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Job Title: CCTV Operator
Location: Chorley
Salary: £21,968 - £22,369
Hours: 14 hours per week (Friday/Saturday, daytime)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 06 August 2023

Smile! You’re on camera! No, not now. But if you’re walking around Chorley, chances are, you’ll come across one of our 140+ CCTV cameras across the borough.

And right now, we’re looking for a new CCTV Operator to help keep our communities a safe place for everyone. But this role is much more than monitoring CCTV footage, you’ll play a critical role in Chorley’s communication with local police. This covers everything from gathering evidence for ongoing investigations, reporting potential crimes as they happen live and responding accordingly to CCTV requests.

You’ll be working from Chorley Council’s brand new, state-of-the-art CCTV Operation Centre based in Strawberry Fields.

What you’ll be getting up to

• You’ll monitor activity on our state-of-the-art CCTV system, and work directly with police, Town Centre Ambassadors and Public Protection colleagues to initiate responses to incidents.
• You’ll communicate directly with police on active incidents as well as assisting with evidence gathering.
• You’ll work with our Town Centre Ambassadors and Public Protection colleagues to help make our communities safer places to live, work and visit.

Who we’re looking for

• We’re looking for excellent communicators. You will be responsible for dispatching and communicating with police and other security personnel. And because of that, a calm-head under pressure is essential in this role.
• You’ll need to have excellent attention to detail, as you gather evidence, and interpret information for police.
• You’ll also need to be a resilient person –although exciting, you may witness some stressful situations.

Working for us
Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Our Benefits

• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Free parking

Additional information
This role requires Police Vetting.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Steven Williams by email at [email protected].

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, please contact us at [email protected].

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.