Community Safety Officer

Job Advert

**Contract type: Permanent**

**Hours: 37 hours per week**
**Location: Hybrid/Abbey House, Abingdon**

Closing Date: Sunday 11 May 2025 (midnight)

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:

- act as the first point of contact for residents who report ASB and hate crime to the councils, manage the response and record reports on the appropriate council systems;
- utilise the district council/CSP tools set out in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to respond to ASB in South and Vale;
- organise, support and participate in ASB case conferences and action planning, including chairing meetings;
- co-ordinate and chair regular neighbourhood ASB meetings, record and monitor actions and ensure they link effectively with wider partnership working;
- provide information relating to ASB for the CSP, councils and other interested parties.
- Lead on local community safety projects that support the CSP's priorities (e.g. ASB, serious violence, violence against women and girls):

- carrying out Environmental Visual Audits (EVAs) with partners;
- analysing crime data and other sources of relevant information (including outcomes from EVAs) to identify relevant projects;
- researching best practice both locally and nationally to inform projects;
- delivering projects with partners within local communities;
- Co-ordinate CSP subgroups (including producing papers, minute taking, chairing meetings and monitoring delivery of actions).
- Promote the performance of the community safety team to a wide range of stakeholders through a variety of channels including social media.
- Provide advice to council teams and partner agencies on community safety matters.
- Undertake such other projects and duties as may be required from time to time.

**Your essential skills, knowledge, and experience**
- strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- good report writing skills
- experience of project management
- 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

**The benefits we offer**
- A basic 25 day annual leave per annum, rising to 29 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
- No car park costs as there’s ample free parking available
- 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, contributory medical schemes, wellbeing appointments, free eye tests for DSE users, after work sports clubs and more)
- We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.

Interview dates: 19 & 21 May 2025