Vice President - Child Protection and Safeguarding

• Review annual safeguarding self-assessments and validate findings through visits, observations, and online review meetings.
• Support schools to address identified areas for improvement, working closely with safeguarding leads, principals, and senior leadership teams.
• Provide guidance to ensure compliance with organisational policies and relevant local regulatory frameworks.
• Assist schools during safeguarding crises, emergencies, or critical incidents in partnership with senior organisational leaders.
• Advise on complex child protection cases and support schools with improvement planning.

• Deliver safeguarding and child protection training (including advanced/Level 3 training) to school teams across the region.
• Ensure staff are kept up to date with emerging safeguarding trends, legislation, and best practice.
• Contribute to the development, review, and updating of safeguarding, wellbeing, and child protection policies.
• Support the creation and refresh of training materials and resources.

• Develop and implement a robust safeguarding review and audit process aligned with organisational and local regulatory requirements.
• Conduct safeguarding and wellbeing audits in schools and provide clear, analytical feedback reports.
• Ensure safeguarding processes are fully integrated into broader organisational quality assurance frameworks.
• Monitor, escalate, and track safeguarding concerns in line with policy.

• Review and analyse safeguarding and wellbeing data from schools to identify patterns, trends, and areas for intervention.
• Provide data-informed recommendations that support improvements in safeguarding outcomes.
• Support due diligence processes for potential school acquisitions and guide new schools through onboarding and transition to organisational standards.

• Build strong, trust-based relationships with school leaders and relevant external stakeholders.
• Offer constructive challenge and support to ensure continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.
• Promote and share best practice across the region and facilitate professional learning networks.
• Work collaboratively with other functional and regional teams to embed safeguarding and wellbeing across operational and strategic workstreams.

• Extensive experience and deep understanding of safeguarding and child protection in an educational context.
• Ability to interpret and collate local safeguarding regulations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong analytical skills, with confidence in working with complex datasets.
• Excellent organisational capabilities, able to manage short-term priorities while planning long-term objectives.
• High-level interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, exercising initiative, creativity, and sound judgment.
• Proven resilience and capacity to support designated safeguarding leads during challenging situations.
• Cultural sensitivity and the ability to work effectively across varied national and cultural contexts.
• Results-focused, with the ability to meet deadlines, exceed expectations, and align actions with key performance indicators.
• Commitment to working in a purpose-led, mission-driven sector.

• Collaborative: values teamwork and builds positive relationships.
• Accountable: takes ownership and delivers consistently high-quality work.
• Results-driven: works efficiently and meets deadlines with excellence.
• Innovative: seeks opportunities for improvement and approaches challenges creatively.
• Resilient: remains calm under pressure and acts as a trusted advisor.
• Self-aware: understands strengths and areas for development; open to feedback.
• Thoughtful listener: interprets needs and viewpoints with care.
• Professional and composed: able to navigate difficult conversations and manage sensitive situations with discretion.

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