Department of Place

Neighbourhood & Customer Services

PREVENT ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

Band PO2/3: £30,785 - £36,379 pa

1 x 37 hours per week

Temporary for two years

Based at Sir Henry Mitchell House, BRADFORD

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English. 

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

As a Prevent Engagement Officer you will be working within Bradford’s Prevent and Hate Crime Team and will ensure that the District’s Prevent Strategy is implemented with key community partners.

This role will co-ordinate activities and projects to tackle extremism within and between Bradford’s communities and minimise negative influences from outside the District.

You will support staff from partners in terms of training provision, guidance and projects to support the objectives of the Prevent Strategy.

You will be build trust and confidence in Prevent approaches and strengthen community engagement across the District.

You will be responsible for preparing, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of projects funded by the Home Office. You will ensure compliance with statutory and internal financial regulations is adhered to.

Bradford is energetic, enterprising, and extraordinary. It’s a place of ideas and innovation with a unique, diverse culture. With a population of 534,300 (2016), Bradford is the 5th largest metropolitan district in England and the 6th largest in the UK. By 2030 the population is expected to increase to 565,000. It has the UK’s youngest city with 23.7% of the population aged under 16 years of age.

The person we are seeking will:

• Be passionate about working with a diverse mix of communities
• Have at least 2 years of working in a community development role
• Have a good working knowledge of Prevent and safeguarding
• Ability to support, develop and inspire other
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on the information available, ensuring effective relationships with other professionals 
• Have experience of delivering community based projects

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

For further information please contact; Michael Churley, Prevent Co-ordinator on 01274 432816 or email michael.churley@bradford.gov.uk