The opportunity
This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape one of London's most ambitious Community Safety and Enforcement services. As Head of Community Safety, you will play a pivotal role in delivering safer neighbourhoods, stronger communities and an improved quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Environment, you will provide strategic leadership across a broad and high-profile portfolio. You will lead a service of more than 50 staff, manage substantial budgets and ensure services are responsive, effective and focused on measurable outcomes for local communities.

Your portfolio will include

• Community Safety and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
• Noise Nuisance and CCTV
• Domestic Abuse and Hate Crime
• Prevent community tensions
• Offender Management and Serious Violence

What you will deliver

• Lead the development and delivery of borough-wide strategies to tackle crime, reduce fear of crime and address anti-social behaviour.
• Act as the Council's principal adviser on community safety, providing expert guidance on emerging risks, legislative change and best practice.
• Oversee key partnerships, including the Community Safety Partnership, and strengthen effective multi-agency working.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, elected members, the Metropolitan Police, statutory partners, community organisations and regional bodies.
• Lead coordinated responses to serious violence, domestic abuse, hate crime, Prevent and community tensions.
• Champion prevention, early intervention and resident engagement, ensuring communities remain at the heart of service design and delivery.

About you

You will be a credible and experienced senior leader who can combine strategic thinking with a firm grip on operational delivery. You will be comfortable leading complex, politically sensitive services, influencing senior stakeholders and bringing partners together around shared priorities.

• Significant leadership experience within community safety, enforcement or a closely related public service area.
• A strong understanding of relevant legislation, statutory responsibilities and multi-agency partnership working.
• Experience leading sizeable teams and managing substantial budgets in a complex environment.
• The ability to advise senior leaders and elected members with confidence, clarity and sound judgement.
• A collaborative, outcomes-focused approach and a clear commitment to safer, more resilient communities.

Why apply?

This is a high-impact interim opportunity to influence borough-wide priorities and make a visible difference in one of London's most diverse and dynamic communities. You will join at a key time, with the scope to shape strategy, strengthen partnerships and support better outcomes for residents.

What you need to do now
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