Administrative
Grade 7
€57,675 - LSI2 €74,978 EL 02/2024

Annual Salary
Galway

Job Summary

Closing Deadline Extended to 4.00pm Friday 6 September 2024

The Department of Justice has developed a new community safety policy based on a key principle that policing is not the responsibility of the police alone and involves other agencies of Government such as health and social services. The Community Safety Policy proposes a whole-of-government approach to community safety. At the heart of this policy is the principle that every community has the right to be and feel safe in order to thrive and flourish.
This new approach will be delivered through Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs), supported through a national governance structure. This structure will ensure that communities are empowered to have a strong say in what actions are prioritised by the services operating in their area, and will also have a key oversight role in ensuring those actions are followed through.

Objectives of the Local Community Safety Partnerships

The partnership approach is built on two premises:
1. Every community is different and has different problems and issues.
2. Responding to those problems and issues requires a range of inputs from across Government, local services, voluntary sector and the community itself.

The response to the issues identified above requires the following elements:
1. Community engagement in identifying what the needs of the community are;
2. Commitment and buy-in from State, local and voluntary service providers to work together to address those needs.

The LCSPs aim to foster sustained community involvement in identifying needs and co-designing solutions, and sustained commitment from services in working together to address those needs.

Structure of Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs)

Membership of each LCSP will include: residents; community representatives, including representatives of youth, new communities and the voluntary sector; business and education representatives; relevant public services in the area, including HSE, Tusla, AGS, and the local authority; and local councillors, The LCSP will have a maximum of 30 members.

The Community Safety Coordinator will support the LCSP in its work to bring together a diverse group of agencies and residents to engage in joint planning and co-ordination of services for the community. A main focus will be the design and delivery of community safety projects in the relevant local authority area. The successful candidate will be a key driving force for the work of the LCSP. They will coordinate an office, which will act as a hub for the local community in relation to community safety. The Coordinator will act as a support to community members to identify local priorities and access relevant services, as well as assisting the Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) in drafting and delivering on a local community safety plan.
The Community Safety Coordinator will manage the work of one staff member, the Community Safety Administrator. The Community Safety Coordinator will be responsible for the day to day running of the community safety activities in the relevant local authority area.

The role is diverse and multifaceted, and the learnings from the pilots have demonstrated that the successful candidate should:

• Demonstrate the ability to engage positively with a diverse range of individuals;
• Have proven experience in developing and managing relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders;
• Demonstrate a proven ability to achieve goals and meet deadlines;
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a community setting with a wide variety of organisations, services and groups;
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills, sound judgement, self-motivation and strong interpersonal skills;
• Have confidence to work on their own initiative;
• Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

The responsibilities of the post include, but are not limited to, the following:-

• Supporting the establishment and the work of the Local Community Safety Partnership, including through:

• coordinating the development of a work plan for the LCSP;
• supporting the development of a local community safety plan;

• Supporting engagement of community members with the LCSP;

• Acting as a focal point for community safety in the area;

• Developing and delivering local community safety projects under the leadership of the Chair of the LCSP;

• Developing and delivering a communications strategy to keep the community informed about community safety activities;

• Proactively engaging and building good relationships with other stakeholders working on community safety in the area;

• Mapping the work by statutory agencies and community organisations that work on community safety activities in the area and liaising with the Local Community Development Committee on any relevant activities;

• Ensuring the provision, collection and reporting of relevant data and information;

• Ensuring that adequate record systems are in place and adhered;

• Ensuring that detailed reports are prepared for key stakeholders;

• Preparing summary financial and administrative data for internal use;

• Taking the lead on the organisation and management of all community safety project events;

• Managing the work of the Community Safety Administrator;

• Building and maintaining good working relationships both inside and outside the partnership, including with key actors in the local authority area;

• Under the leadership of the Chair of the LCSP and management function of the relevant local authority, carrying out duties to ensure the control of expenditure within the partnership’s budget;

• Ensuring that petty cash procedures are followed and that adequate records are kept;

• Undertaking all duties which may be required which are commensurate with the role of Community Safety Coordinator in consultation with the Chair of the LCSP and direction of the Central Area Manager;

The particular duties and responsibilities attached to the post may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the duties or level of responsibilities entailed. The post holder may therefore be required to perform duties appropriate to the post, other than those detailed above, and to take instructions from and report to, an appropriate Officer or such designated Officer as may be assigned from time to time by the Local Authority.