About the Role
The Community Safety Coordinator supports the coordination of the work of the Community Safety Team. The post holder has primary responsibility for the administration of a range of multi-agency meetings, including the statutory Safer Sutton Partnership Board. The post holder is also responsible for supporting the Team's communication with internal and external stakeholders, including partners like the Police, MOPAC, as well as enquiries from elected Members and the general public.
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The successful candidate will be responsible for:
1. Coordinating responses to enquiries from internal and external partners, elected Members and the general public.
2. Coordinating and minuting a range of operational and strategic level meetings and Boards.
3. Providing general administrative/business support functions to the team.
4. Raising requisitions for goods and services commissioned by the team.
5. Supporting the team with funding applications and performance reporting to MOPAC/VRU via Flexigrant.
About Us The Community Safety Team, otherwise known as Safer Sutton Partnership, is a small team that is co-located at Sutton Police Station and the Civic Offices. The team is part of the Targeted Early Help & Integrated Support Service within Sutton Children's Services- People Directorate. The team works closely with the Metropolitan Police and a range of partners and organisations to improve safety for residents and visitors within the London Borough of Sutton. About You
6. The successful candidate will have extensive experience of leading on a range of administrative/business support functions within a multi-agency setting.
7. The postholder will need to be well organised and demonstrate an ability to use their own initiative and problem solve.
8. They will need to demonstrate verbal and written communication skills with a wide variety of individuals, from senior leaders to members of the public. Previous experience of communication with elected members would be desirable.
9. Experience of using Business World/Agresso and Google suite products would also be desirable.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
10. Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
11. Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
12. Three volunteering days per year in Sutton
13. Comprehensive learning and development programme
14. Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
15. Interest free season ticket loans
16. Local Government Pension Scheme
17. Car parking scheme
18. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
19. Zip car scheme
20. Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
21. Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
22. Subsidised gym membership