Head of Community Safety

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: HC2 (£81,729 – £95,295)
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 5th January 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

The newly created, Head of Community Safety will play a key role in unifying Community Safety and Enforcement services in Haringey, delivering on initiatives to ensure a safe and secure borough for residents and businesses.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Environment, you will lead the strategic development of the Community Safety service, collaborating with various partners to implement effective safety strategies. Your responsibilities will include overseeing key services such as Noise Nuisance, ASB, CCTV, and managing relationships with key organisations such as the Metropolitan Police to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour.

You will also manage operational delivery across the borough, addressing issues related to Serious Gang Violence, and Hate Crime, among others. This role requires agile working across borough boundaries, resource management and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. Additionally, you will lead the Borough’s Prevent strategy, act as the principal advisor on Community Safety, and ensure compliance with relevant legislation. Your leadership will be crucial in fostering a safe and secure environment for the Haringey community.

About the Team

Our team is dedicated to enhancing the safety and well-being of Haringey’s residents and businesses. We work tirelessly to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour through strategic initiatives and strong community partnerships.

The Safer Haringey Partnership is at the heart of our efforts, collaborating with residents, local businesses, police, probation, fire, and health services to achieve the goals outlined in our community safety strategy. Together, we are committed to creating a safer and more secure environment for everyone in Haringey.

About You

You are a dynamic leader with a proven track record of partnering with diverse organisations to address crime, antisocial behaviour, violence, and environmental issues. Your experience leading multi-disciplinary teams at a senior level, ideally within a local authority setting, demonstrates an ability to drive impactful change. You will need to possess a strategic focus and exceptional negotiation skills, enabling you to manage and coordinate a wide array of services seamlessly.

Operationally savvy, you must have a sound understanding of the relevant enforcement policies and court procedures. You will have a passion for community engagement and have experience in leading on community-focused initiatives that meet the needs of diverse groups. Above all, you will have a track record in delivering complex projects from start to finish, ensuring meticulous attention to detail from planning to evaluation.

You will need to be a have proficiency in business planning, performance management, and knowledge of systems that underscores your commitment to excellence in community safety.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk