Community Cohesion & Resilience Manager

Location: London Borough of Waltham Forest, UKSalary: 59,511 - 62,766 per yearEmployment: Full timeCategory: CommunityPosted: 2026-08-14Valid to: 2026-08-27Apply: https://fa-evng-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/2250Employer: London Borough Of Waltham ForestJob DescriptionOrganisation: London Borough of Waltham ForestSalary: PO8 59,511 - 62,766Contract Type: Full-time Permanent Working hours per week: 36Application Deadline: 27/08/26Proposed Interview Date(s): W/C 14/09/2026Reference: 2250About Us:Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment. The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.About the role:The Community Cohesion and Resilience Manager will provide strategic leadership for Waltham Forest’s Community Cohesion and Resilience service, ensuring the effective delivery of community safety, cohesion, hate crime, and Prevent priorities. The role will lead the development and implementation of a new Community Cohesion model that embeds the Hate Crime agenda and fulfils the Council’s statutory Prevent Duty responsibilities.A key focus of the role will be building community confidence, increasing hate crime reporting, enhancing community resilience, and supporting residents to feel safe, connected, and empowered, while contributing to the delivery of the borough’s wider Community Safety priorities.We are a Home Office–licensed sponsor; however, for this specific role we are not able to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. To be considered, you must already hold a form of UK work authorisation that does not require sponsorship.>> Click here to download the Role Profile <