Senior Safeguarding Lead Location: Campus closest to home location, with travel to all sites Salary: £34,003 per annum (Professional Services Grade 8) Job Type: Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Closing Date: 11th September 2025 Wiltshire College & University Centre have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Safeguarding Lead to join our team. About Us: Wiltshire College & University Centre plays a vital role in Wiltshires economy, inspiring people to develop the skills they need to achieve. Our four main campuses are learning hubs in their communities, and we aspire to be an outstanding, and agile provider, achieving our clear social mission on behalf of learners and employers across Wiltshire and beyond. Our campuses deliver a diversity of facilities from the country estate and farm of our Lackham campus to new hi-tech digital and state of the art facilities at our Trowbridge, Salisbury and Chippenham sites. We have invested £65 million in our estate over the past 10 years. Our turnover is £45 million per annum and growing, we employ some 650 staff, and support around 11,500students. Senior Safeguarding Lead - The Role: We are seeking a dynamic and experienced safeguarding professional to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping safeguarding provision across Wiltshire College & University Centre. Reporting to the Director of Safeguarding and Student Services, you will be responsible for the effective leadership and management of our Campus Safeguarding Leads and Student Mentor for Looked After Children, ensuring an outstanding and robust safeguarding service for all students. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong leadership skills, excellent safeguarding knowledge, and a passion for student welfare to make a significant impact across our multi-campus college. Senior Safeguarding Lead - Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage the team of Campus Safeguarding Leads and associated staff, ensuring consistency, best practice, and high-quality safeguarding support across the college. Provide professional safeguarding advice and support to staff and students, including Higher Education and Apprenticeship cohorts. Oversee safeguarding referrals and liaise effectively with external agencies including local authority childrens services, Prevent/Counter-Terrorism units, and the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO). Ensure safeguarding policies, procedures, and practices are compliant with statutory guidance and are regularly reviewed, updated, and embedded across the college. Deliver training, guidance, and awareness-raising sessions for staff to promote a strong safeguarding culture. Lead wellbeing activities in collaboration with Wellbeing Advisors to foster a supportive student community. Support equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives, ensuring that students are empowered to achieve regardless of their protected characteristics. Monitor safeguarding cases, ensure accurate record-keeping, and provide reports to the Director of Student Services and Safeguarding and the Senior Leadership Team. Contribute to the colleges quality improvement processes and ensure readiness for external inspection (e.g., Ofsted). Build strong external relationships with local authorities, schools, higher education providers, and community partners. Senior Safeguarding Lead - You: You will be a highly motivated safeguarding practitioner with proven experience in managing safeguarding services and leading a team. You will have excellent knowledge of safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance, including Prevent, and be confident in working with external agencies and partners. Strong communication skills, the ability to manage complex caseloads, and a reflective, student-centred approach are essential. Senior Safeguarding Lead - Benefits: - Competitive salary - 30 days annual leave for Professional Service Staff plus bank holidays and additional closure days over the Christmas period - Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme - Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - Discounts with a wide variety of retailers - Free onsite car parking Senior Safeguarding Lead Application Process: Wiltshire College & University Centre follows Safer Recruitment Guidance outlined by the Department for Education in Keeping Children Safe in Education. This involves conducting enhanced DBS checks, including checks against the childrens barred list, and other employment verifications, including an online presence review for shortlisted candidates. We embrace diversity, recognising the valuable perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and cultures individuals from different backgrounds bring. Committed to safeguarding, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As a Disability Confident Employer, we pledge to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and assess them based on their abilities. To submit your application for this exciting Senior Safeguarding Lead opportunity, please click Apply now. PLEASE NOTE: Your Application Form will be shortlisted against how your skills, qualifications and experience match the Essential and Desirable points on the Person Specification for this role, locatedat the bottom of this pageas a downloadable document. Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received; therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.