Community Risk Reduction Specialist

The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for a Community Risk Reduction Specialist to perform specialized educational work in preparing for and presenting fire prevention and fire safety education programs, promoting life safety prevention/education programs for the public, and conducting or coordinating other community risk reduction programs/services.

1. Develop, coordinate, and facilitate community risk reduction programs.
2. Evaluate, prepare, and conduct comprehensive fire and life safety prevention/education programs in various classrooms and community settings, static displays for civic groups, businesses and social organizations, research material, and design materials for distribution and visual aids.
3. Manage social media content strategy to boost engagements, connect with the community, and analyze the performance of social media marketing campaigns.
4. Prepare necessary reports about risk reduction activities and maintain statistical data to achieve department goals and objectives.
5. Schedule and coordinate fire station tours for the public, school groups, and youth organizations; coordinate the presentations, public education events and demonstrations by department personnel.
6. Assist and develop in instruction with approved Child Safety Seat Program classes and maintain technician-instructor certification; coordinate and provide necessary training to departmental personnel as required in the area of the Child Safety Seat Program. 
7. Coordinate activities during Fire Prevention Week and other outreach initiatives; prepare station tours and open houses, conduct public presentations, facilitate social media content outreach and management.
8. Apply for grants and implement approved grants for risk reduction programs; participate in the request for proposal (RFP) process that are directly related to fire and injury prevention; may participate in grant and RFP activities for other department programs.
9. Coordinate a smoke alarm program that provides alarms, batteries, and assistance to the public with residential smoke alarms, along with providing fire extinguisher training as requested.

For a complete job description, click here. Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:  
Two years of increasingly responsible experience in public communications, public relations, curriculum development, marketing, or classroom teaching experience with public speaking background. Experience in community risk reduction, program management, and developing educational strategies or professional educator are preferred.

Training:  
Equivalent to an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in education, communications, marketing, public administration, social work, or a related field.  

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS

Required: 
Possession of an appropriate valid driver’s license and ability to maintain insurability. Possession of, or ability to obtain within twelve (12) months of hire a Juvenile Fire Setter I and ICS 100, 200, 700, and 800.  Possession of, or ability to obtain within twenty-four (24) months a Fire and Life Safety Educator Certification III. 

Preferred: 
CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor and Child Passenger Safety Instructor.

• SBI/Fingerprinting Criminal History Record Check Requirement: To comply with Sessions Law 2025-16, applicants offered a position with the City may be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in accordance with G.S. 143B-1209.26. The City may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions.

From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last approximately 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background check, and a driving history check.