Safeguarding, Welfare & Compliance Manager
To provide strategic and operational oversight across Basketball England’s Integrity functions of Safeguarding, Discipline and Compliance, ensuring the organisation upholds the highest standards of integrity, welfare and participant safety and meets its statutory and regulatory obligations.
Location Remote – occasional travel to Manchester, S9 5DA
Contact Telephone 03006001170 – Email recruitment@basketballengland.co.uk – Organisation Basketball England
Overview
The role will lead a team of specialists, act as Basketball England's Lead Safeguarding Officer, and provide senior oversight of safeguarding and disciplinary matters, ensuring that safeguarding, equality, ESG and health & safety are embedded across the organisation and the sport.
Key Accountabilities
* Integrity Team Management: provide leadership, direction and support to a team of professionals across Safeguarding and Discipline and set clear priorities, manage capacity and ensure effective delegation between strategic oversight and operational delivery.
* Act as a senior subject‑matter expert, providing advice and assurance to EMC, Committees and the Board on integrity‑related matters.
* Safeguarding & Compliance: lead the management, implementation, monitoring and review of Basketball England's compliance policies and procedures, including safeguarding, equality and the management and resolution of complaints; embed safeguarding and welfare considerations across organisational decision‑making, programmes and delivery; maintain organisational oversight of compliance with relevant legislation, national guidance and funding requirements.
* Lead Safeguarding Officer Responsibilities: act as Basketball England’s Lead Safeguarding Officer, lead engagement with the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) and the Ann Craft Trust, oversee delivery of the Safeguarding Implementation Plan and Adults at Risk Plan, act as a point of escalation for safeguarding and welfare concerns, provide leadership and oversight of Basketball England’s Case Management Groups, support and oversee the team in the management of cases through to resolution, ensure appropriate statutory referrals are made and represent Basketball England at hearings, appeals and multi‑agency meetings where required.
* Discipline & Complaints Oversight: provide strategic oversight of disciplinary matters within basketball, ensure clear interfaces between safeguarding, discipline and complaints processes, support the continuous review and improvement of disciplinary and complaints frameworks.
* Policy Development & Governance: manage the lifecycle of integrity‑related policies, develop and maintain policies, guidance and templates, ensure policies are accessible and consistently applied, risk assess integrity‑related information and make recommendations to mitigate risk, contribute to organisational risk registers, audits and assurance processes, provide oversight for relevant ESG considerations, ensure appropriate oversight of Health & Safety compliance, develop and maintain reporting frameworks to provide assurance and insight to EMC, Committees, the Board and funding partners, analyse case trends and themes to inform learning, policy development and organisational improvement, work collaboratively with EDI, People and Programme teams to embed learning and strengthen culture, safety and participant experience.
Benefits
* Competitive salary and contribution to a purpose‑driven organisation within the sport sector.
* Opportunities for professional development and leadership within safeguarding and compliance.
* Remote – flexible working arrangements with occasional travel to Manchester.
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