Director of Safeguarding

Southampton College


Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Fareham
Contract type: Part time
Salary: Up to £61,427 per annum

Location: Fareham, Hampshire, Eastleigh, Hampshire, Southampton, Hampshire

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

This is a Permanent, 37 hours per week vacancy that will close in 16 days at 23:59 GMT.

The vacancy

Care to Join Us?

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a flexible, passionate, dedicated and skilled Director of Safeguarding. The information below provides more detail about the role and you may also wish to learn a little more about working for South Hampshire College Group by viewing the below video.

We offer great benefits including;

  • 35 days annual leave per year, plus 8 Bank holidays
  • Pension fund of up to 28.68% per annum.
  • Regular training and development.

Duties

  • As the Director of Safeguarding, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and providing inspirational leadership to the college’s safeguarding and welfare functions.
  • You will lead the development and implementation of safeguarding policies, ensuring that the college meets its statutory and regulatory obligations while fostering a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment for all students.
  • The role requires a proactive approach to safeguarding, child protection, and learner wellbeing, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation to drive continuous improvement across the college.

Skills/Experience

  • Proven consistent delivery of success of delivering improving student outcomes over consecutive curriculum years.
  • Detailed understanding of OFSTED, SAR processes and quality inspection regimes.
  • Confident understanding of learning support strategies and associated pedagogy, best practice and statutory requirements.
  • Proven ability to challenge, mentor & coach for improvement in teaching and learning.
  • Experience of developing plans and policies for the delivery of high-quality educational services.
  • Experience of driving and achieving excellent educational performance and outcomes.

Qualifications

  • To hold a first degree or equivalent.
  • Teaching qualification
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Ideal Attributes

  • The ability to enlist the willing cooperation of people to achieve desired results.
  • High level of resilience and comfort with ambiguity – ability to operate under pressure in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and to support and inspire others to do the same.
  • Strong creative skills and abilities to deliver innovative solutions to meet the needs of the organisation and its customer-base.
  • A deep commitment to diversity and inclusion as demonstrated through the development of educational solutions that meet the needs of local communities.
  • Willingness & ability to embrace diverse and evolving technologies & pedagogy to ensure a modern and effective student experience across a range of student cohorts.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Benefits

About us

Generous annual leave entitlement

Generous local government/Teacher’s pension scheme contributions

Access to a

Health Cash Plan

Access to our free onsite Gym

Discounts at our onsite salon and silver service restaurant

Pay per mile cycle incentive

Excellent development opportunities

Staff Recommendation scheme

Annual Staff Awards

About Us

The South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) is a dynamic, purpose driven Further Education organisation with a commitment to Creating Better Futures for learners, employers and communities within South Hampshire and beyond.

We pride ourselves on living our values - Collaborative, Inclusive and Aspirational. We also understand the difference exceptional employees can make to us delivering outstanding results and we are always seeking to attract talent who can add value and who will be proud to be part of our growing organisation.

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