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West Sussex County Council is a vibrant and diverse organisation dedicated to serving over 850,000 residents every single day. As part of the County Council, West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service champions a commitment to delivering exceptional response, prevention, and protection services, all while upholding the highest performance standards to safeguard the well-being of both residents and visitors.
The Opportunity
Salary: £53,350 to £57,005per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Location: Bognor Regis Fire Station and working from home (Hybrid)
Interview date: 23 and 24 April 2025
The Prevention Team works tirelessly to deliver targeted programmes to the most at-risk and vulnerable members of our community. The goals of these programmes are not just about reducing the number of incidents and their impact, but about empowering communities to become safer and stronger together.
If this resonates with you and stirs your enthusiasm, we warmly invite you to apply for this fantastic opportunity as our West Sussex Fire Service Prevention Manager.
As the Prevention Manager, you will assist and support the Head of Prevention in managing the resources within the Team to effectively achieve the aims and objectives of the Service.
You will be responsible for the implementation of the Prevention Team’s service plan, which incorporates national standards and the delivery of the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP). You will oversee activities including schools education, initiatives with young people, arson awareness and community fire and road safety according to the needs of the Service.
What are we looking for?
Aside from having significant management and leadership experience you will have:
1. A proven record of success in managing the delivery of a community safety function.
2. Experience of delivering and evaluating programmes that reduces the risk of harm to specific individuals and groups safe as reflected in the Fire & Rescue Service’s CRMP.
3. Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills and the ability to deal credibly and sensitively with our customers, senior managers and executives.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
4. an excellent
5. generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
6. a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
7. maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
8. volunteering opportunities
9. training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
10. a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
11. health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans