Community Safety Manager

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

West Midlands Pension Fund

Enhanced Holiday Entitlement - 30 days

My Rewards Scheme

Health and wellbeing support

Job summary

Birmingham City Council is seeking a strategic leader to head the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership (BCSP). You will shape citywide safety priorities, coordinate multi-agency work, and drive evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches to reduce violence and protect vulnerable residents.

You will lead a diverse team, manage commissioning and funding, and report to senior leaders and elected members, influencing policy and delivering measurable improvements for Birmingham communities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading community safety, public protection, or related services within complex partnership environments.
• A strong track record of developing and delivering strategies, policies, and large-scale programmes that drive positive outcomes.
• Experience managing commissioning activity, budgets, procurement, and external funding streams.
• The ability to build effective relationships and influence senior leaders, elected members, and partner organisations.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate confidently at a strategic level.
• Excellent analytical skills, using data and insight to support decision-making and performance improvement.
• The ability to translate strategic vision into practical, measurable outcomes and lead organisational change.
• A sound understanding of community safety legislation and statutory responsibilities, including the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Domestic Abuse Act 2021, and Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction and governance of the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) and have a working knowledge of all statutory duties.
• Drive delivery of thematic priorities, ensuring evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches
• Ensure compliance with key legislation, including but not limited to: Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Serious Violence Duty, Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Develop and implement community safety strategies, policies, and long-term plans
• Produce and oversee the Strategic Needs Assessment, ensuring data-led decision making
• Oversee performance and financial frameworks, monitoring impact and improving outcomes
• Lead statutory reviews and ensure continuous improvement across services
• Manage commissioning, procurement, and external funding opportunities
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders, elected members, and partnership boards
• Represent the Council at key forums, including scrutiny committees and partnership meetings
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team, fostering a high-performance culture

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Policy development

Data analytics

Public protection experience

Job description

In this pivotal role, you will lead the development and delivery of high-impact, citywide community safety strategies. You will shape priorities such as Violence Reduction, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Organised Crime, ensuring a coordinated, evidence-based approach across the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership (BCSP). This is an exciting opportunity to influence policy, drive partnership working, and deliver meaningful outcomes that improve safety and wellbeing for residents across Birmingham.

What you’ll do

• Lead the strategic direction and governance of the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) and have a working knowledge of all statutory duties.
• Drive delivery of thematic priorities, ensuring evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches
• Ensure compliance with key legislation, including but not limited to: + Crime and Disorder Act 1998 + Serious Violence Duty + Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Develop and implement community safety strategies, policies, and long-term plans
• Produce and oversee the Strategic Needs Assessment, ensuring data-led decision making
• Oversee performance and financial frameworks, monitoring impact and improving outcomes
• Lead statutory reviews and ensure continuous improvement across services
• Manage commissioning, procurement, and external funding opportunities
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders, elected members, and partnership boards
• Represent the Council at key forums, including scrutiny committees and partnership meetings
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team, fostering a high-performance culture

What you’ll need

We're looking for an inspiring and strategic leader with significant experience in community safety, or public protection. You'll have a proven track record of developing and delivering complex strategies, leading high-performing teams, and working collaboratively with senior stakeholders and multi-agency partners.

• Significant experience leading community safety, public protection, or related services within complex partnership environments.
• A strong track record of developing and delivering strategies, policies, and large-scale programmes that drive positive outcomes.
• Experience managing commissioning activity, budgets, procurement, and external funding streams.
• The ability to build effective relationships and influence senior leaders, elected members, and partner organisations.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate confidently at a strategic level.
• Excellent analytical skills, using data and insight to support decision-making and performance improvement.
• The ability to translate strategic vision into practical, measurable outcomes and lead organisational change.
• A sound understanding of community safety legislation and statutory responsibilities, including the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Domestic Abuse Act 2021, and Modern Slavery Act 2015.

If you're ready to make a lasting impact on the safety and wellbeing of Birmingham's communities, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of community safety in one of the UK's most diverse and ambitious cities.

What we offer in return…

• Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund - with generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement - 30 days, increasing with length of service
• My Rewards Scheme - access to over 800 brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support - independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.