Bradford Cathedral is seeking to appoint a Cathedral Safeguarding Officer to champion safeguarding across all aspects of the life and work of our community – promoting safeguarding culture, ensuring adherence to legislation and policy, monitoring risk, and actively managing safeguarding concerns and cases. Our commitment is to place safeguarding at the heart of everything that we do, as an expression of our Christian faith and mission which we live out through a rich and diverse ministry that includes worship, music, education and the arts. The Cathedral Safeguarding Officer is a new role, and will make a real difference in helping to ensure that everyone who engages with us – children, young people and vulnerable adults – can feel safe and flourish. You will join us at an important and exciting time. Extensive work has been done over the past 18 months to strengthen our safeguarding governance and implement new systems and processes to support operational safeguarding. At the same time, we are currently in the midst of Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture, which is providing lots of opportunities for our ministry to develop in new ways as we continue to deliver our Vision & Strategy. Offer of this position will be subject to the completion of an ‘Enhanced with barred lists’ DBS disclosure. Bradford Cathedral is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all vulnerable people. This commitment is shared by our staff and volunteers. Application Deadline: Monday 7th July Interview Date: Friday 18th July