Enfield stands proud as a rapidly evolving borough, taking pride in being one of the most diverse parts of London, with all the benefits this brings us across our communities, culture, heritage, and local economy. We have incredibly diverse landscapes from urban centres of Edmonton, Southgate, Palmers Green and Enfield Town. Our history of industry, invention, innovation, and growth makes us the borough we are today. We have a strong Community Safety Partnership that is ambitious in its focus to tackle the types of crime and offending behaviour which most affect residents, businesses, and visitors to Enfield. As a partnership we are focused on tackling violence in all its forms, keeping young people safe and reducing risks from crime, tackling domestic abuse and violence against women and girls, building community cohesion, and tackling hate crime, tackling criminality linked to drug supply and helping people to stay safe in their homes. As Enfield's incoming Community Safety Strategic Lead, you will be building on our excellent partnership work and drive delivery of our Community Safety Plan. You will support Council departments to adopt a comprehensive and joint approach to nurture safe environments within local communities. You will build strong relationships and bridge gaps, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration with vital partners, including the Police, Health, Probation, Fire Service, the Mayor’s Office and Violence Reduction Unit. You will provide advice on crucial safety matters to a variety of stakeholders across Council and partners and enable a problem solving approach to deliver effective community safety solutions. About you: - We seek someone with proven experience of community safety work and a profound understanding of legislative framework that underpins community safety and national policy landscape and its implications for community safety. - You should be a leader skilled in implementing innovative strategics and drive solutions to problems. - You should have a strong track record of fostering impactful partnership work. - You will have excellent analytical skills. - You will need to have innate talent for building positive relationships with Members, colleagues and other key stakeholders. - You should be skilled in developing and implementing innovative strategies within Community Safety. - Navigating Enfield’s unique challenges, it requires more than just knowledge and experience. It demands high level of energy, empathy, creativity, respect for shared experiences, resilience. You will have a can-do attitude to deliver on our ambition and will collaborate effectively with relevant Council departments that have a key stake within community safety and contributions to make, ‘connecting the dots’. If you are up for challenge working in an ambitious and progressive Council and possess the skills and experience, we invite you to apply now. For more information on this role or a confidential discussion about your suitability, please contact: [email protected] or Tel: 0208 148 4901. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact [email protected] or Tel: 0208 132 1022. Enfield’s Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/ “This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment”. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV. Why it's great to work for Enfield Council: - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). - Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas. - A blend of remote and office based working for most roles. - Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months. - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods. - Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family. - Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work. - 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more. If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.