Chief Executives Department

Community Development Worker – Preventing Violent Extremism Programme

£24,545 - £27,594 Ref: 20896

Full time, fixed term until March 2011

Based at St Pauls

The community cohesion team are looking to recruit a community development worker to work on the development and implementation of Bristol City Council's Prevent Strategy. The strategy forms part of the Government's response to increasing the resilience of communities to violent extremism and will focus on grass roots community development work with Bristol's diverse Muslim communities. This will include building dialogue with Muslim communities and capacity building Muslim groups to engage in decision-making. You will have extensive community development experience, have knowledge and understanding of current community cohesion practice/policy and a wide knowledge of issues affecting Muslim communities. Some evening and weekend work will be required.

At Bristol City Council we're well known for our excellent working policies and practices because we're always looking for new and better ways to reward our people. Our award winning work/life balance policies include the following:

- 24 days annual leave (rising to 29 after x5 years service)

- Flexible working

- Staff discounts scheme

- Discounted healthcare scheme

- Pension scheme - final salary scheme for all employees

- Childcare voucher scheme

- Flexible retirement policy

Closing date: 30 July 2008.