The role
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is:£41,286 - £48,063
About the Role
Community Wardens provide a reassuring uniformed patrol presence on the streets, estates, parks and open spaces of Southwark, addressing concerns of crime, anti-social behaviour and environmental crime through targeted operations and patrols in areas of most need. They are a valued and flexible resource that supports organisational efforts in helping our communities, especially in response to an emergency or major incident.
The Community Warden Service was created for the purposes of:
- Helping to reduce the fear of crime
- Helping to reduce crime and disorder
- Helping to improve the physical environment
- Creating and improving community relations
- Facilitating access to information and services
We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who is responsible for the operational provision, development and performance of the Town Centre team.
About You
You will need to have an excellent standard of leadership that develops a proactive and positive team by creating a supportive environment for staff to thrive. This includes communicating, planning, developing, and implementing ideas or projects that translate corporate priorities into effective community based actions.
You will lead by example, combining management responsibilities with operational patrols to truly understand the needs of officers on the ground, as well as appreciate the issues that affect those in our neighbourhoods.
You will contribute fully to the management team function, and represent the wider service at partnership/community meetings, operations and events.
About Southwark
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Alternating shift allowance of 12.5%
Internal recruitment only
We will only consider applications from internal candidates who are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59pm 8th March 2024
Interviews will take place in the week beginning: 18th March 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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