Community Protection Officer

The Community Protection Team is currently looking to recruit Community Protection Officers to deal with the investigation of nuisance and public health complaints and the enforcement of environmental crimes.

The role is varied and interesting with duties including those relating to:

• Enforcement of littering, fly-tipping, dog fouling and related environmental crime within the City
• Enforcement of the Anti – social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
• Statutory nuisance, noise, anti-social behaviour and general pollution investigation
• Participation in all aspects of stray dog service, retrieving stray dogs, education and enforcing dog fouling legislation
• Public Health and Drainage issues
• Enforcement of animal welfare licensing provisions

Some knowledge of all or some of the above environmental and public health protection disciplines is essential.

The successful applicant needs excellent communication skills, a commitment to customer care and be an effective team member whilst still having the ability to take on a varied case load and work independently. Applicants will need experience of providing front line public services. A full driving licence is also required for this role.

This position is an average of 37 hours per week worked over a 4 week rota, between the hours of 6am - 8pm Monday to Friday. There is a requirement to work at least one weekend day per month.

Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.

As an accredited Essex Family Friendly Employer, this full-time role can be job-shared or part-time if we can fill the remaining hours. Please mention this in your supporting statement. if you are interested. For more details please visit: https://www.essex.gov.uk/family-friendly-charter.

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.