Community Safety Assistant

Opus People Solutions Ltd; Redditch; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus People Solutions Ltd, recruiting on behalf of Redditch Borough Council, seeks a Community Safety Assistant to provide administrative and organisational support to the Community Safety Team and the NWCSP. Based at Greenlands Business Centre, Redditch, this office-based role helps run day-to-day operations.

The role covers coordinating safety initiatives, supporting meetings (minutes and papers), processing invoices and purchase orders, handling enquiries, and maintaining council websites and

Qualifications

• Experience of working in an administrative support or project support environment.
• Previous Local Authority experience would be advantageous
• Ability to handle sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Community Safety Team with coordination, implementation and promotion of community safety initiatives.
• Support meetings: distribute documents, take minutes, manage mailing lists and invites, liaise with partners and customers.
• Process procurement documentation: raise purchase orders, process invoices, maintain receipts and records.
• Answer calls, respond to emails, manage mailboxes and direct enquiries.
• Provide clerical support: manage correspondence, schedule appointments and co-ordinate team calendars.
• Support website maintenance and intranet pages to keep content up to date.
• Coordinate commissioned Community Safety services: referrals, allocation, and record-keeping.
• Maintain and update records and filing systems.

Skills

Administrative experience

Project support

Data handling

Job description

Community Safety Assistant

Hourly rate: £14.13

Working hours: 37 Monday-Friday

Location: Greenlands Business Centre Redditch B98 7HD- office based

Contract: temporary 3 months

Role Overview:

Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of Redditch Borough Council for a Community Safety Assistant to provide a comprehensive, efficient, and effective administrative and organisational support service to the Council's Community Safety Team and the statutory North Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership (NWCSP). Supporting the smooth running of day-to-day community safety service operations.

Role responsibilities:

• To assist the Community Safety Team with the co-ordination, implementation and promotion of community safety initiatives and projects
• To support meetings including distribution of documents and papers, taking minutes and notes, managing mailing lists and meeting invites maintaining communication and information sharing with partners and customers.
• To support the community safety project funding by raising purchase orders, processing invoices, maintaining receipts and keeping basic records of procurement and payment documentation.
• To monitor and maintain all customer and partner access routes; answering calls, responding to emails, managing mailboxes and directing enquiries
• To carry out clerical support functions including managing team correspondence, arranging appointments, meetings and co-ordinating team calendars.
• To support the maintenance and accuracy of the website, community safety information on council websites and any internal intranet pages ensuring content is correct, up to date and relevant.
• To support coordination of various Community Safety commissioned services, including receiving referrals, co-ordinating allocation of services, keeping accurate service records and managing communication between commissioned services and service users.
• To be responsible for maintaining and updating a variety of records, data and filing systems.

What we're looking for:

• Experience of working in an administrative support or project support environment
• Previous Local Authority experience would be advantageous
• Ability to handle sensitive data

All offers will be subject to satisfactory compliance screening, including right to work in the UK and references. In addition, due to the nature of the role the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure will be undertaken.