Full Time, Fixed Term for 10 months to cover maternity leave.
Do you want to play a key role in ensuring that professionals are equipped to safeguard vulnerable children and adults and contribute to safer communities?
The Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership (KBSP) brings together statutory partners—including Bristol City Council, Avon & Somerset Police, BNSSG Integrated Care Board, Probation, and Avon Fire & Rescue—alongside a wide range of voluntary and community organisations. The KBSP Business Unit supports the partnership to deliver its statutory responsibilities and strategic priorities.
A key part of that support is with the co-ordination of the day-to-day business of the partnership, acting as one of the officers providing this co-ordination support, the role provides an exciting opportunity to influence practice across the city and make a real difference to the lives of children, young people, and adults.
About the Role
As a Senior Partnership Co-ordinator, you will provide support to partnership activity through arranging and co-ordinating meetings, maintaining planners, preparing papers, minute taking, maintenance of action plans, and support with financial transactions amongst other things.
About You
We are looking for a confident, proactive, and resilient individual who can work effectively and thrive in a varied and fast‑paced environment.
You will bring:
- Knowledge of multi‑agency safeguarding and community safety partnerships.
- Strong attention to detail skills.
- Proven ability to effectively gather information in a variety of forums such as meetings and workshops.
- Excellent time‑management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive problem-solving skills
This is a key role in supporting Bristol’s safeguarding and community safety workforce. If you are passionate about partnership working and committed to improving outcomes, particularly for excluded and vulnerable people, we would love to hear from you.
Please note that this role is subject to a Basic DBS Check.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our role's hybrid working arrangements are available, balancing service need and individual choice by mixing home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey, please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.
If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
Closing date: Sunday 28th June 2026.
Provisional date for Interviews: w/c 6th July 2026.
What’s This Job Like to Do?
We want to encourage people from across Bristol’s diverse communities to apply. If you are interested in this job but want a better sense of what it’s really like, or have questions about the application process, come along to one of our sessions.
Information Session 1: 16.06.26 1515 – 1600hrs
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Information Session 2: 22.06.26 1500 – 1545hrs
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Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.
