Community Payback Officer - GLA13467

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Community Payback Officer to join our Community Payback Service on a permanent basis.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

Community Payback Orders are sentences served in the community rather than prison, by a person convicted of a lower level (or lower tariff) crime in court to ensure that those who commit offences pay their dues to the communities that they have harmed and to reduce the risk that the person will re-offend.

Our Community Payback Officers supervise and co-ordinate squad placements, which includes – supervising offenders serving community payback orders, ensuring the smooth running of an effective and efficient squad whilst on site, preparation of squad work plans for identified site visits, providing basic training to clients on the use of equipment and completion of tasks where necessary, and the monitoring and assessing of work performance of clients whilst on sit to ensure timescales are met.

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Job Description for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

A driving licence and having served a recognised apprenticeship or having equivalent experience relevant to the post are essential requirements of this role.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: 35 per week

Work Pattern: Thursday – Monday, 9am – 5pm

Annual Salary: £28,714.76 – £33,448.52 on an incremental scale

In addition to the annual salary, this post attracts a non-standard hours payment of £2,876.20 per annum for weekend working.

Please confirm on your application whether you are interested in:

1. solely the Monday – Friday opportunity,
2. solely the weekend working opportunity, or

• both opportunities.

Key Pre-Employment Information

The position requires membership to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme (Vulnerable Adults). For further information on this scheme, please visit The cost of membership, or scheme record update, will be met by the successful candidate(s).

Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
• 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
• Local government pension scheme
• Life and Personal Accident Insurance
• Occupational Sickness Pay
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Glasgow Credit Union

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link:

Application Packs

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Further Information

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

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