Channel Chair

Job summary

Part Time / 16 Hours Per Week / Permanent

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role at the heart of safeguarding and community resilience. As Chair of Channel for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, you will provide expert leadership in preventing radicalisation and supporting individuals at risk.

This role is about much more than process, its about, leading multi-agency discussions, and driving real world outcomes that protect people and strengthen communities. Youll represent the Council at a senior level, working with leaders, politicians, and partners across the region to steer meaningful change and make a lasting impact.

This is a highly influential post where your voice will matter. Youll guide discussions that set strategic priorities, lead the oversight of Channel cases, and hold partners to account to ensure the very best safeguarding standards are delivered.

This is a part-time, permanent post working 16 hours per week from Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed at interview). Youll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs.

Main duties of the job

What youll be doing

No two days will be the same in this varied role. One day you may be leading a Channel Panel discussion with senior partners; the next, you may be shaping a new local strategy, advising senior managers, or supporting service development projects that respond to emerging local and national priorities.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Chairing the Channel Panel for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland leading sensitive discussions, making recommendations, and ensuring appropriate safeguarding decisions are taken.
• Overseeing Channel cases, providing high-level scrutiny and accountability, and ensuring partners take forward actions effectively.
• Advising Council leaders, politicians, and external partners, using your expertise to shape decisions and drive best practice.
• Leading on local frameworks and strategies, ensuring that our Prevent and safeguarding responses remain robust, innovative, and effective.
• Representing the Council at a senior level, building strong relationships with national, regional, and local agencies to influence outcomes and promote partnership working.
• Driving service development, responding to new initiatives, legislative changes, and evolving risks.

You'll join the Prevent Team, a small but dedicated team, but will work daily with a wide network of senior partners, agencies, and community representatives, making this a highly collaborative and outward-facing role.

About us

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation toLeicester, whereappropriate. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

Were committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. Thats why weve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.Well do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.