Prevent Support Officer - Leicester, United Kingdom - Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council

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Leicester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job details:

Job reference

REQ3769

Date posted

16/02/2024

Application closing date

01/03/2024

Location

Hybrid working
Home and Leicester City Offices

Salary
- £26,421 - £28,770 Per Year

Package

Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £39,229

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Childrens Social Care

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Job

Prevent Support Officer:

Job description

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 12 Months

An exciting new role has become available within the Partnership and Community Safety Service.

Why not join our elite team dedicated to safeguarding communities and combating terrorism. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individuals to fill the role of a Prevent Support Officer.

You'll be pivotal in supporting the Prevent agenda to ensure that we provide a safe city for people to live work and visit.

Join us, to play a key role in preventing people from becoming radicalised.

You'll have the opportunity to not only use your expertise to make a difference but also develop and stretch your skills further.

This is a full-time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday (for 12 months). Evening and weekend working may be required due to the nature of the role which includes meetings and events.

You'll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs.

What you'll be doing

In this varied role your day-to-day activities will include, but not be limited to, providing support to the Prevent co-ordinator and strategic leadership as well as, working at an operational level, offering support to the co-ordination and smooth running of the commissioned community sector organisations, and all Prevent related meetings.

You'll oversee the commissioned community sector organisations and provide support to the Prevent agenda across the council.

As well as, working in partnership with colleagues, as well as public, private, and voluntary sector organisations, including the Home Office.

In addition, you'll complete allocated tasks and fulfil activities to meet objectives.

What you'll need

With a sound knowledge of prevent and counter terrorism, you'll be able to support the Prevent Co-ordinator and senior management in this area.

As a quick thinker, you'll have excellent interpersonal skills and be a strong advocate for prevent. Highly motivated, you'll be able to work in a politically sensitive and fast-paced environment to successfully deliver objectives. Whilst also showing passion for making a difference, you'll use your skills to successfully navigate your work.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.

You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.

We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.

In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.

You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.

We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.