Community Safety Officer

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

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Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

Do you want be part of a team that has the interests of the community at its heart? Seeking a new challenge which will see you create safer places and work to protect vulnerable people from crime? Then North Northamptonshire Council has a great opportunity for you to join us as a Safer Community Officer within the Stronger & Safer Communities Service. The Safer Communities Team works to enhance residents' safety and well-being by addressing issues like anti-social behaviour and crime to help make North Northamptonshire a safer place to live, work and visit.

What will you be doing?

This role will support in the development and delivery of the Community Safety Partnership Plan and initiatives to address crime, anti-social behaviour (ASB) and hate related incidents ensuring a multi-agency response. To work as a member of a team in taking a co-ordinated and pro-active approach towards investigating and preventing/reducing anti-social behaviour and disorder. Preparing applications for legal proceedings. Working in partnership with internal and external agencies/partners to safeguard victims and improve the quality of life for residents and businesses across North Northamptonshire. To act as a signpost to other agencies and council services and monitor progress of referrals.  

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main accountabilities for this role.

About you

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

· knowledge of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Police and The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the statutory guidance frameworks

· experience of preparing and reviewing evidential material and preparing case files for prosecution

· excellent organisational skills

· experience of working with a variety of stakeholders, colleagues and members of the public

· good communication skills, both written and oral

It would also be nice for you to have:

. knowledge and awareness of Housing Legislation

· experience of presenting evidence in court proceedings

The full requirements for the Safer Community Officer role are outlined in the attached person specification and will be part of any selection process. Your application supporting statement must clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential and where applicable, the desirable requirements for this role as outlined in the person specification.

Where you will be working:

The team is currently based in various locations in North Northamptonshire, your main office base will be in Kettering, but the Council has a flexible working policy and supports hybrid working. The ability to travel across Northamptonshire is essential to this post. There may also be occasions where you will be required to work outside of normal office hours.

Next steps:

If you like what you have read and want to know more about the role, then please contact Liusadh McFarlane Liusadh.McFarlane@northnorthants.gov.uk

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)