Community Safety Projects Officer
Job Description
Job title: Community Safety Projects Officer
Company: Brent Council
Job description: An Exciting Opportunity to join Brent Council’s Community Safety Team
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Community Safety team in Brent Council, that is part of the Safer Brent Partnership. The team works towards reducing violent crime, protecting vulnerable residents and responding to major incidents that affect our community. In this role you will be responsible for coordinating Community Safety projects that have been identified as a priority by the Safer Brent Partnership. You will support the delivery and implementation of the Safer Brent Partnership strategy and action plan through partnership working. A key part of this role will involve collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and working towards delivering Community Safety priorities.
The Person
We are looking for a professional individual who has great attention to detail alongside the ability to work in collaboration with partners and agencies. The successful candidate will have a passion for reducing crime and disorder, good communication and negotiation skills and will work flexibly, both individually and as part of the team. No two days are the same in this job, and if you are someone who relishes a challenge, and can demonstrate initiative, then this job could be for you.
Closing date: Wednesday 7 February 2024 (23:00)
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the “Apply Now” button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found .
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on
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Location: Wembley, Greater London
