Community Safety Programme Lead in London

Within the London Borough of Newham, the Community Safety Team pride themselves on being a trusted and forward-thinking team that strengthens Newham’s communities and services by promoting safety, resilience, and inclusion. We envision a borough where residents feel safe, heard, and empowered with community voices shaping our strategies to address Serious Violence, Hate Crime, Violence Against Women Girls (VAWG), Modern-Day Slavery, Anti-Social Behaviour and the PREVENT agenda, guided by our HEART values of Honesty, Equity, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork.

In this role, you will play a key role in providing coordination across the MOPAC and VRU funded programmes and the Newham Safety Partnership (NSP) to develop and deliver strategies, plans, and initiatives to reduce crime and disorder, support victims, and improve community confidence. You will work in partnership across a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies to ensure robust governance and accountability of delivery and any associated financial spend.

The ideal candidate will take the lead for violence and vulnerability issues in Newham and contribute towards tackling the priorities for the Newham Safety Partnership which include reducing serious violence, VAWG, Hate Crime and Modern-Day Slavery. To support this work, the post holder will develop community safety programmes and initiatives in partnership with council services, statutory agencies, and voluntary sector and community groups to ensure we respond to violence and vulnerability issues reflective of the NSP priorities and objectives.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of violence and vulnerability issues in Newham and contribute towards tackling the priorities for the Newham Safety Partnership which include reducing serious violence, VAWG, Hate Crime and Modern-Day Slavery.
• Demonstrate proven experience of developing multi-agency partnerships to deliver violence reduction action plans, initiatives and strategies.
• Experience of commissioning and performance monitoring for effective contract management.
• Supporting and developing multi-agency protocols and strategies.
• Experience of leading and governing partnership programme delivery.
• Experience of managing budgets including grant allocations.
• Experience of line management/supervision.
• Excellent IT, verbal and written communication skills, with experience of high-level report writing and presentation of reports to varying audiences including elected members and senior management.
• Willingness to work flexibly and respond to needs of the service, including working ad-hoc evenings and weekends as well as attending residents’ meetings and resident engagement events across the borough.

Whilst this is a hybrid role, the Community Safety Team are based at 1000 Dockside Road and there is a requirement to be office based a minimum of 2 days a week.

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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