Partnership, Development and Learning Officer (Safer Lives & Communities Team)
- Multiple Locations
- Full Time
- £38,626 - £42,708 per annum
The Safer Lives and Communities Team, which is part of the Council’s Public Health and Communities Directorate, is responsible for leading collaboration and commissioning that adds value and improves wellbeing in relation to a number of complex issues that negatively affect lives and communities across Devon. This work is coordinated through the Safer Devon Partnership which is managed and supported by the Safer Lives and Communities Team.
About the role:
We are looking to appoint, as part of a multi-skilled team of professionals, a full time Partnership, Development and Learning Officer to support and lead, as required, on partnership, development and learning focused on preventing and reducing harm arising from prioritised community safety related issues.
The successful candidate will collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to:
- Understand the needs and experiences of victims, including children, to design, (and, as appropriate deliver and evaluate), holistic, flexible and bespoke responses for people affected by interpersonal and gender-based violence and abuse and other complex community safety related issues;
- Support the effective management, development and alignment of strategic and tactical Partnerships under the Safer Devon umbrella;
- Adopt a Public Health and human learning systems approach to developing and delivering multi-agency strategies and plans;
- Lead innovative test and learn pilots and projects to influence system and service change based on data, insights and learning; including from tragic cases where people die because of domestic abuse (Domestic Homicide Reviews); and,
- Integrate insights from Domestic Homicide Reviews into broader service development and systems support for victims.
As the ideal candidate, you will hold values that are in line with those of the team, and will:
- Be empathetic and considerate to those who have experienced harm
- Be person-centred in your approach
- Be able to apply relational approaches to your interactions
- Understand the value of trauma informed practice and be trauma aware in all your work
- Be focused on extrapolating, sharing and acting on learning rather than being solely focused on targets
- Be able to understand your role in terms of system change and your functional impact within this
You will also:
- Be able to work effectively as part of a team but also self-direct your work in a dynamic way that is responsive to the needs of the networks and partnerships we work within
- Be creative and value innovative practice
- Be solution focused
- Be flexible and responsive to unexpected requirements and pressures and be comfortable with changing dynamics
- Be engaging and able to manage multiple relationships and adapt your own interaction style
- Be able to follow your intuition and apply learning to continuously evolve your working style
The team can offer:
- A supportive and asset-based working environment that applies human learning system approaches to practice and values individual and unique skills relevant to the role
- Agency to develop new approaches and freedom to pursue new opportunities that align to the team’s portfolio of work and priorities
- Opportunity to influence how we do things, what we deliver and have a voice within our team and partnerships
- A team that has varied complementary skills that supports each other
- Flexibility in working arrangements in line with organisational policies; and support to look after yourself within this
- Conditions that allow you to grow in your role and shape it within the boundaries of what is required of it
For an informal discussion please contact Liz Cirasuolo Liz.cirasuolo@devon.gov.uk
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- DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working - The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
- For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
- We cannot consider visa sponsorship at this time. UK Right to Work is required. For further guidance on right to work in the UK, please visit: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
- This role requires a DBS disclosure.
Reference: REQ007761
Job Details
- OrganisationDevon County Council
- Work LocationExeterDevon
- Work Postcode
EX2 4QD
- Reference
REQ007761
- Occupational GroupProject & Programme Management
- Salary Details
£38,626 - £42,708 per annum
- Job TermPermanent
- Appointment TypeFull Time
- Hours
37 hours per week
- Closing Date
04/05/2025
- DBS Check Required
Yes