Community Cohesion & Resilience Manager in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO8 £59,511 - £62,766

Contract Type: Full-time Permanent

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 27/08/26

Proposed Interview Date(s): W/C 14/09/2026

Reference: 2250

About Us: Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.

About the role: The Community Cohesion and Resilience Manager will provide strategic leadership for Waltham Forest’s Community Cohesion and Resilience service, ensuring the effective delivery of community safety, cohesion, hate crime, and Prevent priorities. The role will lead the development and implementation of a new Community Cohesion model that embeds the Hate Crime agenda and fulfils the Council’s statutory Prevent Duty responsibilities. A key focus of the role will be building community confidence, increasing hate crime reporting, enhancing community resilience, and supporting residents to feel safe, connected, and empowered, while contributing to the delivery of the borough’s wider Community Safety priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic delivery and development of the Council’s Prevent, Community Cohesion, and Resilience agenda, ensuring compliance with statutory duties and national guidance.
• Translate national policy, legislation, and emerging government priorities relating to Prevent, counter-extremism, community cohesion, and hate crime into effective local strategies, policies, and operational practices.
• Provide expert advice, guidance, and consultation to internal services and external partners on Prevent-related matters, including safeguarding thresholds and pathways.
• Represent the Council at Channel Panels, multi-agency meetings, and strategic partnership forums, ensuring coordinated interventions and effective risk management.
• Lead on the development and implementation of initiatives that increase community resilience to radicalisation, extremism, and hate crime, promoting strong and cohesive communities.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with statutory agencies, community organisations, faith groups, schools, and other stakeholders to support community safety objectives.
• Oversee work to improve awareness, reporting, and responses to hate crime, ensuring victims are appropriately supported and preventative approaches are embedded across services.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality briefing papers, reports, presentations, and communications for elected members, senior leaders, partners, and community audiences.
• Manage, motivate, and supervise staff, ensuring high performance, professional development, and the delivery of quality services.
• Lead the planning, monitoring, and management of service budgets, ensuring resources are used effectively and deliver value for money.
• Contribute to and support the delivery of wider Community Safety and Violence Reduction priorities, working collaboratively across partnership structures.
• Utilise experience of working within a Violence Reduction Partnership to inform preventative approaches, early intervention activity, and evidence-based service development.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• Relevant professional qualification
• Expert knowledge of the PREVENT agenda and associated topics

Terms and conditions: The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/or vulnerable adults;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population.

Contact Information: If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Ana Figueira at ana.figueira@walthamforest.gov.uk or 07970769073.