Safeguarding Officer Salary: £34,983 - £41,050 (dependent on experience) Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full-Time Location description: Hybrid working arrangement between home and Poole Interview date: 21 May / 4 June 2025 Closing Date: 08-05-2025 Reference: 19461 About us We are an inclusive and values driven organisation made up of staff and volunteers all with a simple purpose, to save lives at sea. We do this without prejudice. We respect and value diversity and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service which we have been doing for nearly 200 years. Some of the benefits - Salary £34,983 - £41,050 (dependent on experience) - Flexible working - 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays - Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary) - Life assurance Reporting to the Designated Safeguarding Lead, we are looking for a Safeguarding Officer to join our Safeguarding team. The Safeguarding Officer role will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead and a range of departments to support the RNLI through creating a safe and inclusive RNLI where all our people, particularly young people and vulnerable adults are protected from harm, abuse, and neglect. As a Safeguarding Officer, you will ensure that we deliver best practice support across all aspects of our work, and that everything we do is fully aligned with domestic and international regulatory frameworks, and sector-leading in ethos and approach. Your Role As a Safeguarding Officer for the RNLI, you will focus on the following areas: - Proactively delivering safeguarding advice and interventions to a breadth of stakeholders from Executive Team level, regional leadership teams through to volunteers. - Be an expert, operating alongside managers to ensure casework is managed effectively and efficiently. - Be competent in dealing with safeguarding concerns. - Arranging, promoting and/or delivering initiatives to embed safeguarding awareness and good practice across the institution. - Acting as a safeguarding point of contact for external bodies such as the Charities Commission and vetting services DBS, Disclosure Scotland, Garda Vetting and Access NI, attending meetings and updating on procedural changes and compliance audits as required. - Enable teams across the RNLI to work to safeguarding objectives in line with overarching strategic objectives. About You Youll be an individual with a solid background as a Safeguarding Officer with considerable experience of dealing with a range of safeguarding concerns; implementing safeguarding policies and procedures and providing appropriate guidance, advice and support. You will have experience and knowledge of statutory safeguarding processes including the handling and management of safeguarding investigations. You will be driven, with a natural competency to prioritise effectively in order to address the variety of demands this role brings. You show professional curiosity and have an ability to influence at a senior level both internally and externally. With a passion and an in-depth understanding of safeguarding, you will be able to advise, train, and support a diverse group of people and activities across our organisation. Establishing rapport and trust will be essential to be effective in this role, as well as a high level of confidentiality. This role is a hybrid role between working from our Support Centre in Poole and home, however, travel will be required throughout the UK and Ireland when dealing with case matters or supporting our teams. Please apply via the button shown, we'd love to hear from you! Safeguarding The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a persons health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process). Diversity at the RNLI Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One. ADZN1_UKTJ