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Animal Welfare Scheme Officer

Job Description

Service Care Solutions are looking for a Animal Welfare Scheme Officer role with the Merseyside Police on a 6-month contract.

Location: Liverpool

Job role/responsibilities:
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) to work on a six-month attachment as an Independent Custody Visitor and Animal Welfare Scheme Officer to cover a period of transition within existing roles. This role requires an individual who is passionate about ensuring those who are detained in custody, or those animals who support the force as part of our mounted or dog section, are treated appropriately.

  • To coordinate the PCC's Independent Custody Visitor (ICV) and Animal Welfare (AWS) Schemes in accordance with the requirements of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, ensuring that the ICV Scheme operates effectively in each of the Merseyside Police Custody Suite locations, and that the AWS operates effectively at Merseyside Police Mounted and Dog Sections.
  • To promote the work of the Scheme to Merseyside communities and partners, attending meetings or events as required to raise awareness of the work, benefits, and opportunities for volunteering within the Scheme.
  • To monitor the number of ICV and AWS volunteers, ensuring that this remains sufficient for both Schemes to remain operationally effective. When necessary, manage recruitment drives and the application process, including job advertisements, human resource processes, managing and taking part in interview selection processes, the vetting of applicants, and other staff induction procedures.
  • To administer the Scheme, including collecting the results of ICV and AWS visits, which should be completed by the volunteers on a standard report form, recording the results, and highlights risk and issues at the earliest opportunity to the appropriate person or department, and to review and manage Scheme member expense forms. Fighting Crime Supporting Victims Driving Change.
  • To arrange, attend, and record the contents of meetings, ensuring that records of the meeting detail any outstanding actions, risks, and issues, alongside good practice where this is identified and manage and arrange the ICV and AWS annual networking event.
  • To ensure that volunteers are suitably trained to complete their role through induction training and continual professional development. The post holder will arrange training events for those new to the scheme.
  • To complete written progress reports as required including for the PCC's Annual Report, Police and Crime Panel Reports, Key Decision Papers, and other reports as necessary or as directed by the PCC.

Knowledge/Experience required:

  • A high degree of communication skills - both verbal & written - with an ability to deal with internal & external stakeholders and volunteers.
  • The ability to build and maintain effective professional relationships will colleagues at different levels across the organisation.
  • Excellent analytical skills with a sound capacity for problem-solving, as well as clear knowledge of the concepts & principles underlying strategic analysis.
  • A proficiency with various I.T packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, incorporating an ability to produce high-quality documents for the attention of the PCC and wider teams within the PCC office.
  • Of a forward-thinking bent, strongly self-motivated, and able to work with a minimum of supervision, capable of using your own initiative to plan & organise the workload.

If you are interested in this role or want further discussion, please contact Lewis O'Donnell either via email: lewis.odonnell@servicecare.org.uk or tel: 01772208962.