Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO1 (£37,443 – £39,264)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 6th October 2024 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

The Parks Enforcement Officer is a new role within the Parks Development and Parks Zonal Team, focused on addressing anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Haringey’s parks and greenspaces. The role involves responding to ASB incidents, leading prevention efforts, and enforcing regulations. Working in a multi-agency setting, the officer will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure parks remain safe and welcoming spaces for the community.

About the team

The Parks Zonal Team is a small unit within the wider Parks Service, committed to making Haringey’s parks and greenspaces safe and enjoyable for all, where users can freely enjoy the various facilities without fear of discrimination, harassment, or harm. To achieve this, we work closely with key stakeholders, such as Friends of Parks groups. We also maintain strong working relationships with colleagues in the Council’s Enforcement Department, as well as with external partners, including the Police.

About you

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with extensive experience or expertise in anti-social behaviour, noise, or environmental crime. The role is suited to someone with proven experience in investigating, gathering evidence, and preparing witness statements to support legal proceedings in a multi-agency context. You will also be expected to deliver a professional and efficient service in line with council policies and procedures, particularly the Parks and Greenspaces Strategy – Policy Pack. You should enjoy working in an outdoor setting and have some understanding of the ASB challenges and conflicts that parks and greenspaces may face.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.