Role: Public Protection Officer (5.5 Roles Available)
Salary: Grade F £30,024 - £32,597 a year
Location: The Council House
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 22nd July 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you dynamic and enthusiastic about supporting Derby and helping to keep it safe?
This position offers a compelling opportunity for both personal and professional growth, with multiple potential pathways for career advancement. Individuals who demonstrate the appropriate mindset, capability, and required competencies will receive structured training and development support to enhance their effectiveness and success in the role.
Derby City Council strives to deliver the best outcomes for its residents and their communities. Our vision:
That every person in Derby should be able to live in a place they call home, with the people and things that they love; being part of a community where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter to them.
Our Public Protection Officers provide a vital role within the community Safety Team leading on tackling environmental crime and ASB which includes undertaking enforcement work, for example, issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices; Community Protection Warnings and Notices; and enforcing Public Space Protection Orders throughout the city.
Joining a multi-disciplinary team you will work to build relationships with our communities, businesses, community groups and other statutory services working collaboratively to ensure our streets; parks and open spaces are places where we are proud to live, work and enjoy. The role is varied, the majority of the time you will be out and about undertaking visible proactive patrols, engaging and working with communities as well as attending partnership and public meetings. You may be required to work evenings and weekends, as and when the job requires, however, we will be looking to you to shape your working times to enable you to best respond to the needs of your city.
We are looking for people with:
A professional calm and positive manner
An ability to be sensitive but remain objective
Previous experience of undertaking enforcement work and/or knowledge of relevant legislation to tackle Environmental Crime and ASB, but not essential for the right applicant
Excellent people skills including the ability to influence, negotiate and challenge, whilst also nurturing and maintaining positive relationships with a wide range of people.
Applicants must hold a full UK driving
A flexible and task-oriented approach
The confidence to tackle inappropriate behavior
The ability to work in a team, as well as under your own initiative
The skills and awareness to engage and interact with diverse communities
Excellent communications skills and the ability to accurately record information
An understanding of the confidential nature of your work
A commitment to fully engage in training and learning opportunities required for the role and wider locality working to support your personal and professional development.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
Please note the successful applicants will also be required to undergo and pass a Non Police Personnel vetting and DBS checks.
Next Steps
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Arron Kirkham on 01332 641939 or 07917 520801.
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via theDerby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 22nd July 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected] Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
