We’re Hiring: Enforcement Team Leader
London | Local Authority
£250 – £280 per day (depending on experience)
Are you an experienced enforcement, environmental protection, community safety, or policing professional ready to lead from the front and make a visible impact across one of London’s most vibrant communities?
We’re recruiting for a passionate and driven ASB Enforcement Manager to support the delivery of safer, cleaner, and stronger neighbourhoods across South London.
About the Role
This is a frontline operational leadership role within Public Protection & Regulatory Services, responsible for delivering high-profile environmental enforcement, public protection, and community safety functions across public spaces.
You’ll lead a high-performing Response Team of five, balancing reactive demand with intelligence-led proactive enforcement activity to tackle:
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Fly-tipping, littering, graffiti & fly-posting
- Noise nuisance & out-of-hours reactive response
- Unlicensed street trading
- Waste Duty of Care & highways enforcement
- Public nuisance and environmental crime
You’ll also coordinate hotspot operations, support borough-wide crime prevention initiatives, oversee enforcement investigations and prosecution files, and work closely with residents, councillors, police, businesses, and partner agencies.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading and motivating frontline enforcement officers
- Managing reactive out-of-hours noise services
- Delivering intelligence-led and data-driven enforcement operations
- Managing complex investigations, enforcement action, interviews, and prosecution case files
- Driving service improvement, performance, and operational excellence
- Supporting staff wellbeing, development, recruitment, and performance management
- Representing the service at community forums, operational meetings, and partnership groups
What We’re Looking For
- Strong leadership and people management experience
- Background in environmental enforcement, public protection, regulatory services or community safety
- Experience managing investigations and enforcement activity
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and enforcement procedures
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- A proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused mindset
Highly Desirable:
- Experience working within enforcement-led operational environments
- Experience managing high-profile or complex anti-social behaviour investigations
- Previous Police or Law Enforcement background
Essential Legislative Knowledge:
- Environmental Protection Act 1990
- Highways Act 1980
- ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- London Local Authorities Act 1990 (as amended)
This role involves evening, weekend, and out-of-hours working, including up to 21 hours of paid overtime per month, in line with service requirements.