Community And Engagement Officer Wymondham, East of England, England
Job description
It’s a busy but exciting time as we enter our 75 th anniversary year, and we need someone to help us better engage with our staff and local communities.
Working for Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service is hugely rewarding, with everyone committed to creating a safer Norfolk. This is a role where every day is different, but you’ll be making a real impact in telling our story and supporting the improvement of our staff health and wellbeing agenda.
We need someone to help us by organising our community events and activities, highlighting the great work we do and raising awareness of how the public can stay safe across our great county. Alongside this, the role will be responsible for much of our internal communications and engagement with staff, who are based all over the country.
Working closely with our operational teams, our managers and senior leadership team, we need someone with a passion for equality, diversity and inclusion and who can create fully inclusive face-to-face and digital engagement. This is a fast-paced and rewarding role.
If you’re a great communicator with fresh ideas and an interest in driving forward our EDI agenda, especially in key areas of community engagement and recruitment, this could be the perfect role for you.
Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email address.
Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.
Job Description and Person Specification
You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:
- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions .
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
Closing Date: 22 May 2023
