Safeguarding Adults & Community Safety Board Business Manager

Wokingham Borough Council; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Wokingham is seeking a Business Manager to lead safeguarding and community safety initiatives. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities while promoting safety and wellbeing for the community. This full-time position offers a salary ranging from £52,414 to £57,870 per year and various benefits including generous leave entitlements and a local pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent local government pension scheme

Access to onsite gym

Salary sacrifice car & cycle schemes

Local & lifestyle discounts

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in safeguarding and community safety.
• Comprehensive knowledge of statutory guidance.
• Commitment to promoting wellbeing and safety of adults at risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic support to the Safeguarding Adults Board.
• Oversee reviews and audits in community safety.
• Act as a contact point for stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in safeguarding

Partnership working

Understanding of adult safeguarding legislation

Professional integrity

Education

Degree or equivalent in a relevant field

Job description

Overview

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Safeguarding Adults & Community Safety Board Business Manager - Wokingham Borough Council. We have a brand-new opportunity available for a full‑time, permanent role based in our newly established Boards Business Unit, dedicated to driving synergy and excellence across adult safeguarding and community safety.

As the Business Manager, you'll coordinate, manage, and administer the Board's activities to meet its statutory responsibilities to safeguard adults at risk and deliver our community safety priorities. You’ll champion multiagency collaboration, support strategic priorities, and help us deliver real impact for residents in Wokingham.

Salary range and benefits are listed below, with opportunities to join a forward-thinking council recognised for performance and partnership work.

Benefits

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
• An excellent local government pension scheme
• Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
• A range of local & lifestyle discounts
• An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic support to the Safeguarding Adults and Community Safety Board, including the development and implementation of business plans, annual reports, and board-wide policies.
• Oversee Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews, adult safeguarding and community safety audits, and learning processes, supporting partners to act on recommendations and embed best practice.
• Develop and maintain robust information management systems, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with GDPR and relevant legislation across safeguarding and safety workstreams.
• Act as a central contact for Board members, stakeholders, and external partners, ensuring effective information sharing and collaborative working across adult safeguarding and community safety issues.
• Develop and maintain professionals and public facing web enabled platforms across adult safeguarding and community safety workstreams.

Candidate requirements

• Significant experience in safeguarding, community safety, partnership working, within health, social care, policing or relevant sectors.
• Comprehensive understanding of adult safeguarding legislation, community safety statutory guidance and effective multiagency working.
• Professional integrity, discretion, and a strong commitment to promoting the wellbeing and safety of adults at risk and the wider community
• Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field (e.g. social work, public administration, criminology, community safety) is desirable.
• Advantageous for candidates to have experience of working strategically within Local Government, Health, Police, Fire or Probation

Our Area

Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises a vibrant market town, attractive villages, and miles of countryside. We are home to a range of high performing schools, international businesses and a thriving community, with a strong local economy and quality of life with low crime.

How to apply

If you're interested in this exciting opportunity, click the link below and apply today. For an informal discussion, please contact Lorna Pearce, Service Director of Safeguarding, Quality and Governance, via email [e-mail].

Closing Date: 9 November 2025, 11pm

Interview Date: Week commencing 17th or 24th November 2025 (subject to change)

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer. All offers are conditional and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

We review applications on a daily basis and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. If you do not hear within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application was not successful on this occasion.

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI): We cannot stop anyone using AI to help write application content. Used right it can be a great tool. If you choose to use AI, use it as a helper rather than relying on it wholly to write your application. Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.

Salary

• £52,414 - £57,870 per year