Safeguarding Lead

Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office.

Contract Type: Full time, permanent OR Part Time.

At Tes we are on a mission to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by delivering EdTech solutions that give educators the tools to succeed. From safeguarding and compliance to staff and pupil management, our innovative and flexible software and services help teachers and school leaders worldwide to provide the best education to millions of children.

Role overview:

The Safeguarding Lead is the expert in residence for Tes on all safeguarding matters that impact schools. The role leads on safeguarding training content, ensuring the creation and maintenance of high-quality, compliant and engaging safeguarding courses that enable schools not just to meet their responsibilities, but to create embedded safeguarding cultures. The role is able to commission, edit and evaluate safeguarding content and has an in-depth knowledge of safeguarding in practice. The Safeguarding Lead also provides insight, expertise and thought leadership externally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide authoritative safeguarding expertise across the organisation, advising teams on policy implications, risk, sector expectations, and best practice.
• Represent Tes at sector events, panels, conferences, and external stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain deep, current knowledge of KCSIE, Working Together, Ofsted frameworks, and international equivalents.
• Identify emerging safeguarding issues, legislative changes, and sector trends, translating them into actionable insight for Tes.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external safeguarding experts, organisations and partners whose insight can strengthen the accuracy, relevance and credibility of Tes’s safeguarding content.
• Create high-quality and strategic thought leadership content.
• Maintain the network and sector relationships to ensure content commissioning is timely and aligned with policy and sector developments and need.
• Accurate commissioning aligned with Tes Teaching and Professional Learning Framework standards and Tes commercial objectives.
• Editing copy to high-quality standards, with key stakeholders as part of the process and ensure all content aligns with Tes Teaching and Professional Learning Framework standards and Tes commercial objectives.
• Maintaining existing content so it remains compliant, up to date and commercially aligned.

What will you need to succeed?

Experience:

• Extensive and recent experience in safeguarding or child protection within education, social care, or related fields.
• Experience commissioning or producing safeguarding content, training, or guidance.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and representing an organisation externally.

Knowledge:

• In depth understanding of KCSIE, Working Together, Ofsted expectations, and wider UK safeguarding law.
• A strong understanding of safeguarding issues, online harm, and risk management.
• Aware of accessibility standards, inclusive education practices, best practices for delivering learning.

Skills:

• Excellent written communication skills; able to create, adapt, and quality assure safeguarding content for multiple audiences.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret risk, data, and policy implications.
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to work sensitively on complex safeguarding matters.
• Confident presenting, speaking and contributing at events, panels, and public forums.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• DSL training level 3 (required or willingness to complete).
• A teaching qualification (QTS), social work qualification, or equivalent safeguarding related professional qualification (strongly preferred).

What do you get in return?

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30.
• State of the art offices.
• Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World.
• Free eye care cover.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• EAP (Employee assistance programme).
• Quarterly Tes Socials.
• Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu.

Who are Tes?

Tes is a global Edtech leader, on a mission to empower schools and educators to deliver impactful, inspiring learning experiences worldwide. We understand the unique challenges faced by schools, and our ecosystem is specifically designed to address these needs head-on.

Join the hundreds of schools already benefiting from the Tes ecosystem. Together, we empower educators to achieve more, ensuring every student thrives in a supportive, well-managed learning environment.