Community Safety Officer

Permanent, Full Time
- Band 6 - $97,480k per annum plus super
- Convenient Preston location, close to public transport

The Community Safety Officer has a holistic understanding of how crime and perceptions of safety influence community participation and wellbeing. The Community Safety Officer works with a range of partners to plan and implementing projects designed to improve perceptions of safety and reduce crime, which are underpinned by a social determinants and community development framework
- Permanent, Full-time
- Band 6 - $97k plus super
- Convenient Preston location, close to public transport

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**
The Community Safety Officer will design and implement a range of community-based initiatives and projects which increase perceptions of safety and reduce crime:

- Conduct Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) audits for spaces as required by internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide advice to statutory planners, urban designers and other relevant council officers on various Council and private project based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles
- Design, deliver and evaluate place-based initiatives to prevent crime and increase perceptions of safety.
- Coordinate the Darebin Neighbourhood Street Parties Program.
- Perform community safety audit for various places as required.
- Perform the duties of a Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Officer in close collaboration with Council's Municipal Emergency Management Officer.

**Skills & Experience**
- A tertiary qualification in health promotion, criminal justice, community development or sociology (or related discipline) or lesser formal qualifications with substantial experience
- Demonstrated experience in conducting CPTED audits and Community Safety Audits.
- Demonstrated understanding of the social determinants relating to crime and community safety.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and interpret data and implement initiatives to address community safety concerns.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time and on budget.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both interpersonally and via written documentation, to a range of different audiences.
- Sound ability to build and manage effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Previous experience in emergency management space is beneficial but not necessary.

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

Contact Munir Vahanvati, Coordinator City Design on 8470 8367 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on 11 Dec at 5pm.**
- Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough 'Safety Screening' processes apply. To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment. Council requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Staff Covid-19 Vaccination Policy._