Job title: Road Safety Trainer
Salary: B3 £26,403 - £28,142
Hours: 37 hours per week term time only
Contract: Temporary until 25/06/27 to cover maternity
Do you have experience working with children or young people and would enjoy an active role working across the city where no two days are the same? Are you passionate and enthusiastic about promoting road safety and sustainable travel? If so, why not join the Travel Behaviour Change team? We are looking for a road safety trainer to join us in a role where you will be able to make a real difference to children and adults who live and work in Leeds. Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About you
As a Road Safety Trainer you will bring to the role:
- Experience of working with children or young people
- Be passionate and enthusiastic about promoting road safety and sustainable travel
- Enjoy an active role that will take you all over Leeds where no two days are ever the same
About the role
The Leeds Vision Zero 2040 strategy is the bold ambition that no one should die or suffer serious injury on the roads in Leeds. This role will contribute towards delivering this ambitious strategy.
The Travel Behaviour Change team works with a wide variety of educational establishments, businesses, community groups and individuals across the city to deliver the Vision Zero 2040 strategy and to promote sustainable travel choices. Our work with schools includes practical pedestrian and scooter training, alongside classroom lessons and assemblies to encourage safe road user behaviour and active travel. The team also work closely with providers of Bikeability cycle training and external partners including the police and fire service.
Within our wider team, we deliver exciting projects such as School Streets, Leeds Public Bike Hire (LNER Beryl Bikes) and a wide range of safe and sustainable travel campaigns and events.
About the position
In this role you will play a key part in providing safe and sustainable travel education in schools across Leeds. Your role will include the following:
- Working as part of a small team of trainers to deliver pedestrian and scooter training, classroom lessons and assemblies for mainly primary-aged pupils
- Support with additional activities in schools, including occasional secondary school activities
- Assisting at a wider range of safe and sustainable travel events across the city, such as ‘Breeze’, ‘Bike Register’ and speed monitoring initiatives
- Promoting national sustainable travel campaigns at a Leeds level including Walking Month / Walk to School week (Living Streets), Big Walk and Wheel (Walk Wheel Cycle Trust) ) and Modeshift STARS accreditation
- Providing road safety training to pupils in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) settings and those that support them in Leeds
This role involves working in schools across the city on most days, with an office base at Merrion House, Leeds and storage facility at Knowsthorpe Gate, Cross Green. This is a full-time, term-time only position (37 hours per week), with the requirement for occasional evening or weekend working, for which flexi leave can be accrued.
About you
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience of working with children and young people and/or partnership working within a community
- Enthusiasm to deliver and contribute to practical and classroom-based education programmes to promote safe and sustainable travel and influence travel behaviour choices
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to different audiences
- 5 GCSE’s grade A*-C (including Maths & English) or equivalent level qualifications relevant to the duties of this post
- Travel throughout the district is an essential part of this job and you must hold a current driver’s licence.
What we can offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further
To apply
Please complete the online application form.
Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.
For further information or to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ben Hope, Assistant Transport Planner (Road Safety) by email benjamin.hope@leeds.gov.uk to arrange a time.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visaroute before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.
Job Description
Job purpose
As a member of the Travel Behaviour Change team, a central part of your role will involve delivering practical pedestrian and scooting training and classroom-based road safety education to children, helping them develop the skills and confidence needed for safe and independent travel. Your role will be to support engagement with schools, road users, businesses and other organisations and communities to promote safe road-user behaviour and more sustainable travel choices.
Vision Zero is a ground-breaking approach to road danger. We believe that no one should die or suffer serious injury when driving, walking, riding or cycling on the roads in Leeds. The role will contribute to the development and delivery of initiatives, campaigns and events in support of the Leeds Vision Zero 2040 strategy and action plan and help reach this ambition.
The role will also contribute to wider service and policy objectives for transport and travel planning.
Responsibilities
- Deliver playground based and off-site pedestrian road safety training with children within established scheme guidelines at locations throughout the Leeds district.
- Support the road safety and travel planning teams in the planning and delivery of measures which improve road safety and contribute to more efficient and sustainable patterns of travel.
- Deliver playground based and off-site scooter training with children within established scheme guidelines at locations throughout the Leeds district.
- Deliver road safety and sustainable travel educational lessons and assemblies in schools to a variety of age-groups.
- Assist in the development of interactive, engaging and progressive road safety education and training, including face to face and online programmes.
- Liaise with school staff in the organisation of in-school activities.
- Work with local communities to raise awareness of road safety and sustainable travel choices.
- Motivate and interest the public in safe cycling, walking and sustainable travel choices.
- Ensure that relevant information and administrative systems (including electronic, document files and graphical systems) are up to date and properly maintained.
- Work with key partners within and external to the Council to promote Leeds Vision Zero 2040 strategy, encouraging safe and responsible road use and more sustainable travel patterns and behaviours.
- Assist team members as required in problem solving and providing customer focused information and advice.
- Undertake the delivery of specified elements of the Service Plan and Team Plan in line with the Council’s corporate strategies in relation to a defined activity or small range of activities, in order to meet targets and achieve improvements.
- Within the service area take responsibility for maintaining effective communications with staff, service users, councillors, trade unions, partners and other stakeholders in accordance with Council good practice and with regard to implementing e-government objectives.
- Be flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required.
- Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities as necessary to ensure up to date knowledge and skills.
- Improve own practice through observation, evaluation, discussion with colleagues and appropriate CPD programmes.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, knowing when to seek help and advice.
- Contribute to the overall ethos, work, and aims of the service by attending relevant meetings, training days/events as requested.
Qualifications
5 GCSE’s grade A*-C (including Maths & English) or equivalent level qualifications relevant to the duties of this post.
Essential requirements
It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post within the context of the specific role duties and responsibilities. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate on the application form that they meet all the essential requirements.
Skills required
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to different audiences
- Ability to organise groups of children and other clients
- Ability to recognise and delegate issues that need reporting
- Flexibility in approach to training
- Ability to assess children’s abilities and adapt activities accordingly
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability and enthusiasm to deliver safe pedestrian and scooter skills training
- Able to work flexibly across different work locations and areas as appropriate
- Ability to use IT packages including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Full clean driving licence for cars (Category B)
Knowledge required
- Knowledge of safe road user behaviour
- Appreciation of the role and purpose of promoting safe road user behaviour
- Appreciation of the role and purpose of promoting active and sustainable travel choices
Experience required
- Experience of working with and supervising groups of children of a variety of ages
- Experience of working with members of the public
- Experience of working in a team environment
Essential behavioural and other characteristics
- Understand and embrace Leeds City Council values and behaviours and codes of conduct.
- Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Leeds Ambitions of health and wellbeing, inclusive growth, thriving strong communities, and a resilient sustainable city.
- Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
- Carry out duties having regard to an employee’s responsibility under Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
- Participate in appraisal, training and development activities to ensure up, to date knowledge and skills.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding equality and diversity of Leeds City Council.
- Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
- Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
- The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
Desirable requirements
It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post within the context of the specific role duties and responsibilities: Candidates are not required to meet all the desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between acceptable candidates.
Skills required
- Ability and enthusiasm to deliver safe cycling skills training
Knowledge required
- Teaching or training qualification
- Understanding of the techniques and approaches to effectively promoting safe road user behaviour and/or sustainable travel choices
Experience required
- Experience of working in a school environment
- Experience of delivery of training with young people
- Experience of on road cycling, scooting or pedestrian skills training
