Resourcing and Delivery Prevention Manager

Job Description

The Service & Team:

This role is within the Prevention, Protection and Safeguarding (PPS) function of Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) and part of Cornwall Council's Safer Communities Directorate

The Role

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is seeking a Resourcing and Delivery Prevention Manager (Grade 5) to provide leadership across the Home Safety, Engagement, Safeguarding and Partnership functions.

The post holder will be responsible for planning, coordinating and overseeing the delivery of CFRS prevention activity across Cornwall, ensuring activity is evidence led, person centred and aligned with legislative requirements, national guidance and CFRS strategic priorities.

The role includes deputising for the Prevention, Protection and Safeguarding Area Manager when required, providing leadership continuity and operational resilience. You will lead teams, manage performance and resources, and work collaboratively with internal departments and external partners to reduce risk and improve community safety outcomes.

CFRS is committed to the eithical principles set ou in the core code of Ethics which underpin our recruitment processes. Core Code of Ethics.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern

This is a full time post (37 hours across Monday - Friday), conditioned to Green book terms of conditions.

The post will be based at Service HQ, Tolvaddon, but travel across Cornwall and sometimes further, will be required. A flexible approach to working is essential, including occasional evening and weekend working.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong, values led leadership with a proven track record of managing diverse teams and delivering high quality prevention and safeguarding services in a community focused environment. They will bring deep knowledge of safeguarding, risk reduction and fire sector or wider community safety practice, alongside the ability to translate legislation, guidance and best practice into effective local delivery. Success in the application will depend on evidencing strategic thinking, partnership working, performance management and clear, confident communication at a senior level, as well as resilience, adaptability and the credibility to deputise for the Area Manager when required while maintaining a person centred, inclusive approach to protecting communities.

To be eligible for this role you must ensure you:

• Have significant experience of leading and managing prevention, safeguarding, or community focused service

Have a proven track record of leadership at a senior level, including managing multi-disciplinary teams across multiple locations

Can demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding legislation, risk reduction and community safety initiatives

Have experience of working collaboratively with partners and stakeholders, including public authorities and voluntary sector organisations

Hold a relevant management or leadership qualification, or can demonstrate equivalent experience

Hold a current driving licence and be able to travel across Cornwall and further afield as necessary

Are able to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends

Are able to meet the requirements of an enhanced DBS check.

The Assessment Framework for this role will include

• Cornwall Council Behaviours Framework
• NFCC Leadership Framework
• Core Code of Ethics
• Role Profile - Resourcing and Delivery Prevention Manager
  
  

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What You’ll Get In Return

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact

Area Manager Nicola Bottomley nicola.bottomley@fire.cornwall.gov.uk 07973176270

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment princi

ples to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.