Senior ASB Officer - Internal Applicants Only in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO5 £52,194 - £55,323

Contract Type: Full time – Fixed term Secondment (6 Months)

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 16/07/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 2199

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. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

We’re looking to recruit a Senior Anti-Social Behaviour Officer as a secondment/acting-up opportunity to join the Council’s ASB team. We are looking for a motivated and dedicated officer with a demonstrable commitment to top quality community safety services, with relevant qualifications and/or experience. The appointed officer will be an effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills, with a pragmatic and flexible approach to all aspects of their work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Regular management supervisory responsibility.
• Regular meetings are undertaken with staff to ensure procedures and policies are being followed in addition to ensure staff competencies.
• Perform a lead officer role in relation to high level anti-social behaviour interventions such as Civil Injunctions, Criminal Behaviour Orders, Premises Closure Orders.
• Manage a caseload of complex and high level anti-social behaviour cases and support ASB officers and other partners in obtaining Civil Injunctions, Criminal Behaviour Orders and Premises Closure Orders to resolve identified ASB issues.
• Liaise with our legal team to progress cases through civil and criminal courts including taking witness statements, compiling evidence bundles, attending court hearings and presenting cases.
• Undertake comprehensive investigations and seek to resolve complaints of anti-social behaviour and nuisance in the borough via low level interventions/ASB remedies.
• Liaise with Police, Neighbourhood Officers, Selective Licensing Team, Community Safety and other agencies to ensure the efficient and effective management of each case.
• To maintain comprehensive case management notes ensuring all systems are kept up to date.
• To monitor and enforce ASB interventions in the Borough.
• To carry out regular case reviews with ASB Officers to ensure allocated casework is being managed effectively.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Knowledge and Experience of using the full range of ASB powers under the Anti-social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in a local authority context.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation/ guidance/ directives relating to ASB including enviro-crime, noise and nuisance.
• Experience of monitoring service providers and gathering data/intelligence for the production of performance reports.
• Experience of leading on successful enforcement operations with partners.
• Experience of the monitoring, preparation and presentation of case files for legal proceedings.
• Ability to represent senior management in the designated area.
• Experience of supervising staff.

Terms and conditions:

• Satisfactory employment references.
• 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.
• Suitable driver’s license.

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. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity.
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage.
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels.
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Temitayo Oketunji, ASB Team Manager at temitayo.oketunji@Walthamforest.gov.uk. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

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