Senior Community Safety Manager – Thematic

Wmjobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

West Midlands Pension Fund

30 days holiday

My Rewards Scheme

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Senior Community Safety Manager – Thematic to lead strategic direction within the Community Safety Team in Birmingham. You will drive partnership working and deliver outcomes that improve safety and wellbeing for residents.

The role requires significant experience in community safety or public protection, with a track record of developing and delivering complex strategies, leading teams, and collaborating with senior stakeholders and multi-agency partners.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading community safety/public protection in complex partnerships.
• Proven track record delivering strategies, policies, and large programmes.
• Experience managing commissioning budgets, procurement, and funding streams.
• Ability to influence senior leaders, elected members and partner organisations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management at a strategic level.
• Excellent analytical skills using data to drive decisions and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic direction and governance of the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership.
• Drive delivery of thematic priorities using evidence-based approaches.
• Ensure compliance with Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and other key legislation.
• Develop and implement community safety strategies, policies, and long-term plans.
• Produce the Strategic Needs Assessment and ensure data-led decision making.
• Oversee performance and financial frameworks to monitor impact.
• Lead statutory reviews and drive continuous service improvement.
• Manage commissioning, procurement, and external funding opportunities.
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders and partnership boards.
• Represent the Council at forums including scrutiny committees and partnerships.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team to foster high performance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Community safety

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Budget & procurement

Communication & negotiation

Change management

Legislation knowledge

Job description

Senior Community Safety Manager - Thematic

Permanent

Grade 6 - £54,495 - £64,811

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

Birmingham City Council Community Safety Team is looking for an experienced and strategic leader to join our Community Safety Team as a Senior Community Safety Manager – Thematic.

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.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• 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

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

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.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

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.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

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