Anti Social Behaviour Team Lead

About

The Role

Working Hours:

35 Hours Per Week (As part of a rota, working Monday to Friday between 7am to 8pm(7 hours per day)  and 1 in 3 Saturdays between 9am and 5pm)
Contract Type:
Full-time, Permanent
Additional Payment: 6.7% Flexibility Payment
Working style:
On-Site
Closing date: 11:59pm, 10 November 2026
Interview Method:
Face to Face

You must already have a valid right to work in the UK documentation, as we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role. As a Neighbourhood Team Lead (City Wide ASB), you'll have line management responsibility for a team of Anti-Social Behaviour Support Officers, leading and supporting them to use a broad range of informal and formal powers to tackle anti-social behaviour across Manchester.

You'll help the Anti-Social Behaviour Team to make Manchester a safer place to live, work and visit, ensuring a visible, effective and trauma-informed approach to tackling ASB, protecting vulnerable people and addressing offending behaviour. Your work will contribute to wider Community Safety priorities, including working closely with the Homelessness Service to help prevent and reduce rough sleeping across the  this role you will:

Lead, manage, support and develop a team of Anti-Social Behaviour Support Officers.

Provide professional guidance and support on the use of informal and formal ASB powers, homelessness legislation and legislation relating to unauthorised encampments.

Lead on face-to-face public engagement and support a high-profile, visible partnership presence across Manchester.

Work with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), the Homelessness Service, Change Grow Live, the Street Engagement Hub, and other key partner agencies to develop coordinated responses to ASB, community safety and homelessness issues.

Support complex ASB and enforcement work, including professional decision making, preparing cases for legal action and instructing solicitors.

For queries about the role, please contact the hiring manager, Jenna Southern, thern.ukto arrange a convenient time to discuss the role. This route is for vacancy related enquiries only and should not be used to submit applications.

Pre-employment Checks
If you are successful, your appointment will be subject to completing the relevant
pre-employment checks. These checks will be carried out as part of our recruitment process and may include:
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Clearance – This post is covered by
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013).
Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced DBS check as appropriate.
Information provided by you or the DBS will be handled confidentially and in accordance with the
DBS Code of Practice.
We have policies covering the secure handling of DBS information and the recruitment of ex-offenders, which are available on request.

- If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years, or 12 months or more in the last 10 years (while aged 18 or over), please refer to
 guidance
on obtaining overseas police checks or Certificates of Good Character.
Police Vetting – You will be required to undertake a Greater Manchester Police vetting process.
Driving Licence – The successful candidate must hold a full valid driving licence.

For more information on these checks, please visit checks page. About the Candidate We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced manager, or someone with strong experience of coaching and developing officers, who can confidently lead and support a team working in a busy and challenging community safety environment. You will have a good understanding of ASB tools and powers and be able to provide clear professional guidance, make informed decisions and build effective…