Community Safety Officer – Sizewell C

• East Suffolk Council, Lowestoft / Melton
• £33,024 - £35,745 (Band 6)
• 37 hours per week
• Permanent

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Communities and Leisure Services Team as a Community Safety Officer.

Your role:

The successful candidate will work in all communities across East Suffolk impacted by the EDF Sizewell C project, with a particular focus on Leiston and the surrounding area, to ensure community safety as the Sizewell C build develops. To do this, you’ll be guided by the East Suffolk Council Community Safety Action Plans (both the East Suffolk and Sizewell C plans) and will work with partners like the Police, Suffolk County Council, and local voluntary sector groups to deliver effective projects to keep residents and workers safe with a focus on key issues including Violence Against Women and Girls, Criminal Exploitation, Anti-Social Behaviour and Hate Crime.

What you will need:

The post holder will have obtained a relevant degree (or appropriate profession qualification) or the equivalent level of practice experience in community safety/ASB and in the public, private or voluntary sector. The candidate will have previous experience of leading the development, delivery and management of programmes and projects based on evidence of need and awareness of project structure, roles, processes and documentation. The candidate will have the ability to build effective and positive working relationships with local partners including, SCC, Police, Probation, Health organisations, Town and Parish Councils and the Voluntary Community and Social. 

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube) .

Here are some of the main benefits: 

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays) 
• Local government pension scheme 
• Flexible working arrangements 
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes. 
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services. 

Find more information about what we offer in our  benefits brochure (pdf) . 

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For more information

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Alex Heys on 07711065086 .

Closing date: 11:30pm, Wednesday 27 March 2024.

Interview date: w/c 8 April 2024.

How to apply

Step 1 -  Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification .

Step 2 -  Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx) . Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 -  Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.