLI's Wales, West and Isle of Man region. You will need to live in or close to this area. This area comprises south Wales, mid Wales and west Wales (including south Gwynedd) and the English counties/areas of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
- £28,334 - £33,334 (dependent on experience)
- Vehicle to carry out your duties
- Flexible working
- 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan
Your role
As Water Safety Delivery Support, your responsibilities in this role will include:
- Be the first point of contact for water safety volunteers and RNLI regional teams for practical water safety subject matter expertise (SME) support around events, training, working with partners and delivery of interventions
- Support in the community, and with partners, to develop and deliver regional and local drowning reduction plans
- Support the activities of volunteers who are attending/delivering water safety events where required
- Ensure water safety teams have access to the resources, knowledge, and skills to identify risk, create behaviour change and make their communities safer and are able to report back on their actions
- Assist staff colleagues and volunteers in the development, delivery, and monitoring of Drowning Reduction plans
- Establish and manage lifesaving partnerships and support water safety volunteers to do the same
- Contribute to the development and delivery of training for water safety volunteers
- Offer practical support to regional colleagues on matters of water safety
- Provide resilience to Water Safety Teams in other regions as required
About you
A key member of the regional water safety team, you will be working with volunteers, staff, and partners in the region to help reduce drowning. You will support water safety volunteers and partners in accessing the knowledge, skills, and resources to deliver water safety interventions in their communities.
To be considered as the Water Safety Delivery Support you will need:
- Driving Licence (essential for this role) and a willingness to travel
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Good IT skills – PC literate, happy using Microsoft tools, happy using systems and applications
- A good knowledge of all aspects of coastal and afloat leisure and/or commercial boating
- Demonstrable understanding of risk associated with the water environment and effective interventions
- Experience of water related leisure activities
- Demonstrable experience of working with and talking to all demographics of the public
- Previous supervisory experience, preferably with volunteers (desirable)
- Understanding of the education sector and education delivery
- Strong skills in administration, communication, and prioritising workload
- Willingness to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekend, where required
- Previous lifesaving experience in coastal environment (desirable)
- Teaching or coaching experience (desirable)
- Previous experience in education delivery (desirable)
Please note, this role requires a significant level of travel across the Wales, West and Isle of Man Region with some travel expected to Poole.
If you have a passion for helping people enjoy the coast safely and feel you have the relevant skills and experience to make a difference, please apply now using the apply button.
This post requires a valid driving licence.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; ensuring the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero tolerance approach to proven incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment or exploitation. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
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