The Council’s Community Support Team leads work across a range engagement, antisocial behaviour and community safety priorities. We are currently looking to recruit a dynamic, hardworking, and knowledgeable individual to enhance our Community Engagement Team. The Senior Community Participation Officer will lead on the delivery of proactive projects, community engagement and provide support to the Ipswich Community Safety Partnership (CSP).
This challenging and highly rewarding role will lead in the delivery of projects and activities that complement the priorities of the Ipswich Community Safety Partnership, the Council’s Community Engagement Strategy and other county-wide Strategies. The role will include benchmarking and research to help inform strategies and policies to develop and deliver strong engagement campaigns, projects and problem solving activities. The role focuses on partnership working to successfully combat issues that include PREVENT, domestic abuse, anti-social behaviour, serious violence, modern slavery, criminal exploitation etc. The postholder will have line management responsibilities and will be required to deliver training to IBC staff and partner agencies.
The successful candidate will be experienced in leading and managing complex projects within a community safety or related setting. We are looking for someone who:
Employs an assertive yet personable approach to achieving your goals.
Is a skilled communicator, with the ability to build credible relationships across the Council and with a range of external stakeholders to successfully deliver strategic priorities.
Is thorough, well organised, comfortable chairing meetings, has good report writing and excellent presentation skills, and is able to present in a wide variety of formats to stakeholders.
Responds calmly and professionally where there may be competing priorities.
Has enthusiasm, drive, and a commitment to your own learning and development
Hours of work are 18.5 per week, Monday to Friday.
DBS clearance is required for this role.
This post is offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months
This is a hybrid working role (a minimum of 1 day per week working in the office).
As well as a good salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking for work and leisure, public transport discounts, free swimming and gym membership, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues.
For more information about this role please contact Deborah Carr (she/her) via email Deborah.Carr@ipswich.gov.uk.
If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know so that the appropriate arrangements can be put in place.
Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role: Job Description and Person Specification
Interviews date 27th March 2025
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications
Please note CVs are not accepted.
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