Prevent Coordinator

As a Prevent Coordinator, you will co-ordinate and deliver the Prevent activity across Barking and Dagenham and be the primary contact for our statutory partners in driving the delivery of the Barking and Dagenham Prevent plan. This will be achieved through effective engagement with statutory and community partners across the borough and support the implementation of associated activity and initiatives in partnership with key statutory partners and other key local services providers and community organisations.

This will involve working with our partners (as well as the community and Third sector) on initiatives that contribute to the achievement of the Barking and Dagenham Prevent Plan, increasing community confidence in the Prevent agenda, and mitigating key risks and vulnerabilities identified within the Counter Terrorism Local Profile (CTLP). The post will also assist statutory partners comply with meeting their obligations under the Prevent Duty and will provide effective governance support for the Barking and Dagenham Prevent Steering Group.

You will also be the principal link with the Home Office in providing regular updates to and from them and providing formal reporting into the Prevent Steering group and senior leadership briefings on Prevent activity and risks. The Prevent offer within Barking and Dagenham is currently transitioning into the Council’s Community Safety Partnership where you will join the wider CSP service in delivering our Prevent duty.

Special requirements for this post: The role involves hybrid working arrangements, with time split between home and Barking Town Hall, as well as face-to-face meetings within the Barking and Dagenham community. Given the sensitive nature of the work involved in preventing radicalisation and extremism, the post is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance and Home Office vetting.

About you: We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has well established understanding and experience in delivering a Local Authority’s Prevent duty. You will be politically astute and possess a strong understanding of the wider political landscape. You will need to have excellent communication and influencing skills and will be expected to represent the Council at various internal and external meetings and engage across the region and with other boroughs and voluntary organisations.

You must have knowledge and understanding of Counter Terrorism legislation and how this relates to the delivery of the Prevent duty, Channel Panel meetings as well as the ability to develop and deliver our local Prevent offer. You will also need to demonstrate you have knowledge of the issues and challenges associated with the delivery of the Governments Prevent Strategy and be able to advise and assist the council and its partners in meeting these challenges to understand and mitigate the risk of terrorism in Barking and Dagenham.

As the role requires considerable linking in with partner agencies, you will need to possess strong organisational skills to manage and deliver internal or external Prevent events, conferences, exhibitions and away days as well as coordinate, manage, and assume responsibility for the administration and governance arrangements for the Prevent Steering group.

About us: The right person will be joining a really supportive Community Safety Partnership (CSP), which is part of the Councils Regulatory and Enforcement Services. The CSP brings together key local agencies to tackle crime and disorder in Barking and Dagenham, sharing data and intelligence across agencies that feed into the three-year Community Safety Plan.

The CSP’s core priorities focus on several key areas to reduce crime and increase community confidence such as Anti-social behaviour (ASB), burglary, non-domestic violence with injury, serious youth violence and knife crime, violence against women and girls (VAWG) and importantly for this role hate crime and extremism. The Prevent agenda, which aims to reduce the risk of radicalisation and terrorism, is now embedded within the CSP. This integration enhances visibility and coordination with other safeguarding and enforcement efforts, working closely with the Prevent Co-Ordinator and the Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BDSCP), ensuring alignment on issues like domestic abuse, child exploitation, and multi-agency training on Prevent is delivered.