Team: Road Safety

Job Family: CBG3 - Supporting

Salary: £18,198 - £18,562 per annum pro rata or £9.44 - £9.63 per hour

Contract: Causal

Hours: 0 Hours per week, Term Time Only

Location: South, Central and North Central Bedfordshire positions available

Closing Date: Rolling Advert, applications will be reviewed as they are received.

More about the role:

As a School Crossing Patrol Officer, you’ll play a key part in your community by assisting children to cross the road safely on their way to and from school, this is achieved by standing in the middle of the road and stopping traffic when the children arrive at your crossing point.

We are looking for someone who is friendly, has great communication skills and enjoys working with children. You’ll be happy to work outside in all weathers and prepared to take control of any situations that may arise involving drivers and their vehicles. You must be reliable and good timekeeping is critical. No previous experience or qualifications are required although you must be able to record details of any incidents that may arise.  Uniform, equipment and training will be provided.

Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire 'A great place to live and work’.

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To assess your suitability for the role, you must demonstrate how you meet the key outcomes, accountabilities and competencies. To do this, you’ll need to refer the Family Profile, Role Profile and Competency Framework which can be found in the Recruitment Pack: School Crossing Patrol Recruitment Pack

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Claire Kingham at claire.kingham@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

For queries related to the recruitment of this vacancy, please contact: The Recruitment Team at recruitment@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

Safeguarding (For DBS posts only):

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.  

Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in the workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer, we are working to become a Disability Confident leader in our community. 

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline. If you do not have a CV to hand, please look on our website for a CV template that you can use to create your CV to apply for this role: http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/work-here/application.aspx