Community Safety Partnership Project Officer - Reading, United Kingdom - Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council
Reading Borough Council
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Reading, United Kingdom

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Our Housing and Communities Team are passionate about the people who live in our town; our vision is for everyone to have the opportunity to live in a good quality sustainable home within in a lively and thriving neighbourhood.

We have bags of energy and enthusiasm and channel this by seeking to innovate and create opportunities that have a lasting effect on the communities in Reading and keeps them at the heart of all we do.


This post will support Reading's Community Safety Partnership deliver priorities and projects identified in its Community Safety and Serious Violence Strategy.


We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success.

Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.


About you

The following experience is required for this role:

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent extensive experience in the public sector.
  • Knowledge and understanding of key community safety issues, including crime prevention, community engagement and partnership working.
  • Project management principles or experience of planning and delivery key pieces of work
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills sufficient to work at different levels, internally and externally with partners and the community.
  • Ability to lead multiagency meetings and deliver across a range of partnership agendas.
  • Able to assimilate information quickly in order to inform decision making.
  • Ability to work to achieve agreed objectives and deadlines.


You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability.

As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.


Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.

Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:


Work Together as one team - champion and inspire a culture which ensures that all employees across the organisation work together to provide excellent outcomes for Reading


Drive Efficiency - create an environment in which resources are used efficiently and employees' skills are developed and used effectively


Be Ambitious - aspire to deliver excellence and inspire and support others to reach their potential


Make a Difference to Reading - inspire a culture in which the customer is the focus and where change is welcomed as an opportunity


Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across.

Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.


This post will be a hybrid working post.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays
  • rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
  • A wide range of flexible working opportunities
  • Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Life Assurance three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
  • Onsite day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
  • Season Ticket Loan to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
  • Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
Closing Date: 4th December 2023


Interview Date:
To be confirmed
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