Partnership Officer

3 weeks ago

Leicester, United Kingdom Leicester City Council Full time

**Job details**:
Job reference
- REQ3973

Date posted
- 11/04/2024

Application closing date
- 25/04/2024

Location
- Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices

Salary
- £29,777- £32,076 Per Year

Package
- Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £43,738

Contractual hours
- 37

Basis
- Full time

Job category/type
- Childrens Social Care

Attachments

Job Specification.pdf

**Partnership Officer**:
Job description

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 12 Months

Play an integral role in supporting Leicester to become a safer place to live, work and visit.

Here at Leicester City Council, we have an excellent opportunity for you to join a team that’s purpose is to help reduce serious violence across the city. Join us and you'll be involved in tackling issues that can lead to serious violence. You’ll get the chance to work for Leicester's Prevention and Safer Communities Service which brings together various support for children, young people, and adults.

The objectives of the role are:

- Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure a successful implementation and observance of the Serious Violence Duty within the local authority.
- Work and liaise with the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and the Violence Reduction Network (VRN) to effectively implement the Serious Violence Duty.
- Work collaboratively with the OPCC, VRN team, relevant local partners and national ‘what works’ centres to ensure local approaches to preventing violence and vulnerability are data-driven and evidence-informed.

This is a full-time position, fixed-term position working 37 hours Monday to Friday (until 31st March 2025). You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at various offices across the city (such as, City Hall in the City, Kingfisher and New Parks Youth Centres) or a small amount of permitted home working. On occasions, you’ll be required to travel across the city to attend meetings and community events.

**What you’ll be doing**

Your day-to-day duties will include, but not be limited to, supporting the local partnership to mobilise for and discharge shared legal duties and national requirements which require a partnership approach (for example, Serious Violence, Substance Misuse, Violence Against Women and Girls). You’ll regularly attend the Strategic partnership board (SPB) and Community Safety Partnership (CSP) meetings (and other relevant partnership meetings) to contribute to the delivery of strategies and plans where relevant to strengthening and advancing local responses to violence and vulnerability.

You’ll be responsible for strengthening connections between Strategic Partnership Board and the work of Community Safety Partnership in localities to support the development of a whole system approach to preventing violence and vulnerability. Whilst also ensuring that communities are involved in the work of SPB and CSPs through drawing on existing and supporting the development of new involvement initiatives. In addition, you’ll maintain accurate and organised records of documents and databases.

**What you’ll need**

With experience of working with partners, you’ll be able to carry out negotiations, and steer desired outcomes. You’ll also have experience working with a range of statutory and voluntary agencies, local community organisations and volunteers, and the ability to engage with people at different levels. In addition, you’ll have a sound understanding of the causes of violence and vulnerability and different strategies and interventions which are effective in prevention and reduction including the public health approach. And have knowledge of various forms of diversity and cultures within Leicester, along with the skills to develop ways to form positive relationships with all relevant parties.

As someone with excellent oral and writing communication skills, you’ll be able to confidently provide detailed information, advice, and guidance with conviction. In addition, you’ll have the ability to deliver presentations, and produce reports, briefing notes and spreadsheets.

You’ll be able to work on your own initiative and hold the ability to prioritise and manage competing priorities to meet a variety of differing deadlines. As well as be able to form part of a team developing strong working relationships with both internal and external partners and local communities.

**What we can offer you**

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits,

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