Community Safety Support Officer - Ref: EE03025

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local council is seeking a Community Safety Support Officer to join its Community Safety Team in Walsall. The successful candidate will play a vital role in supporting community safety initiatives, focusing on domestic abuse processes and partnership funding management. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant positive impact in Walsall's communities.

Qualifications

• Experience in partnership working and budget/grant monitoring.
• Extensive knowledge of Domestic Abuse legislation.
• Thorough understanding of crime and disorder legislative requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of community safety initiatives.
• Manage partnership funding and budget monitoring.
• Act as secretary to the Safer Walsall Partnership Board.

Skills

Partnership working

Budget monitoring

Knowledge of Domestic Abuse legislation

Understanding of crime and disorder legislation

Job description

Community Safety Support Officer, Ref: EE03025

Salary: G8, £36,124 - £40,476 per annum

This role is an important part of the Council’s Community Safety Team and is integral to supporting the Community Safety service to deliver against the Safer Walsall Partnership agenda. The successful applicant will support the implementation and development of a range of community safety initiatives and play a key role in Walsall’s Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) process. The postholder will support the management of partnership funding, including the development of funding proposals and act as secretary to the Safer Walsall Partnership Board.

This is an exciting time to join the team and make a real difference to the communities of Walsall. The postholder will be experienced in partnership working, monitoring budgets and grant returns and have experience and knowledge of Domestic Abuse legislation and in particular that relating to DARDRs.

The role and work will support the Council’s Resilient Communities model, which is a strength-based approach that, where appropriate, utilises individuals and communities to support themselves and underpins that support with integrated services and integrated enforcement.

The post holder will be responsible for

Supporting the development and delivery of community safety multi-disciplinary initiatives.

Supporting the effective delivery of Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews in Walsall in line with Home Office statutory guidance and Walsall’s DARDR process, including the commissioning of independent Chairs/Authors and liaising with the Home Office DARDR Quality Assurance Panel.

Support the management of the finances of the Safer Walsall Partnership/Community Safety Team including budget/project monitoring and liaising with the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office.

Acting as clerk and providing support to the Safer Walsall Partnership Board, including minute taking and the progressing/tracking of actions.

Supporting the Community Safety Manager and broader Community Safety Team.

Applicants will have experience of working in a partnership environment, budget/grant monitoring and have extensive knowledge of the legislative background for domestic abuse. They will also have a thorough understanding of crime and disorder legislative requirements.

View: Job Description and Employee Specification

Closing date for applications 22nd June 2025.

Interviews are anticipated to take place 7 th & 8 th July.

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

For this role the successful candidates must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. BPSS is the minimum standard to ensure the identity and integrity of an employee who has access to official information using secure networks linking central government and local authorities.

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English