City Safe Safety Officers

Hamilton City Council's City Safe Unit work together to ensure that Hamilton is a safe and vibrant City.  City Safe Operations is made up of several teams, these are City Safe Officers, Suburban Response Team and Camera Operators. 

He angituutanga| The opportunity 

We seek individuals to contribute towards a shared vision of a Safer Hamilton where people want to live, work, and participate. While recruiting for this role, we are aslo looking for potential CCTV Monitoring capabilities.

This is a highly rewarding and challenging field-based role, a chance to work together with people, and businesses.  Our Safety Officers provide a visible presence and de-escalate issues and reduce the public exposure to nuisance behaviour from other users.

In this role you will be actively involve in gaining compliance to the Safety in Public Spaces bylaw. While you will spend much of your time interacting with businesses and helping members of the public, the role requires you to deal with those causing anti-social and nuisance behaviour. Hamilton City Council provides extensive training and support to ensure you have the skills to perform these tasks.

Some Safety Officers also go on to monitor our CCTV network to provide a proactive response to issues as they happen. Those officers will also work with NZ Police to provide information and footage to help convict lawbreakers.

• Encourage positive compliance using a graduated response model
• Fully warranted to enforce the city bylaws
• Provide Safety Officer patrols within the Central City

Oo puumanawa me oo wheako | Your skills and experience

• Flexible, responsive, and able to think on their feet
• Excellent communicator including written, verbal and listening skills
• Confident and professional
• Available to work 8 hours, 5-day rostered shifts over a 24/7 period
• Have a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn
• A full clean NZ driver licence

View a video of the team in action - Keeping our city safe | Hamilton City Council

He aha te wariu o te utu kaimahi? | What’s the salary?

Remuneration for this position is $64,000 and this role is a permanent, full-time position.

Ngaa waahi whakarato painga kei a maatou: What we offer 

You’ll have access to a range of benefits (HCC) including: 

• Opportunities for professional development
• Two Wellbeing days per year
• Free health insurance through Unimed including hospital/surgery grade cover and discounted membership rates for family members
• Free annual health checks and flu vaccination
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Eye testing/glasses cost reimbursement

Me Tono Inaaianei!: Apply Now!

• View the Position Description
• Click apply
• ​Complete your application.

Applications close on the 18 May 2026

We are shortlisting and interviewing for this role as applications are received. If this role sounds like it’s for you, we would love to hear from you. Make it happen and apply online today!

Council is committed to honouring the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi through its relationship with Kiingitanga, Waikato Tainui, mana whenua and maataa waka within Hamilton Kirikiriroa.

All candidates will be notified of the outcome on their application via email. Short-listed candidates will be required to complete an interview process, reference checks and a criminal check. This role is Safety Sensitive so a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol test will be required. View more information about these checks and our commitment to the Privacy act here by clicking here

It is important to us that we support you throughout our selection process (interview and assessments). If you have any access needs during this process, let us know in advance so we can make sure these are met.

As a council, we believe in creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and belongs. We value inclusiveness (Kotahitanga) – we respect and value the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents that everyone brings. 

This role is being sourced directly. If/where Hamilton City Council requires the support of a recruitment agency, we will seek this support from our panel of selected agencies. Hamilton City Council will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any commissions, fees or other payments related to unsolicited contact.