Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) is tasked with leading and co-ordinating the local response to serious violence. Responsible for delivering a ‘whole system’, public health approach, the unit brings together key partners to identify the local drivers and root-causes to serious violence and exploitation, to agree and implement a multi-agency response. The VERU is looking for a Communications Officer for the Bedfordshire Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit & Luton Community Safety Partnership (CSP), establishing and maintaining good working relationships with partner organisations key stakeholders; providing professional communications advice and working proactively to assess how communications can support their work. As a Disability Confident leader, we take personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’.