Communities Strategic Lead (Community Safety)

inploi; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Rochdale is seeking a Communities Strategic Lead to oversee community safety initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience advising on issues related to cohesion and hate crime, as well as the ability to develop and implement community strategies. The role offers flexible hybrid working arrangements, with strong emphasis on building community engagement and partnership.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working

Support for continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Experience providing specialist advice on community safety issues.
• Leadership in developing community cohesion strategies.
• Ability to build effective relationships for community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Council's Prevent and Hate crime plans.
• Develop and implement community cohesion strategies and policies.
• Build strong relationships with community organizations.

Skills

Advising on Cohesion, Hate crime

Community cohesion strategy development

Building relationships with community representatives

Job description

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our fast-paced Community Safety and Resilience Service as a Communities Strategic Lead (Community Safety).

As our Communities Strategic Lead, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing the Council’s Prevent and Hate crime plans, providing service level support to cohesion related duties and activities. This will include:

• Providing specialist and subject matter advice to relevant services and agencies with regards to Cohesion, Hate crime, Extremism, Radicalisation, Prevent and Channel; ensuring the council remains up to date and compliant with changes in legislation and best practice.
• Leading on the development, coordination and implementation of relevant community cohesion strategies and policies and the subsequent development and implementation of plans in relation to these work streams; reflecting a range of policy issues at a national, regional and local level.
• Leading on the development and delivery of an effective local response to tackling cohesion issues and extremism within communities.
• Building strong and effective relationships with voluntary and faith organisations, elected members, senior officers, partner agencies and key community representatives to develop and sustain community engagement, cohesion, and connectedness.

About you

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Experience of providing specialist and subject matter advice to relevant services and agencies with regards to Cohesion, Hate crime, Extremism, Radicalisation, Prevent and Channel.
• Experience with leading on the development, coordination and implementation of relevant community cohesion strategies and policies and the subsequent development and implementation of plans in relation to these work streams; reflecting a range of policy issues at a national, regional and local level.
• Significant experience with building strong and effective relationships with elected members, senior officers, partner agencies and key community representatives and groups to develop and sustain community engagement, cohesion, and connectedness.

About us

Amongst a number of benefits, we can offer you flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office and we will also support you with your continuous professional development.

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To apply for this job role please upload your CV with a supporting document that provides evidence of how you meet the person specification of the job role.

Please include reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your CV/supporting statement.

Please ensure you anonymise your CV and supporting statement.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment.

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced DBS and police vetting.

If you would like to discuss the post further, please contact Rafael Martinez (Assistant Director, Public Protection and Neighbourhoods) on 01706 927929

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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