Water Safety Officer (Inland - Manchester)

Help make your community a safer place to enjoy the water

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea, but it’s not limited to launching a lifeboat or providing lifeguards to save lives. We’re also passionate about preventing emergencies before they happen.

The Water Safety Team contributes to the RNLI’s vision of saving every one, by developing Water Safety Lifesaving Plans; delivering interventions, sharing lifesaving messaging and working with Partners to help influence improved water safety behaviour of the public. The aim is to reduce the number of preventable deaths and incidents that occur within local coastal and inland waterway environments.

The Water Safety Officer is a pivotal role in that you would be involved in the design and implementation of the Water Safety Lifesaving Plan. A Water Safety Lifesaving Plan is designed to identify “at risk” groups to reduce fatalities and serious incidents. You would be coordinating the local Water Safety team and collaborating with partners to create targeted interventions and assess how effective they are.

This is a great volunteer opportunity for someone who can work confidently within the RNLI while also leading a small team and operating independently when needed.

If you’re motivated to lead, connect with your community, and help prevent water-related incidents, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note: successful applicants will be required to undergo vetting and reference checks prior to starting this role.

If you would like to find out a little more, please follow this link: Water Safety Volunteering Video