Ashton Recruitment require a Home Safety Officer for our client based in Belfast. Position: Home Safety Officer Location: Belfast City Centre Duration: Temporary Hours: 37 hours per week Rate of Pay: £20.02 per hour Responsible to the City Protection Manager through the appropriate line manager for the efficient and effective delivery of the departments Home Safety Service including the management of associated contracts and budgets. Responsible for the development of the home safety programme and to develop and provide a range of relevant educational, training and promotional home safety activities. Ensure high standards of service delivery through the motivation and effective supervision of staff. Promote collaborative working with community, statutory and voluntary partners and represent the Council on inter-authority liaison/steering groups and report on progress. Ensure that all duties assigned to the post holder are carried out in accordance with agreed time and quality targets. Duties include (but not limited to): 1. Responsible for the management of the Home Safety Service and any other relevant programmes of work assigned to the Home Safety Staff and to develop, deliver and evaluate home safety activities and to ensure programme targets are achieved. 2. Supervise the assigned Home Safety staff and manage the allocation and prioritisation of duties to the project team to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the Home Accident Prevention programme in accordance with agreed objectives 3. Responsible for the planning, promotion, management and delivery of Home Accident Prevention programmes. 4. Support the appropriate manager in the development and implementation of the council Home Safety Action Plan, in support of the Council�s Community Plan and implementation of the current Regional Home Accident Prevention Strategy and any future legislation or policy nationally, regionally, or locally impacting on home accident prevention. 5. Represent the council as required at inter-authority liaison/steering groups and report on progress. 6. Assist in the administration of the Home Safety Service by compiling responses, providing advice and guidance to all home safety enquiries, requests for service, corporate complaints, freedom of information and data protection requests in relation to home safety. 7. Assist in the administration of the regional digital database for home safety and supporting all users (including home safety staff from all NI Councils) by creating new users, amending, and deleting master copy forms, running statistical reports and dealing with system errors. 8. Identify and develop opportunities for programme enhancement as part of the delivery of the Hone Safety Service, including sponsorship and funding streams; innovation and continuous improvement; creative solutions to ensure good practice is maintained and programme targets are met; and sharing knowledge and best practice. 9. Promote involvement from statutory, private, voluntary and community sectors to support home safety activities by building and developing partnerships with relevant bodies (e.g., RoSPA, CAPT, BHSCT, PHA, Council�s, NIFRS, Social Services) and facilitate collaborative working (including liaising with health professionals in relation to home safety checks for children on the child protection register). Essential Criteria Qualifications and experience Applicants must possess a full, current driving licence which enables them to drive in Northern Ireland and have a car available for official business, or, access to a form of transport which will enable them to meet the requirements of the post in full ; and Applicants must, as at the closing date for receipt of application forms, either: have a third level qualification in a relevant subject such as Environmental Health, Business Studies, Environmental Science, Management or an equivalent qualification; and be able to demonstrate on the application form by providing personal and specific examples at least one year�s relevant experience in four of the following areas: o supervising staff and managing workloads; o teaching or delivering formal training; o organising meetings and dealing with community groups, statutory and non-statutory partners; o organising promotional campaigns; or o completing performance reports. or be able to demonstrate on the application form by providing personal and specific examples at least two years� relevant experience in four of the above areas. Special skills and attributes Ashton Recruitment is acting as a Recruitment Business