Community Safety Strategy Manager Internal Applicants Only

***Internal Applicants Only***

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO8 59511 - 62766

Contract Type: Full time - Permanent

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 30/04/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference:2087

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:

You will lead the development and implementation of the Councils Community Safety Strategy ensuring full alignment with the statutory duties set out in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the priorities of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP). A core part of the role is ensuring that the CSP and all of its subgroups operate effectively are strategically aligned and deliver on the boroughs shared priorities. This includes providing leadership coordination and oversight for Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) and domesticabuserelated death reviews ensuring that learning is captured shared and embedded across the partnership.

You will lead and support the development of key strategies and plans required to meet the needs of the community safety service including the Community Safety Partnership Plan and Strategy working closely with Assistant Directors and heads of service to shape key initiatives and ensure that problemsolving methodology is integral to our approach.

>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<

Key Responsibilities:

Plan coordinate and deliver a robust series of strategies using a range of complex partnership data analysis and resident views to improve Community Safety in the Borough.

Support the Community Safety Team to respond to complex professional or politically sensitive issues within the area of responsibility.

Manage key relationships with delivery partners within area of responsibility.

Link with Analysts and other resources necessary for the professional service area to meet/exceed its objectives identify gaps in provision.

Lead on the development of the Councils Community Safety Strategy ensuring that all action plans under the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) are fully aligned and deliver against our statutory duties.

Support and co-ordinate the work of CSP

Implement a risk management programme and advise on issues affecting Council service areas

Support the effective oversight and delivery of commissioned services that contribute to the discharge of the Councils statutory community safety duties.

Provide supervisory responsibility for one member of staff.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Educated to degree standard or equivalent relevant professional qualification

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.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council please visit Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process please contact Ana Figueira Assistant Director Community Safety & Programmes at or

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Recruitment Team via email at .

The Councils preference is for online application. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application please email so we can arrange an alternative application method.

Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.