Safeguarding Development and Operations Officer, Leeds in Hyde Park

Job Title: Safeguarding Development and Operations Officer Salary: Commencing at 30,106 with progression to 31,916 per annumClosing Date: About the Role

Are you creative, digitally confident and passionate about making a real difference through safeguarding?

Were looking for a Safeguarding Development and Operations Officer to join our Group Safeguarding Team in an exciting and varied role where no two days will look quite the same.

This is a varied role combining safeguarding learning and development, digital content, communications, data and quality improvement. You will help us make safeguarding engaging, accessible and responsive, supporting staff and students across Luminate Education Group.

What You Will Do

• Deliver engagingsafeguarding training,briefings and workshops, including sensitive andcomplex topics.

• Design, develop and evaluate safeguarding learning, e-learning, digital resources and awarenesscampaigns.

• Monitor training compliance, analyse data and feedback, and use insights to inform learningand safeguarding priorities.

• Support safeguarding qualityassurance, audits, actionplans, reporting andprojects across curriculumteams and externalpartners.

• Contribute to Higher Education safeguarding activity and use digital and approved AI tools to improve accessibility, efficiency and creativity while maintaining confidentiality and data protection.

About You

• Confident delivering training, workshops and presentations, with the ability to adapt your approach for sensitive or complex topics.
• Highly organised, detail-focused and able to manage competing priorities and detailed information accurately.
• Confident using digital systems and technology, with the ability to learn new tools and processes quickly.
• Curious, adaptable and creative, with a strong interest in finding engaging ways to communicate information.
• Collaborative, professional and committed to creating safe, inclusive environments for children, young people and adults.
• English and Maths at Level 2

For full details, please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description.

Benefits

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to peoples lives through genuinely transformative education and training.We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and youll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.SAFEGUARDING At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIES We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.