Community Safety Advisor

Community Safety Advisor - Make a real difference to communities, services, and lives

Fixed‑Term/Secondment Contract 12 months (with potential extension)
Location: London & home counties including Town and Country Housing (regular regional travel)

This is not a narrow specialist role. It is a high‑impact, organisation‑wide opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives and to shape how community safety is delivered now and into the future.

At Peabody, we put kindness, fairness and collaboration at the heart of everything we do. We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Community Safety Advisor who shares these values and is motivated by improving outcomes for residents and communities.

You will work across our full community safety portfolio, including anti‑social safeguarding, domestic abuse and hate crime. Based within our Community Safety Centre of Excellence, you will operate at the heart of the organisation, working closely with service areas across Operations, share good practice and strengthen our overall approach.

This role offers the opportunity to do the right thing for residents by influencing how services work together, improving decision‑making, and helping Peabody respond effectively to complex and sensitive issues. You will be encouraged to bring new ideas, challenge existing ways of working, and help shape a more strategic, joined‑up approach to community safety.

This is a fixed‑term role, created to test and demonstrate the value of a strengthened, strategic approach to community safety. There is clear potential for extension, subject to impact on the business, residents, and service delivery.

Why this role matters

Community safety is essential to building trust, protecting wellbeing and creating neighbourhoods where people feel safe and supported.

In this role, you will:

• Influence how we respond to risk and harm and vulnerability
• Shape policy and practice at a organisational wide level
• Support operational teams to deliver timely, confident, and resident‑focused responses
• Help ensure we are ready for significant legislative change, including the forthcoming Police and Crime Bill

If you are motivated by making services better and changing lives, this role offers real scope to do both.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing expert advice and practical guidance across the full community safety portfolio, including ASB (low, medium, and high risk), domestic abuse, safeguarding, and hate crime
• Reviewing and strengthening policies, procedures, and systems, including leading the review of the ASB Policy and supporting readiness for new legislation such as the Police and Crime Bill
• Driving improvement and consistency in service delivery, including improving response times, using insight and learning, and ensuring effective, resident‑focused practice
• Leading engagement and collaboration, including establishing a Community Safety Working Group, advising local and regional teams, and holding bi‑monthly engagement meetings
• Developing capability and learning, through refreshing the Community Safety Training Plan, delivering training and workshops, and supporting a Community Safety Conference
• Strengthening resident communication, ensuring our approach is clear, transparent, timely, and builds confidence in our community safety response

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic, credible, and values‑driven community safety professional who can demonstrate how their work has changed lives and improved outcomes.

You will have:

• Proven experience managing ASB cases across low, medium, and high risk
• Strong experience of safeguarding, domestic abuse, and hate crime
• Experience reviewing or improving policies, procedures, systems, or service delivery
• Confidence advising, influencing, and supporting operational teams across regions
• Excellent communication skills, with a strong focus on getting communication right for residents
• Experience contributing to or delivering projects, training, events, or organisational initiatives
• The flexibility to travel across locations and balance competing priorities

Why join us?

Our approach to community safety is grounded in our values. In this role, you will be expected to: Be kind • Do the right thing • Love new ideas • Celebrate diversity • Keep our promises • Pull together. You will become part of an organisation guided by our values and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included and empowered.

Here’s what you’ll get when you join us:

• Flexible and hybrid working
• 30 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 10% pension contribution, matched 1:1
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefits scheme, including options for healthcare, dental care, and more

What to expect from our recruitment process

We’re committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent recruitment process.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an in-person interview on 8 June at our office in Waterloo.

Please read before you apply

• This role will require a Basic DBS check.
• We do not offer visa sponsorship for this role
• This role requires regular travel across regional offices as well as some hybrid working.

If you are an experienced, values‑led community safety professional who thrives on collaboration, influencing practice, and making a meaningful difference to residents’ lives, we would love to hear from you. Please apply by submitting an anonymised CV and a short supporting statement outlining how your experience and approach make you a strong fit for the Community Safety Advisor role.

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to Talent Specialist Julie-Ann.O'Malley@peabody.org.uk