Community Safety Service Manager

You will provide strong, values-driven, strategic and operational leadership to develop and deliver Bristol’s community safety strategy ensuring alignment with local priorities, statutory responsibilities and creating the conditions for resilient communities. Leading a team and working collaboratively with partners and diverse communities you will drive effective, evidence-led interventions that make a real difference to residents’ lives. You will need to be able to work with complex systems leading acute response whilst also driving change. Your leadership style will inspire confidence and trust in colleagues, partners and communities, particularly those communities experiencing the greatest inequity.

Community Safety is part of the Communities Service. As a service we work hard to create a positive working environment where colleagues from diverse experiences and backgrounds can thrive. We aspire to high standards of practice rooted in values and of equity, social justice and working as one city, many communities.

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised, Disabled, LGBTQ+, Male and Female candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.

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