Job Description

Overview

London Borough of Harrow is seeking a new Project and Policy Officer who will be responsible for the development of the community safety strategy and strategic assessment, managing the statutory community safety partnership, Safer Harrow, managing key partnerships both internally and externally, and building up the risk profile of the borough.

The post holder will provide administrative support to the Community Safety team to ensure accountability and monitoring of the outcomes of the Community Safety Strategy. The post holder will provide administrative support for the Safer Harrow Community Safety Partnership quarterly meetings and support the council’s response to serious violence in the community and explore funding and project opportunities that will contribute to the reduction of serious violence on the borough. The post holder will provide direct support to various projects and administer and oversee related policies, working with colleagues outside of the immediate team- distributing and collating of data from data collection exercises.

The role involves working closely with voluntary and community sector partners, teams within the council and other external partners that are stakeholders in the projects, supporting the coordination, control and reporting for Community Safety projects, policies and partnerships. The post holder will assist with the quality assurance of project documentation, such as reports, business cases, monitoring reports, financial returns, maintain the Programme team’s SharePoint site and webpages and provide support to externally funded projects with a particular focus on data collection and analysis using Excel.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

Experience of extracting information from a range of sources and producing clear, error free and well-presented reports. A good analytical and methodological approach to work.
Experience of coordinating and arranging meetings, events and training.
Educated to degree level or equivalent or has the equivalent relevant work experience.
A good working knowledge of MS Office suite, with particular attention
of MS Excel
Understanding of project management and policy
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a good
understanding of how to communicate to a range of audiences

Related Documents

For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria

About us

Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit with a range of cultures, religions and opinions that come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

Other information

Support for candidates visit:Harrow.gov.uk Our behavioural indicators roles below G11 and above G11 Here at Harrow Council, the vision is one of 'Working together to make a difference for Harrow' Please click here to view Harrow Council's benefits

Important Note

To deliver our commitment to equality of opportunity in service provision, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs at the London Borough of Harrow. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender, reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies. As such, we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.
As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes reasonably adjusting the recruitment process for those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. For further information, please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk

London Borough of Harrow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Harrow operates stringent, safer recruitment procedures.
Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.
Harrow redeployees will be given priority consideration.
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