Head of Community Safety Portsmouth, South East England, England
Job description
Portsmouth City Council are seeking a Head of Community Safety, which will become vacant during the Summer of 2023. Portsmouth is a modern city transforming to meet the needs of the 21 st Century and an exciting place to live and work, and the local authority is at its heart. Being one of the most densely populated parts of the country outside of London, community safety is a prominent issue for the 200,000+ residents who live here.
The Housing, Neighbourhoods and Building Services Directorate is delivering a range of customer facing services, including waste management, building ma intenance and housing services.
The Head of Community Safety leads a variety of teams including community wardens, environmental enforcement, CCTV, and dog kennels to 'help keep the City safe, clean and tidy and provide help and advice when needed' and chairs a number of partnership meetings to resolve issues.
This is an interesting time in Community Safety as it is now even more important for partners to collaborate to make the most of the resources available. Our service is designed and managed with our customers at the heart of our thinking, we strive to resolve and reduce problems and where we cannot we look to actions that can be taken to address a problem.
This post will lead a well-established and substantial team and will be the lead officer for Community Safety issues. Community Safety is part of the Neighbourhoods team which also includes waste and estate services.
Candidates will have an excellent understanding of relevant legislation such as:
- Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 and an awareness of the Environment Act 2021
- Data Protection Act 2018
- S68 of Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005
- Awareness of Prevent and Protect agendas
We are looking for an experienced senior manager with a proven track record of developing both new and highly skilled experienced staff. Our service benefits from a dedicated and committed team and we consider it essential that the candidate be able to demonstrate that they can support and continue to develop the empowering and positive culture which is in place.
Working for a unitary local authority, the successful candidate will enjoy the benefits of being part of a collaborative and effective senior management team with access to a wide peer group across the full range of city council services including public health, adult social care and children's social care. This provides a fantastic opportunity for joint working. Strong candidates are likely to have experience of working closely with a wide range of external partners and councillors.
This is an excellent opportunity to lead a committed and hard-working team to deliver first class services for the people of Portsmouth. We pride ourselves on our commitment to our customers and on our ability to get things done. This role is pivotal in achieving good quality and continually improving services. If you feel that you have the skills, knowledge and experience for the role and would enjoy working in this exciting service then we would love to hear from you.
Please click here for the full job pack! This includes all details of the role & the person we are looking for. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points of the job profile, with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section.
Please also include:
- Your full education history from secondary school, please include name and address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications and awarding body. Please explain any gaps.
- Your full work history, explaining any gaps. Including employers name, address, dates from and to and reasons for leaving. This is a legal requirement for this position.
- References, including current or most recent employer. Let us know when we can contact your references - for example if you want us to wait until after your interview.
Closing Date: 17:00 on Monday 8 May 2023
Assessments/interviews on 16 th May 2023
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- A generous pension scheme
- Up to 31 days annual leave per year + bank holidays
- A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
- Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Potential to purchase additional annual leave
- Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans
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