Prevention Manager - Oldham and Tameside

Permanent / Full Time

Your role:

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is responsible for the coordination and delivery of prevention activities, community safety and community engagement across Greater Manchester. This role will support the delivery of prevention, community safety and partnership strategies.

The Prevention Manager will act as a single point of contact (SPOC) to work with internal and external partners across Oldham and Tameside boroughs to support the delivery of prevention activities and reduce the impact of fire, road, water and other emergencies. The post will support GMFRS strategic priorities and work collaboratively to ensure that GMFRS, partners and stakeholders respond effectively to community risk, inclusive of emerging themes.

You will provide leadership within the Oldham and Tameside area-management team and be responsible for the delivery of high-quality prevention activities that improve the safety of at-risk individuals and groups within Greater Manchester.

Recently graded good by HMICFRS for our Prevention and Protection work, we are on a journey to outstanding and our Prevention Managers play a pivotal role in keeping our communities safe.

About you:

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is looking for an innovative, passionate and collaborative Prevention Manager to support our internal and external partnership working and the delivery of our prevention activities across Greater Manchester.

You will have experience managing teams across multi-disciplinary areas and collaborating with partners in the public, private or voluntary sectors to achieve organisational objectives and improve outcomes. You will be able to use data and evidence to analyse risks, problem solve and identify opportunities to make service improvements.

Our vision is to protect communities, save lives and work together, with an aim to improve the lives of people in Greater Manchester if you share our commitment and have a positive, collaborative, and adaptable approach the come and join us.

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

To find out more about working for us please click here:https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/

Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:

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Hybrid working

This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.

Enhanced DBS

The role holder will be subject to an Enhancedlevel check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Failure to disclose information when asked within this application could result in dismissal but will not necessarily be a bar to employment with us. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on theMinistry of Justice website.

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