Community Peace Officer
In the context of the law of May 15, 2007, you are responsible for prevention missions aimed at increasing citizens' sense of security, preventing public nuisance, incivility, and delinquency within the municipal territory. Your presence in public spaces is reassuring and promotes conviviality. You observe, report, and transmit all useful information to the competent services or persons with the aim of improving everyone's quality of life.
What you do
- Conduct patrols in public spaces and on the surface network of public transport.
- Ensure a deterrent presence to prevent conflicts between people, including non-violent intervention in cases of verbal conflicts in public spaces that do not require the use of force.
- Report security, environmental, and road problems to the competent services.
- Secure the crossing of children, schoolchildren, disabled, or elderly people near schools.
- Provide surveillance during events (co-)organized by public authorities.
- Raise citizen awareness about preventing risky behaviors.
- Inform and/or guide citizens according to their requests.
- Ensure compliance with current municipal regulations in public spaces and remind people of the rules in force to prevent incivility and offenses.
- Record infractions of the General Police Regulations (incivility and stopping/parking).
Profile
- Act with honesty and consistency on a personal and professional level, in accordance with the expectations and values of a public administration and the requirements of the function.
- Pay particular attention to the needs and wishes of employees and external individuals, striving to meet them in the most appropriate way.
- Demonstrate your commitment, willingness, and ambition by taking necessary actions and initiatives while assuming full responsibility to achieve objective(s) and result(s).
- Contribute to a common result or objective at the level of a team, service, department, public administration, or in collaboration with external individuals, while maintaining team spirit and respecting others. Collective interest must always take precedence over personal interest.
- Seek alternatives, identify and understand a problem from all its different aspects, propose an adequate solution, seek alternatives, and implement the solution.
- Assimilate and understand important information following verbal or non-verbal communication, asking questions in case of doubts or misunderstandings, and showing empathy towards the needs, desires, and feelings of others.
- Express yourself fluently, clearly, and understandably in writing and orally, so that others comprehend the full content of your message.
- De-escalate tensions and create an environment conducive to serene collaborations to prevent new conflicts.
- Possess knowledge of the legislation concerning the role of Community Peace Officer, the General Police Regulations, and the Municipal Administrative Sanctions.
- Languages: French / Dutch (holding the "Travaillerpour" certificate is an asset).
- Be able to use a smartphone and IT tools (Calendar/Messaging – Word – Internet – FixMyStreet – PDA and SAC software).
- At least one year of experience in one of the following sectors is an asset: prevention, social work, private security, public reception.
Access conditions:
- Possess a CESS (level C) diploma.
- Be able to provide a criminal record extract meeting the requirements of the law of May 15, 2007: Criminal record extract model 596.1-16 for the Community Peace Officer function.
- Not have been convicted, even with a suspended sentence, of a correctional or criminal penalty consisting of a fine, community service, or imprisonment, with the exception of convictions for traffic offenses.
Offer and benefits:
- Opportunity for continuous on-the-job training.
- Reimbursement of travel expenses, meal vouchers, bilingualism bonus.
- Attractive leave scheme.
- Collective hospitalization insurance, collective social service (allowances, bonuses for events).
- Recognition of professional experience (maximum 6 years from the private sector).
- Salary scale level C full-time (min. €2,419 gross/month and €2,685 gross/month with 6 years of experience).
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