Community Safety Officer

Job details:

• Date posted: 10/08/2026
• Application closing date: 24/08/2026
• Working Pattern: Full time
• Salary Grade H: £37,280 - £39,862 a year
• Contract Type: Temporary for 2 years with the possibility of extension
• Location: Council House with hybrid working

Do you want to make a difference and help achieve safer communities? We are looking to recruit a forward-thinking and committed Community Safety Officer to join a dynamic and experienced Community Safety Team. The post will play a vital role in how the council works with stakeholders to respond to community safety issues.

You will investigate reported incidents of anti-social behaviour, developing and co-ordinating a multi-agency response and agreeing interventions, initiating enforcement tools and powers where necessary. You will identify risk and vulnerability and ensure victims are referred into appropriate support provision. You will coordinate and implement preventative measures to help tackle and reduce harm that is caused by anti-social behaviour, crime and disorder. You will work with statutory agencies and community and voluntary sector organisations to ensure the best outcome is achieved.

As a motivated and dedicated officer with demonstrable experience of dealing with both low level and complex casework, you will:

• Be an effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Have a pragmatic and flexible approach in all aspects of your work.
• Have a problem-solving approach to addressing anti-social behaviour, crime and disorder issues.
• Have previous experience/knowledge of tackling issues within communities and knowledge of the role of local government, and multi-agency working with partners like the police and the social housing sector.
• Be adaptable in your style, happy to work flexibly to meet the needs of our customers and positive in your approach.
• Have strong administration skills, an attention to detail and previous experience in using system databases.

This role presents an exciting opportunity for personal and professional development that can lead to a number of career progression routes. Candidates demonstrating the right approach along with the calibre of qualities and skills required, will be supported with training and development opportunities to strengthen their ability to undertake the role.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Arron Kirkham on 01332 641939.

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Important Information: As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form. Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk.