Neighbourhood Safety Officer

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community but still want a good work/life balance? Would you like the opportunity to become part of a dedicated, community-driven Neighbourhood Safety Team? In this role, you'll be a key player in providing a customer-focussed service-taking pride in the neighbourhoods you serve, ensuring they stay safe, clean, and vibrant for all residents. You'll also build meaningful connections with local stakeholders, businesses, and citizens, becoming a trusted partner in the community. With your knack for problem-solving and a blend of smart, preventative measures, engagement and education you will also be able to step up with enforcement measures when needed to resolve neighbourhood and public realm challenges.

The ideal candidate will have:

• ·Strong communication skills: You listen, empathise, and balance assertiveness with negotiation.
• An eye for detail and accurate record-keeping skills, ready for any situation
• Hands-on experience working within communities, with an appreciation for involvement and participation.
• Awareness of enforcement tools, such as fixed penalty notices, ASB regulations, and relevant laws, including the Crime and Policing Act 2014 and the Environmental Protection Act.
A NPPV (Non-Police Personal Vetting) is required for this post, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Working Hours: 37 hours on a shift basis. For Environmental and Neighbourhood focussed posts (the majority of the posts available) the shift pattern is a 4 week repeating pattern with 3 weeks of 9am-5pm and 1 week of 1pm - 9pm and 1 Saturday in 4 - 10am-6pm. There is an option to support the ASB car 1 week in approximately 12 with shifts starting at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm. For roles in the team covering the City Centre, shifts are on a 3 week repeating pattern with two weeks of 9am-5pm and one week with shifts starting at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm and 1 Saturday in 3. Worker Type: Offsite Worker Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 (Level one) rising to £34,314 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Location: Various within the Nottingham City Boundary We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more… Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
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