Are you passionate about improving our communities, tackling anti-social behaviour and making a real difference to people’s lives?
We are looking for a proactive, resilient and motivated Officer to join our Public Protection & Anti-Social Behaviour (PPASB) Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in addressing rough sleeping, street-based ASB and associated community safety concerns. You will work directly with the PPASB Team and the Councils Rough Sleeping Team, taking a partnership-led approach to addressing issues in our communities, balancing the needs of residents and businesses with the welfare and support needs of vulnerable individuals.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team who deal with a broad range of environmental protection and ASB cases. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain or increase skills in all areas of the teams’ work. This is a challenging and rewarding role where you will be given the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of the residents of Lincoln.
Due to the nature of the role, occasional out-of-hours work, such as early mornings or late evenings may be required with advance notice.
For further information on working for the City of Lincoln Council, please visit: www.lincoln.gov.uk/jobs
Key responsibilities:
- Take a partnership-led approach to addressing crime or ASB associated with rough sleeping, working closely with the Councils Rough Sleeping Support Team.
- To undertake a broad range of public protection and anti-social behaviour duties as is consistent with the work of a member of a multi-skilled team, providing cover for colleagues, attending partnership meetings and contributing to the corporate management framework.
- Work under the general direction of the Public Protection, ASB & Licensing Manager to investigate and enforce on matters relating to Public Protection and ASB including but not exclusive to, ASB associated with rough sleeping, community safety issues, waste enforcement, pests, odour, noise.
- Work under the general direction of the Public Protection & ASB Team Leader to reduce the amount of people rough sleeping in the city, and to take a proactive approach to tackling any associated ASB or crime.
- Ensure that as part of community protection work and engagement with the rough sleeping and street community, that guidance and support is provided as appropriate (e.g. accommodation, mental health services, or substance misuse treatment).
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- Ability to contribute to the development of solutions to enforcement issues including administrative procedures.
- Experience of working in partnership with other agencies.
- Ability to prioritise own workload and time.
- Experience of enforcement.
- Investigation and resolution of complaints including statutory nuisance and basic training in investigative techniques such as PACE, CPIA and RIPA.
- An understanding of how equalities issues can impact enforcement.
Benefits we offer:
- Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme.
- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
- Local government pension scheme.
- Employee online discount scheme (including cinema, retail / supermarkets and homeware / tech).
- Health and Wellbeing support.
- Sustainable Travel Options (Tax free bike scheme and discounted City parking).
