Safeguarding Auditor

NSPCC; England; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 58.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NSPCC is seeking an experienced safeguarding professional to join our Sport team. You will support audits and assessments across various sporting environments, gathering evidence from policies, records and stakeholders to inform balanced findings.

You will conduct interviews, site visits and discussions to understand safeguarding practice, then draft clear reports and share feedback with organisations in a constructive manner. Travel across England and Wales is involved.

Formación

• Significant experience of safeguarding and child protection practice.
• Experience reviewing, assessing, quality assuring, auditing, inspecting or evaluating safeguarding practice.
• The ability to gather, analyse and interpret information from a range of sources.
• Strong written communication skills with experience producing clear reports or assessments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build positive stakeholder relationships.
• Good professional judgement and the confidence to question evidence.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage priorities.

Responsabilidades

• Support safeguarding audits and assessments across sports organisations and environments.
• Gather and review evidence from policies, procedures, records and stakeholder discussions.
• Conduct interviews, meetings and site visits to understand safeguarding practice and culture.
• Analyse information and contribute to balanced, evidence-based findings.
• Draft clear reports and summaries reflecting audit evidence and outcomes.
• Share feedback with organisations in a constructive and professional manner.
• Collaborate with Senior Auditors to ensure consistent audit delivery and quality assurance.
• Contribute to learning and development of safeguarding practice across sport.

Conocimientos

Safeguarding

Auditing

Data analysis

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Professional judgement

Organisation

Descripción del empleo

At the NSPCC, we are committed to preventing child abuse and ensuring every child can grow up safe and supported.

As part of the NSPCC Sport team, you'll help strengthen safeguarding standards across sport by contributing to a range of safeguarding audit and assurance programmes. Working alongside experienced Senior Auditors, you will support audits and assessments across a variety of sporting environments, helping organisations understand what's working well, where improvements are needed, and how they can create safer experiences for children and young people.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced safeguarding professional who enjoys analysing information, engaging with people, and understanding how safeguarding works in practice. You'll work across a range of settings and organisations, contributing to meaningful improvements that help keep children safe in and through sport.

What You’ll Do

• Support the delivery of safeguarding audits and assessments across a range of sports organisations and environments.
• Gather and review evidence from a variety of sources, including policies, procedures, records and stakeholder discussions.
• Conduct interviews, meetings and site visits to understand safeguarding practice and culture.
• Analyse information and contribute to balanced, evidence-based findings.
• Draft clear reports and summaries that accurately reflect audit evidence and outcomes.
• Share feedback with organisations in a constructive and professional manner.
• Work closely with Senior Auditors and colleagues to ensure a consistent approach to audit delivery and quality assurance.
• Contribute to wider learning, continuous improvement and the development of safeguarding practice across sport.

About You

We’re looking for someone with a strong safeguarding background who is curious, analytical and committed to helping organisations improve outcomes for children and young people.

You Will Have

• Significant experience of safeguarding and child protection practice.
• Experience of reviewing, assessing, quality assuring, auditing, inspecting or evaluating safeguarding practice.
• The ability to gather, analyse and interpret information from a range of sources.
• Strong written communication skills, with experience producing clear and accurate reports or assessments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Sound professional judgement and the confidence to ask questions, explore evidence and contribute to professional discussions.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Experience of safeguarding within sport would be advantageous, but we welcome applications from candidates who have developed safeguarding expertise in other sectors and can demonstrate how their experience would transfer to this role.

Why join us?

This role offers a unique opportunity to develop specialist safeguarding audit and assurance experience within a nationally recognised safeguarding organisation.

You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues on significant safeguarding programmes, gain insight into a diverse range of organisations and settings, and play an important role in helping to improve safeguarding practice across sport.

Additional Information

This role involves regular travel, including overnight stays, across England and Wales to undertake on-site audits and assessments.