Community Safety Operational Manager

INTERNAL VACANCY

Do you have a passion for partnership working, problem-solving and delivering positive outcomes for communities?

The Community Safety team is seeking an ambitious and highly motivated Community Safety Operational Manager to play a pivotal role in delivering York's community safety priorities and statutory responsibilities. Working within the multi-agency York Community Safety Hub and reporting directly to the Head of Community Safety, you will lead operational delivery across a broad portfolio of community safety themes including:

• Prevent and Counter-Terrorism
• Serious Violence Duty
• Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
• Hate Crime
• Community Cohesion
• City Centre Safety
• Anti-Social Behaviour and Crime Prevention

This is an exciting opportunity to influence service delivery across the city, working with partners from policing, health, housing, safeguarding, education, probation and the voluntary sector to tackle some of the most complex community safety challenges facing York.

This post is suitable as a job share opportunity.

This post will be subject to a Police Vetting request.

If you are an internal candidate interested in applying for this job as a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your current line manager before submitting your application.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Tanya Lyon (Interim Head of Community Safety) at tanya.lyon@york.gov.uk or on 01904 555741

Closing date: 18 October 2026at 12 midnight

Interview date: TBC

Internally advertised posts are only open to CYC, WWY and Be Independent employees. Explore and Veritau employees are not eligible to apply for these posts.