Head of Community Safety

Head of Community Safety

North London | Hybrid Working - 2 Days Office-Based Per Week Rate: £550 per day IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Initial Contract Length: 6 months Working Hours: 36 Hours per Week

Role Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic leadership across a comprehensive Community Safety and Enforcement service, helping to deliver safer neighbourhoods, stronger communities and improved quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Environment, you will oversee a broad portfolio covering Community Safety, Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Noise Nuisance, CCTV, Domestic Abuse, Prevent, Hate Crime, Offender Management and Serious Violence.

You will lead a service of over 50 staff, manage significant budgets and work closely with senior council leaders, elected members, the Metropolitan Police and external partners to develop and deliver effective community safety strategies.

What You Will Do as a Head of Community Safety

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Community Safety, ASB, Noise Nuisance, CCTV, Domestic Abuse, Prevent, Hate Crime, Offender Management and Serious Violence services.
• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary service of over 50 staff, overseeing budgets, performance, resources and service delivery to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Develop and implement borough-wide community safety strategies aimed at reducing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and improving public confidence and neighbourhood safety.
• Lead key strategic partnerships, including the Community Safety Partnership, working collaboratively with the Metropolitan Police, statutory agencies and community organisations.
• Oversee coordinated multi-agency responses to serious violence, domestic abuse, hate crime, radicalisation risks and emerging community tensions.
• Act as the Council's principal advisor on community safety, providing expert guidance to senior leaders and elected members on legislation, policy developments and emerging risks.
• Drive service transformation, innovation and continuous improvement, promoting prevention, early intervention and effective enforcement approaches.

What You Will Need as a Head of Community Safety

• Significant senior leadership experience within Community Safety, Enforcement, Crime Reduction or a closely related local authority service.
• Strong strategic knowledge of community safety legislation, statutory responsibilities, safeguarding and relevant national and regional policies.
• Proven experience leading large multidisciplinary teams, managing substantial budgets and delivering high-performing public services.
• Extensive experience developing and delivering strategies relating to ASB, serious violence, domestic abuse, hate crime and wider community safety priorities.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex multi-agency partnerships, ideally including Community Safety Partnerships, police services and other statutory bodies.
• Strong political awareness, with the ability to advise senior officers, elected members and external stakeholders on complex and sensitive community safety matters.

What's on Offer

• £550 per day, inside IR35, working 36 hours per week.
• Hybrid working, with 2 days per week office-based in North London.
• Opportunity to lead a significant Community Safety and Enforcement service, influence borough-wide strategies and make a lasting impact on local communities.

Apply for the Head of Community Safety Role

If you are an experienced senior leader with a strong background in Community Safety, Enforcement and strategic partnership working, we would like to hear from you