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Language Log in to Profile BBC Employee Login CREATE JOB ALERT Senior Safeguarding Advisor, BBC Children in Need Job Description Job Requisition ID: 24634 Job Closing Date: 29 June 2025 JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Part-time (21 Hours)
DEPARTMENT: BBC Children in Need
LOCATION: Salford – Hybrid
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT SALARY RANGE: £38,100 - £48,100 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB Working within a BBC Charity setting, with a workforce of circa 150 EFT, the Senior Advisor will provide expert support, advice and training, on all aspects of working with children, across all areas of the Charity. The role will involve embedding a strong safeguarding culture, providing expert guidance to often complex issues, identifying, developing and delivering training and establishing systems to mitigate risk. The role mainly works independently to resolve complex queries but will seek external support where required and will build close working relationships across the BBC SSR and Child Protection and Safeguarding teams.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
At BBC Children in Need everyone is deeply aligned with the charity’s mission, creating a strong sense of purpose and unity. Our team balances the management of risk with enabling progress, empowering the rest of the organisation to move forward with confidence. Variety comes from supporting working with children across our impact, fundraising and storytelling activities.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
Is accountable for being the subject matter expert on safeguarding across the charity, providing support, guidance, information, advice and subject matter expertise, often of a specialist nature.
Raises awareness of potential safeguarding risk by proactively researching new areas of work or emerging themes alongside investigating complaints, safeguarding concerns and alleged incidents.
Work in partnership with teams across the Charity during the planning stages of productions, activities and events and advise on safeguarding including grant making, fundraising and content production and including all ‘working with children’ activities.
Leads the safeguarding network and develops and facilitates a wider network of safeguarding champions and supports them to respond to day to day queries.
Develop safeguarding policy, training, guidance, culture and practice, execute this and monitor compliance.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
Extensive safeguarding knowledge: Strong understanding of legislation, statutory guidance, codes of practice, and procedures, with the ability to advise on legal compliance and risk management.
Practical safeguarding experience: Direct involvement in managing safeguarding concerns within diverse organisations, including experience of making referrals to statutory agencies and handling sensitive information with discretion.
Leadership and culture-building: Proven ability and experience in promoting a safeguarding-first culture, influencing organisational practices, and developing and implementing effective safeguarding policies and procedures.
Training and communication skills: Experienced in designing and delivering safeguarding training for staff and volunteers, and skilled in presenting clear, professional communications to internal and external audiences.
Professional qualifications and analytical ability: Holds relevant diplomas (e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH) and memberships (e.g. CIOSH, CIEH), with strong skills in analysing complex issues and creating practical solutions.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
Redeployment The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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Find out more about the BBC Life at BBC Here you will benefit from:
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
Candidate pack You belong We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy Disability confident We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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