Role Purpose

Tower Hamlets is truly unique, offering some of the very best of London packed into one dynamically diverse borough. Do you want to work in a key role at Tower Hamlets that will support the safety of all the residents and visitors to our Borough?

We are investing in community safety and developing new innovative approaches with partners and residents to maximise our collective partnership effort. We are ambitious for the Borough and our residents, and we aim to deliver a first-class community safety service.

This role is one where a person with excellent communication skills, possessing a calm manner with the ability to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and ages will excel. We offer quality supervision, training, and a range of opportunities to develop in the role. Experience of enforcement or regulatory work is useful; however it is not essential. You will undergo a comprehensive training programme and you will be mentored through your probation period.

The Role:

To be part of a service of uniformed officers who are deployed to work alongside various partners that support the Community Safety Partnership,

Provide a responsive service, including using effective links to a range of support services but also take enforcement action where proportionate and necessary

Undertake this range of work across the entire borough in which the work of individual teams within the service, are also aligned to specific localities to provide focussed support and being the face of the service locally.

Develop and maintain strong working partnerships with the Metropolitan Police, Social Housing Providers and others.

To be accredited officers under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) using designated powers from the Metropolitan Police.

This role requires staff to successfully pass the Metropolitan Police Non-Police Personnel Vetting and the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) powers. Failure to maintain this accreditation (whilst employed by the Council), may lead to the termination of employment.

Benefits and Allowances

+ 23% Shift Allowance

We recognise the importance of rewarding our staff, developing them and providing a work life balance.

For more information click:

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/jobs_and_careers/working_for_tower_hamlets_coun/staff_benefits.aspx

Application Details

PLEASE NOTE - Candidates whom have previously applied in the last recruitment window need not apply.

This post is open to the following types of applicants: Redeployees/ Internal/ External

We welcome applications from women as they are under-represented

If this role is available to Internal employees only, this will include agency workers but does not include independent contractors or Skills Match trainees

All applications should be made via our online application system, no CV’s or alternative forms of applications are accepted. Internal employees should apply via the council's Intranet. External applicants apply via the Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/careers

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