Water Safety Delivery Support WWIOM - Temp (up to 12 months)
Salary £29,951 - £35,236 (dependent on experience)
Vehicle A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties.
Contract type Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment
Hours Full Time (37 hours
Location description Home-based or RNLI location. Person to be based within the southern half of the RNLI's Wales, West and Isle of Man region (south wales, mid Wales and west Wales (including south Gwynedd), Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire).
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About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. 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.
Some of the benefits
- Salary: £29,951 - £35,236 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
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
- Understanding of the education sector and education delivery
- Strong skills in administration, communication, and prioritising workload
- Willingness to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends, where required
- Live within or close to the Wales, West or Isle of Man region of the RNLI
- Previous lifesaving experience in a coastal environment (desirable)
- Teaching or coaching experience (desirable)/ Profiad addysgu neu hyfforddi (dymunol). Previous experience in education delivery (desirable)
- Wales is a bilingual country, with Welsh and English being used regularly. Although the ability to speak Welsh is not an essential requirement for the role, it is essential to have an understanding of the importance of the Welsh language and its culture
Please note this role requires a significant level of travel across the Wales, West and Isle of Man Region. There is also some travel expected to Poole, Dorset.
If you have a passion for helping people enjoy the coast safely and feel you have the relevant experience to make a difference, please apply now using the apply button. This post requires a valid driving licence.
Safeguarding and referencing
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include reference checks at offer stage and 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 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.