Senior Child Rights and Safety Manager (London)

Help build on and maintain the LEGO Group’s status as a trusted leader in children’s rights. This role will be instrumental in supporting the LEGO Group’s strategic commitments towards Children’s Rights and Business Principles. No relocation assistance is offered for this position.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance and implementation of the LEGO Group Child Safeguarding Policy and corresponding processes in line with local and global best practice and legislation.
• Ensure child safeguarding practices are embedded across the business and in all events and projects.
• Provide subject matter expertise across the business on child safeguarding.
• Conduct child safeguarding risk assessments and reviews alongside the business to proactively identify and mitigate child safeguarding risks.
• Develop and deliver child safeguarding training, including addressing the specific risks and needs associated with different areas of the business.
• Investigate and respond to child safeguarding incidents, ensuring timely and appropriate action is taken.
• Build and maintain relationships with key child rights organisations and partners to share best practice and advocate for children’s rights.
• Provide input into the implementation of our child engagement policy.
• Support teams across the business to engage children in their work and provide supporting evidence and expertise of the benefits of engaging with children.

Do you have what it takes?

• Strong subject matter expertise and track record of working within child safeguarding, incident management, due diligence, child development, and children’s rights for a global brand or organization.
• In-depth experience within the child safeguarding sphere completing safeguarding assessments, event risk assessments, creating and delivering training, and managing safeguarding incident response.
• Knowledge and experience in relation to child engagement, participation or inclusion for business or other organizations.
• Independent solution seeker with can do and pragmatic attitude.
• Ability to work well under pressure and where required make decisions quickly.
• Self-starter, result oriented and experienced project manager.
• A team player with a strategic mindset.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English is a requirement.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you’re interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace - When you join the team you’ll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (e.g. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team. The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights. Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO team today.