YS- Force Neighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinator **External

YS7820
- Force Neighbourhood Watch Co‑Ordination
** External**

Job role:

Force Neighbourhood Watch Co‑Ordination

Location:

Bradford/Calderdale and Kirklees
Owner:
Corporate Services

Hours:

37 hours
Permanent
Number of posts: 2

We are seeking a motivated and community‑focused individual to join our team as a Force Neighbourhood Watch Co‑Ordination. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in strengthening community resilience, reducing crime, and building trust between the police and local residents.

As the Force Neighbourhood Watch Co‑Ordination within Local Policing you will:

• Lead the development and coordination of Neighbourhood Watch schemes across the force area.
• Work closely with local policing teams, partner agencies, and volunteers to promote crime prevention initiatives and encourage active community participation.
• Serve as the specific point of contact for district NPTs to seek advice and guidance regarding neighbourhood watch schemes.
• Inform district neighbourhood policing teams of crime trends, police and partnership information, positive community opportunities and crime prevention advice relevant to their communities, so they can increase awareness, reduce crime and effectively engage with their local neighbourhood watch schemes and improve communication in line with the Neighbourhood Policing Strategy.
• Maintain records of all neighbourhood watch schemes in districts to ensure current and accurate information is available at all times.
• Attend some neighbourhood watch meetings across districts, as required, on an ad‑hoc basis to monitor and ensure consistency across all districts and the timely sharing of good practice.

Essential Criteria:

• Basic or good working knowledge of and ability to operate computerised databases.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of crime prevention methodologies and the benefits of neighbourhood watch schemes.
• Basic knowledge of the working practices of the Crime Prevention Panels and Community Safety Partners (desirable).
• Basic knowledge of current Force Neighbourhood Watch policy (desirable).
• Full current UK/European driving licence (desirable).

Benefits of working for West Yorkshire Police:

• Membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund, a secure Defined Benefit CARE (Career Average Revalued Earnings) pension scheme.
• Membership options for the Police Treatment Centre and The Police Children’s Charity (eligibility‑dependent).
• Access to savings, discounts and cashback rewards through staff schemes, including eligibility to purchase a Blue Light Card.
• Option to sign up to our Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility‑dependent).
• Access to a wide range of internal wellbeing services and support programmes.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer and a member of the Fair Work Charter. West Yorkshire Fair Work Charter –

For more information about what we offer, visit Employee Benefits –

This vacancy will close on 28th July 2026 at 23:55 hours.

The successful candidate will be subject to personal and financial vetting checks prior to appointment.

West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last five years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused because it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.