Are you an experienced community safety professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for protecting our communities and environment?
We're looking for a Senior Street Warden to lead our dedicated Street Warden team, helping to tackle environmental crime, address anti-social behaviour and promote responsible animal welfare across the Forest of Dean.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll combine operational leadership with community engagement, enforcement, partnership working and service improvement. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a positive difference for residents, businesses and visitors.
As Senior Street Warden, you will lead the day-to-day delivery of the Street Warden Service, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to meet local priorities and statutory responsibilities while also managing a team of 2 people.
Some of your responsibilities:
- Tackling environmental crime, anti-social behaviour and neighbourhood issues.
- Managing statutory services including stray dogs, abandoned vehicles and environmental enforcement.
- Investigating complex complaints and leading enforcement action where appropriate.
- Acting as an authorised Animal Welfare Inspector under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
- Managing the Council's CCTV service, including compliance, contractor liaison and body worn camera systems.
- Identifying opportunities to improve the service and deliver excellent outcomes for local communities.
Within the District, there are plenty of places to see and visit whether you love hiking or cycling. With our agile working ethos: you will be spoilt for choice.
You will need…
- Significant experience in community safety, environmental enforcement or a related local government service.
- Experience of leading or supervising teams and managing operational priorities.
- A strong understanding of community safety, environmental legislation and enforcement processes.
- Experience of working with partners, community organisations and statutory agencies.
- GCSE English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above), or equivalent.
Special Conditions…
- You will be expected to work reasonable additional hours in line with the needs of the service.
- There may be a requirement to work at other locations to meet the needs of the business.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Ability to travel / access to a vehicle for work purposes.
For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.
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What we can do for you
- Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
- Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
- 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays, which increases to 30 days after five years of service
- In addition you will have an extra two volunteering days a year for you to support a charity of your choice
- Renewed again for another year there is a Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
- Generous contributory local government pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
- Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
Forest of Dean District Council is dedicated to creating a vibrant and sustainable future for our community. Our priorities are centred on fostering thriving communities by empowering and engaging residents, enhancing infrastructure, promoting community well-being, and ensuring social equity.
We are committed to decarbonisation and nature recovery, focusing on renewable energy transitions, energy efficiency, transport transformation, nature recovery, and food resilience. Additionally, we strive to build a sustainable economy through the promotion of a circular economy, robust business support, workforce skill development, sustainable town initiatives, and the preservation of natural capital.
Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email.
Forest of Dean District Council is committed to meeting its statutory and moral duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people under 18 years of age and adults at risk who are the recipients of its services and/or activities.
Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references; proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employment or education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.
