Job details
Salary: £14,526 per annum
Location: Civic Centre, Gravesend
Contract: 24 months fixed-term contract
Working Pattern: Full-time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 22 April 2025
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join our Community Safety Team based in the Community Safety Unit, on a 2-year Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) and Community Safety apprenticeship contract.
You will be fully supported in developing your skills, knowledge and experience across the community safety field that will provide you with an excellent foundation and professional qualification from which to springboard your community safety career.
You will be working with a range of partner agencies including Kent Police and, alongside other members of the Team. You will get involved in a number of projects and initiatives that aim to reduce crime and ASB in Gravesham.
The Unit deals with a huge range of community safety issues including ASB, Safeguarding, Serious Organised Crime, Modern Slavey and Human Trafficking, Crime Analysis, Crime Prevention, leads the Council’s work on Prevent and Counter-Terrorism and commissions external providers to deliver projects to tackle youth-related ASB, divert young people away from crime and keep them safe.
During the apprenticeship, you will become a point of contact triaging responses to ASB and community safety issues being reported by the public, providing advice and signposting to appropriate services. As your experience grows, you will gradually acquire responsibility for investigating cases of ASB, finding informal and formal resolutions working alongside Council officers and external partner agencies and taking the lead on a small number of projects.
Interviews will be held in person and/or via Teams on 7 May 2025.
Full details of what you will learn as part of the apprenticeship can be found on the provider Intelligencia Training website
About You
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details, however, the main essential qualifications and abilities that you should have are:
- Minimum of GCSE Maths and English A-C grade
- Excellent organisational and IT skills, including Microsoft Office
- Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing
- Good team player, reliable and able to work on your own initiative
- Prepared to develop the ability to work with potentially vulnerable people dealing with sensitive issues both on the phone and in person
- Genuine interest in community safety and crime/ASB prevention
Our Organisation
Gravesham Borough Council is committed to delivering to the community and working with us means you are part of delivering the level of growth and improvement our community needs and deserves.
Centrally located in the Thames Gateway, Gravesham Borough Council provides a range of services to over 106,000 people and 4,000 businesses.
The Borough of Gravesham, situated in the northwest corner of Kent, covers 25,000 acres of the most varied countryside in southeast England.
Bordered by the River Thames to the north, it is at the heart of Thames Gateway and has a significant role to play in the regeneration of a major government growth area.
To find out more detailed information about Gravesham Borough Council please visit us via the following link - www.gravesham.gov.uk
Our Offer:
- A minimum of 23 Days Annual Leave, plus paid bank holidays.
- Membership to Local Government Pension Scheme - Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to over 1000+ instant discounts from favourite retailers, restaurants, food delivery services and attractions via our benefits portal VivUp.
- Career development, training opportunities and access to e-learning
- Access to eye care vouchers and VDU Glasses
- External Occupational Health service
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to an employee assistance programme 24/7
- Hybrid Working (minimum two days in the office per week)
- Free parking
- Octopus Electric Vehicles Salary Sacrifice Scheme
If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager please call Kath Donald on 07395 850178 or please email any questions you may have: kath.donald@gravesham.gov.uk
Important Information
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job description.
Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement
Gravesham Borough Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
How to apply
Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@gravesham.gov.ukby Friday 2 May 2025.
All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Human Resources Team on 01474 337374.
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.
All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
