Road Safety Intelligence and Innovations Support Officer

Role Responsibility

A unique opportunity has arisen for a Road Safety Intelligence and Innovations Support Officer to work within the Road Safety & Active Travel Group (RSATG).

This is a great opportunity for a motivated individual that has the knowledge, understanding and passion to make analysis and data available and accessible for the wider team to assist in the County’s Vision Zero Road Safety Strategy.

Key aspects of the role will be working closely with the Road Safety Intelligence and Innovations Team Leader, Analyst and the wider RSATG to supply access and intelligence of road safety and transport datasets.

You will work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders within the road safety arena with particular focus working in support of the Safer Road Partnership of Kent & Medway. You will be involved with supporting the team working on casualty data (including cleansing and analysis), traffic data, network risk data in addition to processing ad-hoc requests within this field.  You will work with colleagues in relation to Safety Performance Indicators in line with the Safe Systems Vision Zero principles and also our safer roads, junctions and cluster site programmes.

You must be well organised, numerate, attentive to detail and have excellent IT skills as well as having excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will have experience of obtaining and analysing data.

You need to be flexible, adaptable, enjoy working in a team, be able to manage competing demands by careful prioritisation and switch between tasks. You also need to be able to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision.

In return we offer a competitive salary, flexible working practices, comprehensive professional learning and development and an opportunity to work in a growing sector with a team focused on delivering high quality Road Safety Intelligence.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

If you would like to discuss the role further please contact Stewart Fowler, Road Safety Intelligence and Innovations Team Leader  on 03000 413942. (Available 14th - 24th August, 11th - 15th September).

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.