Community Safety Officer
Salary and grade: £30,797 per year, Grade 4
Duration of role: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Location: The designated office base is Abbey House, Abingdon. The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work.
About the role and what we're looking for
The community safety officer is a key role in the community safety team, working with partners to support the South and Vale Community Safety Partnership (CSP) and keep our communities safe.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Lead on anti-social behaviour (ASB) case management
- Lead on community safety projects that support the CSP's priorities (e.g. rural crime,
exploitation and serious violence, violence against women and girls)
- Investigate and respond to time critical safeguarding concerns through partnership working to ensure residents are kept safe.
- Co-ordinate CSP subgroups (including producing papers, minute taking, chairing meetings and monitoring delivery of actions).
- Provide advice to council teams and partner agencies on wider community safety matters, such as crime prevention, serious violence and modern slavery
- Attend external partnership meetings to represent the community safety team to share best practice and maximise joint working.
- Respond to consultation papers as and when necessary.
- Undertake such other projects and duties as may be required from time to time.
The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post.
About you
Your essential skills, knowledge and experience
- strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- good report writing skills.
- experience of project management
- good IT skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and email.
- ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- proven team working skills excellent interpersonal and communication skills - the ability to work with a wide variety or people
- able to chair meetings
- full driving licence and access to a vehicle
You will be required to live within a reasonable commuting distance to the districts. (Although the councils are offering hybrid working arrangements, due to the nature of this role living within a reasonable commuting distance of the districts is an essential requirement.)
Your essential qualifications
- educated to A level or equivalent standard
If you have the following experience or qualifications – it's a bonus
- an understanding of community safety work and legislation
- experience of partnership working
- experience of dealing with ASB cases
- experience of problem solving
- experience of community engagement
Work related requirements:
This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2017; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies. Yes
The benefits we offer
- A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year.
- Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
- Salary pay awards – most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April.
- A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
- The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
- Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
- We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
- A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date: 7 July 2024
Interviews will be held on 15 and 17 July 2024.
You may also have experience in the following: Community Partnership management, Community Safety, Safeguarding Officer, Crime prevention officer, Community Enablement Officer, Community Centre, Local Government, Local Authority, Anti-Social behaviour Officer, Social Care, Community Support etc.
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