Community Delivery Officer

Join us in making a meaningful impact as a Community Delivery Officer in our Resilient Communities development team. If you have a passion for helping local communities to thrive, apply now!

We are looking for a passionate Community Delivery Officer dedicated to empowering professionals and communities with the knowledge and tools they need to recognise and take decisive action against threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and harm.

This role will require you to work flexibly to meet customer requirements, readily move between agendas, activities, and audiences, and deliver at pace and to a high standard.

Salary: £32,597 to £35,412 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent.

Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Location: County Hall, West Street, Chichester, PO19 1RQ

Regular attendance at your designated base location will be necessary, as well as opportunities for remote work. Final arrangements will be confirmed with the successful candidate.

You may need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes are available.

Day to Day Role

Our work in the Community Safety and Wellbeing team on any given day can often feel quite different from the next! There will be some key responsibilities likely to feature in this role, including:

• Informing, engaging, and supporting professionals, communities, and local agencies on a variety of interconnected topics, including how to recognise signs of criminal activity, exploitation, radicalisation and increased vulnerability.
• Providing guidance on making referrals related to radicalisation and other safeguarding concerns, as well as developing the reporting of and response to community tensions and hate crimes.
• Work on a variety of complex issues to promote community cohesion and keep communities safe, identifying practical and resource-efficient solutions, as well as providing ongoing support and consultation to colleagues and partners.
• Developing and delivering awareness raising material for communities and professionals in order to reduce risk -this includes preparing website content and reports and supporting training delivery and awareness raising events or initiatives.
• Developing effective relationships with professional colleagues, partner agencies, District & Borough Councils, voluntary sector organisations, and communities to represent the team and promote their involvement in a range of workstreams.
• Maintain records of engagement activities, emerging trends and concerns, and generate reports as needed, monitoring performance against strategic objectives and relevant indicators.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and value being part of a collaborative team dedicated to supporting colleagues in delivering improved outcomes for the residents of West Sussex, we would like to hear from you!

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Educated to degree level, or extensive experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in delivering partnership outcomes for key community safety strategies or related agendas within a statutory multi-agency environment.
• Experience in supporting communities and local agencies with the development of identification and referral pathways to mitigate exploitation, including efforts to address extremism and radicalisation.
• Proficient IT skills.
• Able to establish credible working relationships, fostering rapport and developing collaborative and effective ways of working with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Skills to present information clearly, concisely, and accurately in a manner that promotes understanding, whether verbally or in written/electronic formats, to diverse audiences, with confidence in addressing challenging subject matter.
• Self-motivated and able to take initiative to develop work while maintaining a clear understanding of the team's responsibilities and the wider context.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Rewards & Benefits

We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 25 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 5 years' service (pro rata for part time) plus the opportunity to buy additional leave and an excellent local government pension scheme.

A range of discounts give our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is (CPP01384).

Applicants are strongly advised to arrange an informal conversation for further information regarding the role; please contact Beverly Knight (Resilient Communities Development Team Manager) at

For an informal conversation regarding the application process, please contact Rachael Doolan (Recruitment Specialist) at

How to Apply

Click apply below, upload your CV and cover letter. Your cover letter should:

• Outline your motivations for applying.
• Explain the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the attached job description to show what skills you have and your level of experience utilising these skills).

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to right to work within the UK, enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, satisfactory references, and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.