Community Safety Support Officer

Based at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (OPCCN), Building 7, Jubilee House, Falconers Chase, Wymondham with occasional facility to work from home when mutually agreed.

We are looking for an organised and experienced person to join a growing team responding to strategic community safety issues across Norfolk. The successful candidate will have a diverse workload and will need to be an experienced administrator, able to:

keep accurate minutes for multi-agency partnership meetings.

co-ordinate the collation of action updates.

Manage the creation and payment of invoices.

effectively organise meetings to support multi-agency working.

The Office of Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (OPCCN) house the Community Safety and Violence Reduction Team responsible for managing the Norfolk Community Safety Partnership (NCSP – formerly the NCCSP) on behalf of its responsible authorities. This is a unique and innovative approach, aligning key community safety stakeholders with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk and enabling progressive partnership working to tackle crime and disorder in Norfolk. The role will support this team to deliver statutory duties.

Community Safety Partnerships are a statutory responsibility set out in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. They require ‘Responsible Authorities’ (local authorities, police, probation, fire, Integrated Health Boards) to tackle crime and disorder. This involves undertaking a community safety assessment, setting community safety priorities and delivering a plan for responding to the priorities. The post holder will work to the Community Safety Manager and as part of the Community Safety Team as well as alongside different multi-agency partners and will be responsible for supporting the team to ensure the NCSP delivers on its statutory duties.

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