Community Safety Officer

at  South Gloucestershire Council

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

You will be working as part of a dynamic team which has responsibility for tackling high profile community safety issues. Using problem solving approaches to prevent crime and reduce the harm to those affected by crime, you will provide re-assurance to communities and support enforcement action.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• Ideally, you will have a relevant degree or equivalent qualification or have equivalent relevant experience.
• It is essential that you have relevant specialist knowledge of identified community safety priorities; backed by evidence of practical experience of developing and implementing actions in response to these.
• We require you to have knowledge of community safety tools and powers available to local authorities.
• You will be able to determine your own priorities in dealing with competing workloads.
• Given the nature of this role, you must have well developed interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships and engage successfully with community groups and partner organisations.

• You will contribute to the achievement of community safety strategic priorities by leading priority work areas, managing projects and delivering community safety services.
• It will be key for you to respond to problems and issues as they arise and work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve a positive and timely outcome.
• Using your experience and knowledge, you will lead co-ordinated multi-agency responses to complex cases of anti-social behaviour and situations that cause community tensions.
• You will gather and analyse data from a range of sources to identify trends and patterns. Using this information, you will prepare work plans and prepare and present reports to a range of audiences both internally and externally.
• Developing specialist community safety knowledge across a wide range of subject areas, you will help to contribute to the specialist knowledge of the team.
  Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.