Community Safety Officer
Date: 11 Sept 2026
Location: COVENTRY, GB, CV4 7AL
Company: University of Warwick
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Job Title: Community Safety Officer Reference: 237 Department: Wellbeing and Safeguarding - Community Safety Contract Type: Indefinite Hours: Standard working hours 36.5 per week, plus 5.5 hours of contractual overtime Closing Date: Sunday 11th October 2026, 11:59 pm. Full time Salary Range: £26,093 - £26,707 per annum, plus 5.5 hours per week of contractual overtime and a 25% shift allowance, totalling starting salary £38,515. |
About the Role
As a community safety officer, you will be the ‘face of Warwick’, and a friendly and engaging first point of contact for the thousands of students, staff, business partners, and visitors that come to our beautiful, 750-acre campus every year from around the world.
This role will require a Enhanced DBS Check with Child's Barred List. If you are included on a child barred list, you will be breaking the law by applying for this role.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).
About You
You’ll need to be comfortable working on ‘the everyday’ (think monitoring CCTV cameras, patrolling our campus, and responding to fire alarms) to the ‘exceptional’ (managing major events, escorting VIP visitors, investigating crime on campus) and everything in between. We can honestly tell you that no two days are the same in this surprising, challenging and rewarding role.
We have four teams working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and we operate on a ‘4 on, 4 off’, 12-hour shift pattern that consists of two days and two nights and is designed with your wellbeing and work-life balance in mind.
Please note, as this role will involve driving University vehicles, to be covered by the University Vehicle Insurance Policy, you must be in possession of a full UK or EU equivalent licence, which has been in force for at least 1 year and have no serious driving convictions (any period of disqualification must have expired by at least 1 year).
You will be required to work a pattern of two days and two nights of 12 hours duration, followed by four days off, which equates to an average of 42 hours per week.
We offer an excellent salary that reflects the challenging nature of the role, and the professionalism we expect from our team. The salary starts at £38,515.00 (made up from a base rate of £26,093.00, 5.5 hours of contractual overtime a week and a 25% shift allowance).
About the Department
The University of Warwick is a world-leading university, with the highest academic and research standards. We are constantly present in the UK and world top rankings, and our Community Safety team works proactively to provide a safe and welcoming environment for our whole community.
How to Apply
To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.59pm on the closing date of Sunday 11th October.
Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.
Your cover letter should detail your motivation for applying for the role as well as detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.
In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).
We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.
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