AD Community Safety & Programmes Internal Applicants Only

***Internal Applicants Only***

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: AD1 - AD5 94811.07 - 107171.54

Contract Type: Full time Permanent

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 02/02/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference:2000

About Us:

Bursting with culture energy and opportunity the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused insight-led digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of Londons Good Work Standardemployers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions workplace well-being skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

To serve as the lead officer responsible for providing strategic policy direction operational leadership and financial oversight for the Councils Community Safety Service. The postholder will work closely with the Cabinet Chief Executive and Management Board to support the delivery of the Councils priorities and desired outcomes.

As Assistant Director for Community Safety and Programmes the role will drive the strategic development and implementation of key initiatives focused on violence reduction community cohesion and public protection. The postholder will oversee a portfolio of high-impact programmes ensuring they are responsive to local needs aligned with national priorities and compliant with statutory duties.

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Key Responsibilities:

Counter-Terrorism Prevent and Community Resilience LeadOversee the Councils counter-terrorism responsibilities to ensure compliance with statutory duties and delivery against national and local obligations. Shape and lead the development of the boroughs Community Cohesion & Resilience Partnership Plan embedding the Prevent Duty and Hate Crime agenda as core components of the wider community safety strategy.

Violence Reduction and Gangs DisruptionOversee the Violence Reduction Coordinator function ensuring effective partnership working with schools youth services and community organisations. Lead intelligence-led approaches to gang disruption and youth violence working closely with police education and safeguarding partners. This includes overseeing the next phase of the Gang Prevention and Disruption embedding robust intelligence analysis and problem-solving functions on behalf of the Council and the Community Safety Partnership.

Strategic Leadership Lead the development implementation and review of the boroughs approach to serious violence including chairing the Violence Reduction Partnership and delivering the Knife Crime Mission. Provide strategic oversight of the Serious Violence Duty ensuring compliance and effective multi-agency collaboration. Provide strategic leadership of the Councils multi-agency approach to tackling high-profile reputationally important issues such as gang-related crime hate crime and radicalisation.

Provide strategic oversight of the DARDR process ensuring alignment with national legislation statutory guidance and local safeguarding priorities.

Programme Commissioning and DeliveryCommission and manage targeted interventions funded by MOPAC the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and other external sources. Ensure programmes are evidence-based outcome-focused and deliver value for money.

Partnerships and Stakeholder EngagementBuild and maintain strong relationships with statutory voluntary and community sector partners. Represent the council at regional and national forums influencing policy and funding opportunities. To ensure that an effective strategic and operational partnership is maintained between the Community Safety Programmes Team and ASB Enforcement and Neighbourhoods colleagues within the Council.

Performance and GovernanceMonitor and evaluate programme impact reporting to senior leadership elected members and external funders. Ensure robust governance risk management and compliance across all areas of responsibility.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Educated to degree level or equivalent standard.

Post graduate qualification.

Relevant professional qualification

Strong knowledge across community safety and public protection including both operational and legislative frameworks.

Strategic awareness of local government at local regional and national levels with insight into sector-wide challenges.

In-depth understanding of legislation policy and strategy related to crime reduction and public protection.

Strong grasp of the Prevent Duty Hate Crime strategy and Serious Violence Duty.

Familiarity with MOPAC and VRU funding frameworks.

Substantial senior-level leadership experience within community safety and/or regulatory settings.

Terms and conditions:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the Apply button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

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If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process please contact Ian Billham Corporate Director Community Safety and Regulatory Services at @

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