Safeguarding Officer (Central Safeguarding Team)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Safeguarding Officer to join the Trust’s safeguarding team, working alongside a dedicated and supportive group of staff to ensure the safety and well-being of all students.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all safeguarding and child protection matters within the Trust’s schools, predominantly focusing on Primary schools but also supporting Secondary as needed. They will play a key role in assisting staff with addressing any child protection concerns that arise.

North Star Trust Academy, proudly recognized as MAT of the Year at the prestigious MAT Excellence Awards, offers much more than just a job. Join our vibrant community, where we are committed to the wellbeing, personal growth, and education of our children.

North Star Community Trust is a Charitable Trust set up to run and manage three Primary and one Secondary Academy serving approximately 2600 children. We are focused on driving up the quality of education provision and standards. We share a clear vision for improving our children’s life chances through providing equality of opportunity, an engaging and purposeful curriculum and high-quality teaching and learning.

Working within North Star Community Trust is a positive experience and brings many benefits including:     

• CPD and opportunities across the Trust 
• Health Shield membership (employee assistant programme supporting with wellbeing and offers many attractive discounts) 
• free onsite car parking for staff 
• a subsidised canteen for lunches 
•  a generous pensions scheme through the LGPS 
• Cycle scheme (after completing the probation period).

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with KCSIE updates, an online search will be conducted as part of our due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates.

Please submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

NSCT is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.