HR and Safeguarding Officer. Job in United Kingdom Education & Training Jobs

Action Tutoring; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational charity in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated HR professional to support safeguarding and recruitment matters within the Finance, HR, and Operations Department. The position involves managing safer recruitment records, processing DBS checks, and supporting the hiring process for volunteers and staff. The role offers a full-time fixed-term contract with a hybrid working model and a commitment to safeguarding children's welfare.

Qualifications

• Experience in safer recruitment practice and related guidelines.
• Experience in HR administration.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safer recruitment records for staff and volunteers are up to date.
• Conduct initial triage of safeguarding concerns.
• Support recruitment processes and ensure quality hiring experiences.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong IT skills (ideally knowledge of G-suite)

Ability to work with and communicate effectively with people from all backgrounds

Highly organised with the ability to manage competing deadlines

Strong attention to detail

Trustworthy with strong integrity

Ability to take initiative and work independently

Committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion

Job description

About the opportunity

This role plays a key part in supporting the wider Action Tutoring team with HR and Safeguarding matters and sits within the Finance, HR and Operations Department, reporting to the Head of People and Culture.

Closing date: Sunday, 23rd November 2025

Interviews: Thursday, 4th December 2025

Start date: Ideally as soon as possible

Place of work: This role is within the Action Tutoring Operations team. We operate a hybrid working model where staff based in London will be required to work from our London office for a mandatory minimum of one day per week. We are open to considering candidates who wish to work remotely from elsewhere in England. Our London office is located at: 8-10, Fivefields, Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH.

Contract and hours: Fixed term contract until 21st August 2026. Full time. We offer flexible hours with 9.30-4 as core hours. A full working week is 37.5 hours.

Duties and responsibilities

Safer recruitment for staff and volunteer tutors

• Responsible for ensuring staff and volunteer tutor safer recruitment records and related checks are up date and complete.
• Collecting references and ensuring they meet our standard requirements.
• Conducting ID calls for volunteer tutor DBS checks.
• Processing DBS checks and DBS update service checks.

Safeguarding

• Undertaking an initial triage of safeguarding concerns and incidents raised by members of the team and referring to senior staff as necessary.
• Maintaining and overseeing the tutor safeguarding refresher training using a dashboard
• Compiling safeguarding data into termly reports for the team and board.

HR

• Supporting the Head of People and Culture with recruitment processes. This will include preparing paperwork relating to the selection process and offers of employment and following up with applicants and the hiring manager to ensure both sides have a quality hiring experience.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found in the job description attached to the BreatheHR advert.

Person specification

Qualifications criteria

• Experience in safer recruitment practice and working within relevant procedures and guidelines.
• Experience in HR administration.
• Right to work in the UK.

Attributes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong IT skills (ideally knowledge of G-suite).
• Ability to work with and communicate effectively with people from all backgrounds and cultures.
• Able to manage a busy and varied workload, highly-organised and able to work well under pressure and to manage competing deadlines.
• Able to take initiative and work independently.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Trustworthy, with strong integrity.
• Committed to ensuring young people from all backgrounds reach a meaningful level of academic attainment.
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children.