Community Safety Officer – Solihull Council

Your new company Hays are the exclusive recruiting partner for Birmingham City Council, Sandwell Council, Coventry Council, and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. They are currently looking for candidates to join the Solihull Council team for a Community Safety Officer on an ASAP start basis. This will be subject to compliance checks including referencing from your two most recent employments and subject to DBS checks. Your new role Community Safety Officer The role has a focus on community safety and supporting the Safer Solihull Partnership's legal responsibilities for tackling crime and community safety, reducing re-offending, substance misuse, anti-social behaviour, reducing serious violence and exploitation, along with the delivery of its priorities. It also has an additional focus on supporting the delivery of the Council's counter-terrorism duties, including Prevent. The post holder will be responsible for coordinating the development and delivery of community safety related interventions, plans, and projects. There will be a high degree of independent working with a range of partners to respond to new and emerging community trends and issues, which will require close collaboration with West Midlands Police. The role also plays an important part in supporting the delivery of the Safer Solihull Partnership's key functions concerning data and intelligence, communications and engagement, as well as helping to coordinate activity across delivery groups, plans, and strategies. What you'll need to succeed Significant experience or knowledge of community safety related work, services, and interventions within a local authority or related organisation. Knowledge of the legislative and policy framework in relation to community safety. A strong working knowledge of methodologies and engagement methods associated with promoting community safety, as well as a working knowledge of issues relating to, and organisations involved in the delivery of community safety. Experience of developing and implementing policy, strategy, projects, and/or programmes in a partnership environment. What you'll get in return This Community Safety Officer job is a full-time, temporary role based in Solihull, Birmingham. The initial contract length runs until the end of March 2025. For this job, Solihull Council is offering an hourly rate of 19.20 plus holiday allowance. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed).

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