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Community Protection Officer

🏒 Chelmsford City Council βœ“ Verified Direct Employer
πŸ“ Chelmsford, England ⚑ Direct Opportunity πŸ•’ 2 days ago
Work Model
πŸ“ Chelmsford, England
Employment
πŸ’Ό Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
πŸ›‘οΈ Direct to HR Pipeline
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Role Overview & Responsibilities

Job description
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The Community Protection Team is currently looking to recruit a Community Protection Officer to deal with the investigation of nuisance and public health complaints and the enforcement of environmental crimes.
The role is varied and interesting with duties including those relating to:
  • Enforcement of littering, fly-tipping, dog fouling and related environmental crime within the City.
  • Enforcement of the Anti – social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
  • Statutory nuisance, noise, anti-social behaviour and general pollution investigation.
  • Participation in all aspects of stray dog service, retrieving stray dogs, education and enforcing dog fouling legislation.
  • Public Health and Drainage issues.
  • Enforcement of animal welfare licensing provisions.
Some knowledge of all or some of the above environmental and public health protection disciplines is essential.
You will need excellent communication skills, a commitment to customer care and be an effective team member whilst still having the ability to take on a varied case load and work independently. This is an enforcement role and candidates will need experience of providing front line public services.
A full driving licence is required, and you will need to undertake some aspects of the work outside of normal office hours.
The Community Protection Officer role require the operation of a seasonal shift pattern during the summer months, where you will be required to work a rota of up to 3 days a week, between the hours of 06.00 – 21.00 hours.

As part of our accreditation with Essex Family Friendly Employers Charter, this full-time role can be offered on a job share or part-time basis, providing we are able to recruit to the remaining hours. Should this be of interest to you please state so in your personal statement. Further information on the family friendly charter can be found: https://www.essex.gov.uk/family-friendly-charter/family-friendly-employer-principles

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.


Job details

Job reference
REQ00002106
Date posted
09/06/2023
Application closing date
27/06/2023
Salary
Grade 6 - £29,985 to £32,712 per annum
Package
Permanent
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Community Protection Officer Job Pack.pdf

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