Transferee Neighbourhood Specialist Officer (NSO)

Sussex Police; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional police force in England seeks proactive and enthusiastic officers to join the Police Constable role, focusing on community policing and innovative problem solving. The position involves close collaboration with partners to address local issues and improve community satisfaction. Candidates should possess strong negotiation skills and resilience in handling challenges. The organization values diversity and aims to uphold anti-racist principles within its service.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of problem solving principles in community contexts.
• Resilience in dealing with long-term challenges in neighborhoods.
• Ability to engage in public meetings and negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with police and partners to solve community issues.
• Utilize ASB legislation to mitigate disruptive behaviors.
• Take responsibility for improving community satisfaction.
• Innovatively tackle chronic problems affecting local neighborhoods.
• Negotiate outcomes with individuals and agencies.

Skills

Problem orientated principles

Negotiation skills

Public engagement

Resilience in problem solving

Job description

Division / Department - Forcewide
Status - Full Time or Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Contract Type - Permanent
Rank - Police Constable
Location - Forcewide

The Role

Neighbourhood Policing in Surrey is at the forefront nationally and we are looking for proactive, enthusiastic, and committed officers to continue this work and join our team.

We have vacancies on both North and West Divisions with vacancies available or projected on Spelthorne, Woking, Guildford and Surrey Heath Divisions.

This is a role where you can really make a difference to a local community and use your problem solving and engagement skills to best effect. It offers excellent development through working with partner agencies, seeking innovative solutions to local issues and taking ownership of areas of concern within communities.

Please stipulate your Borough preference in your application however, please note that this cannot be guaranteed.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with police colleagues, partner and statutory agencies using a flexible, innovative problem solving approach to tackle chronic and repeat issues affecting the local community.
• Make full use of ASB legislation as appropriate to reduce, prevent and disrupt the actions and behaviours of those individuals that disproportionately affect our communities
• Understand local priority and local neighbourhood issues, taking personal responsibility to deal with these in a creative way by working with others to maintain and improve community satisfaction as well as confidence in the police service
• A good understanding of problem oriented and problem solving principles. Exploring ways to deal with issues in an innovative way, including evidencing and sharing success stories.
• Resilience in dealing with challenging, long-term community problem solving.
• The ability to contribute and be involved in public/partner meetings.
• Negotiate and influence to direct individuals and agencies towards desired outcomes in pursuance of problem solving efforts.

Skills & Experience

• A good understanding of problem oriented and problem solving principles. Exploring ways to deal with issues in an innovative way, including evidencing and sharing success stories.
• Resilience in dealing with challenging, long-term community problem solving.
• The ability to contribute and be involved in public/partner meetings.
• The ability to negotiate and influence to direct individuals and agencies towards desired outcomes in pursuance of problem solving efforts.

We are only as good as our people. It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.

We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of Disability Confident, hold Race Equality Matters Trailblazer status, are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and are aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.

We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities. For more information, you can read our full anti-racism statement here .

We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status, or religious belief, we would love to hear from you.

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