Public Spaces Officer

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Play a key role in promoting a safe, connected and welcoming Leicester.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new, multi-disciplinary team at the heart of Leicester city, working collaboratively to improve community safety services to communities, reduce anti-social behaviour, and support the effective implementation of Public Space Protection Orders. We aim to improve public confidence, and enhance the overall look, feel and safety of the city.

A new role within the newly established, multi-agency Safer Communities Enforcement Team, you'll work with council services, partner agencies, local businesses, educational establishments and community groups. You will support the Council's statutory duties under the Community Safety Partnership, including homelessness, anti-social behaviour, crime, and serious violence duties.

This is a frontline, visible enforcement role which operates across the city in public spaces. Predominantly street-based, majority of the work will be undertaken on foot patrol and working in uniform, to engage with the public, businesses, partners and internal council teams.

This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week. You will be expected to work on a rota basis which covers Monday to Saturday, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm with some occasional Sundays.

What you will be doing

A visible uniformed presence on the streets, you will enforce Public Space Protection Orders including issuing Fixed Penalty Notices, Community Protection Notices and other statutory notices. Identifying community safety issues, you will de-escalate situations to achieve positive outcomes. You will provide advice, information and reassurance to members of the public on community safety matters, as well as signpost and refer individuals to relevant council or partner services, including where vulnerability or homelessness needs are identified. Working closely with the Anti-social Behaviour team, you will prepare accurate, high-quality evidence files for potential prosecution. You will work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies to resolve issues quickly and effectively, and attend multi-agency meetings, sharing intelligence and coordinating responses. You will promote clarity around the remit of this role in relation to other uniformed services such as City Wardens and Parking Attendants.

What you will need

Confident, professional and resilient, you'll be committed to the safety of our communities. Ideally, you'll have experience in enforcement, community safety, environmental enforcement, policing, security, or a similar frontline role. You will have strong communication and conflict-management skills, with the ability to engage positively with diverse communities. With a good sense of judgement, you will be able to assess situations quickly, make sound decisions, and work calmly under pressure. You will have excellent written skills, particularly for evidence gathering and report writing. Working effectively as part of a multi-agency team and independently, you will take a professional, fair and proportionate approach to enforcement.

Appointment will be subject to Police vetting.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping essential to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Charlotte Keedwell via email to charlotte.keedwell@leicester.gov.uk

Assessment/interviews will take place on Tuesday 24th February 2026

Leicester City Council delivers public services including education, social services, planning, waste management, libraries and health across the city of Leicester, England.