School Safety Coordinator - Safe Commutes for Wakefield Schools
## Announcing the Journeys Role: Promoting Active Travel in Schools and Communities
We are excited to announce two roles available within our team, dedicated to promoting walking, wheeling, and cycling in schools and local communities. The roles are ideal for individuals who are passionate about creating healthier places and happier lives for everyone.
### The Role
As part of the Active Journeys team, you will be responsible for supervising and mentoring colleagues and volunteers involved in project delivery. The role requires questioning the status quo and daring to imagine a different world where travel creates a positive impact on the environment and community.
You will be expected to build strong, effective relationships with local leaders, authorities, and stakeholders, and organize and deliver co-design sessions with pupils, parents, and the wider school community. The role also involves planning and delivering behaviour change projects and activities.
### Requirements
Candidates should have experience working with children and young people in both school and community settings. Knowledge of safety management and risk assessment procedures is essential, as is excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage workload effectively and independently.
Candidates should demonstrate an understanding of the challenges faced by communities experiencing inequalities, and be committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion, and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect.
### Benefits
The role offers exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower the employee. In addition to the opportunity to make a difference, the job also offers a financial Group Personal Pension scheme with a matched contribution, bike, computer, and season ticket loans, discount benefits, London Weighting Allowance, death in service benefit, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, flexible working practices, and more.
The employer welcomes applications from under-represented groups and offers 28 days leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working, with the option to buy an extra week of annual leave.
### Application Process
To apply, candidates should complete the online application form. The application deadline is 23:59, 27 July 2025, and interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing 04 August 2025.
Join us in this community of talented, passionate, creative problem solvers working towards a better society. The employer is a member of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme, offering cycle to work schemes.
Together, we can make a difference in the way we travel, creating healthier places and happier lives for everyone.
In line with the employer's commitment to fostering a better society, the successful candidate for the Active Journeys team may also contribute towards the home-and-garden sector by incorporating sustainable-living principles into projects, such as promoting bike-friendly routes to schools and local communities, thereby encouraging a lifestyle that benefits both the environment and personal well-being.
Showcasing the employer's dedication to sustainable living, the successful candidate will be encouraged to explore ways to integrate home-and-garden ideas that promote eco-friendly travel and learning spaces, aligning with the ideals of a sustainable lifestyle within the community.
