Job description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Group Safeguarding Lead
£53,040 - £63,648 Dependant On Experience

The post-holder will act as the strategic lead for safeguarding and ensure a robust corporate framework that protects the Trust, our participants, staff, volunteers and commissioners, and that all relevant standards are maintained and developed.

The role will lead the development of an excellent and robust culture of safeguarding practice; providing operational, strategic and corporate direction including complex professional advice on matters relating to safeguarding.

The post holder will lead on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and on shaping collaborative working practices across the Trust to provide consistency and coherence of standards as well as building a culture of safeguarding awareness across operational teams. Acting as a champion of the continuous improvement culture across Shaw Trust to support operational teams to meet and exceed expectations in line with the Shaw Trust Strategic Directive 2030.

Essential:

You will have:

• Significant experience within a Safeguarding role at a similar/complex organisation
• Relevant Safeguarding qualification
• Relevant senior previous experience in developing and managing complex safeguarding functions, budgets and relationships
• Experience of report writing and presenting technical information to a high standard
• Experience of presenting commercially sensitive information to a senior level audience

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:

Home Based with national travel

Employee Benefits

As well as helping to make a positive difference to the lives of young people, as an employee of Shaw Trust you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In our most recent colleague survey “86% of our colleagues say we demonstrate a true commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion”.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £53,040.00-£63,648.00 per year

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote

Reference ID: 30969

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