Global Safeguarding Lead – 2-Year Contract

British Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

British Council is seeking an Erasmus+ Safeguarding Lead to oversee safeguarding across the programme, ensuring the Council’s framework aligns with DfE, EC, and UK law. You will advise, escalate, and support capacity building for staff and participants, across multiple jurisdictions.

The role requires deep safeguarding expertise, strong collaboration with international partners, and experience delivering training and policy updates within higher education or mobility contexts.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work or a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Level 3 or higher in Safeguarding or equivalent.
• DSL or DSO Designated Safeguarding Officer Training.

Responsibilities

• Leading safeguarding policies, procedures, guidance, and resources for programme staff and participating organisations.
• Providing expert safeguarding advice and guidance and overseeing appropriate escalation of safeguarding concerns.
• Designing and delivering safeguarding training, awareness initiatives, and capacity-building activities.
• Ensuring compliance with UK safeguarding legislation, Department for Education (DfE) and European Commission (EC) guidance, British Council safeguarding policy, and changes in safeguarding best practice.
• Leading safeguarding quality assurance activities, including risk assessments for British Council hosted activities and events and assessments of participating institutions' safeguarding capacity.
• Embedding safeguarding into service design throughout the lifecycle of the programme.
• Leading on safeguarding case management and referrals.
• Working closely with the British Council Global Safeguarding Service, following internal reporting channels and safeguarding frameworks, processes and procedures.
• Maintaining clear safeguarding reporting and escalation pathways across the programme.
• Developing and implementing safeguarding risk mitigation strategies across different cultural and legal contexts.
• Using feedback and incidents to improve safeguarding systems and training.

Skills

Safeguarding legislation

Case management

Stakeholder influence

Confidentiality

Policy documents

Safeguarding training

Do no harm

Risk assessment

International operations

Higher education safeguarding

International mobility risk

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Social Work

Job description

British Council is seeking an Erasmus+ Safeguarding Lead to oversee safeguarding across the programme, ensuring the Council’s framework aligns with DfE, EC, and UK law. You will advise, escalate, and support capacity building for staff and participants, across multiple jurisdictions.

The role requires deep safeguarding expertise, strong collaboration with international partners, and experience delivering training and policy updates within higher education or mobility contexts.