Group Head of Safeguarding

Group HEAD OF SAFEGUARDING

Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).

Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit a Group Head of Safeguarding to join our Education team, sat within the Group Central Support.  

We are looking for someone who will be responsible for embedding a safeguarding culture across the global group of schools. You will be creating and reviewing Nord Anglia Education safeguarding policies and practice across all our schools.

The role:

We seek an individual to join as Group Head of Safeguarding where your focus will be to:

• Lead on the development of rigorous child safeguarding systems, processes, and practice across the organisation and in all schools, which keep children safe from harm.
• Support schools to build their own capacity for effective internal safeguarding processes in line with the Organisation's self-improving school system methodology through the development of resources, materials. training etc.
• Maintain and develop a database of safeguarding audits and action plans identifying trends and patterns in performance and school quality across the group and ensuring regular, relevant reporting to the Executive Committee of the organisation.
• Work in collaboration with central function and regional teams (HR, Health and Safety) to monitor and evaluate the quality of safeguarding processes and advise on steps for further improvement.

The Successful Candidate will have experience in:

• Advising on schools and for organisations at regional or national level.

• The ability to judge the performance of schools and the quality of safeguarding processes.
• Managing incidents and investigations.
• Knowledge of safeguarding practices outside of the UK.

About Us

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 87 international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education.  We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.

Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.

By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team.  As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

To Apply

On-line applications need to be directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV.

Nord Anglia and our schools champion inclusion and belonging, to change our communities for the better. 

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.