Head of safeguarding, safety and wellbeing

We're looking for a Head of Safeguarding, Safety and Wellbeing to lead the delivery of an excellent guiding experience across the UK. This person will lead our work to ensure that Girlguiding operates safely at all levels, working in partnership and collaboration with volunteers and staff to ensure that girls and members are safe.  

A vital member of the Membership Services directorate and the Senior Leadership Team, the successful candidate will demonstrate excellent knowledge of safeguarding activity health and safety, complaints and wellbeing, that are delivered across the UK to over 300,000 girls. 

You'll be an effective collaborator and influencer, familiar with working across a large devolved network. You'll have a successful track record of developing and implementing safeguarding and activity health & safety strategy, policies and procedures, working in partnership with volunteers.  You'll have strong motivational leadership and be confident driving change, in this fast-paced, varied and rewarding role, that is making an impact to girls skills and confidence. 

About Girlguiding

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

We’ve begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We’re on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Girlguiding operates a hybrid working arrangement where office based staff are required to attend the office on average two days a week, or 40% of working time across the year. Location allowance is payable to those who work in accordance with out hybrid working model. We’re committed though to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.