Safeguarding Training Officer

DIOCESE OF OXFORD; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A community organization is seeking a Safeguarding Training and Policy Adviser to lead safeguarding learning initiatives. This maternity cover role involves engagement with diverse stakeholders and ensuring compliance with safeguarding standards. The ideal candidate will have robust training and organizational skills, alongside a commitment to making a difference. This position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including a workplace pension and training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous employer pension contribution

Access to wellbeing support

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Annual holiday entitlement starting at 25 days

Free parking and subsidized on-site café

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading and delivering effective training programmes.
• Ability to engage and inspire diverse audiences.
• Experience of working with multi-professional agencies.
• Capability to analyze complex safeguarding issues.
• Excellent organizational skills to plan and evaluate training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of safeguarding learning across the Diocese.
• Support clergy and volunteers to meet safeguarding requirements.
• Maintain relationships with safeguarding networks.
• Ensure training materials are up to date with legislation.

Skills

Experienced trainer

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

Safeguarding Training and Policy Adviser (Maternity Cover)

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation that makes a difference

A rare opportunity has arisen to join a dedicated and vibrant safeguarding team working with the Diocese. We are looking to recruit a maternity cover post to play a key role in the delivery of safeguarding learning across the Diocese, ensuring that our communities are supported to become safer and maintain the highest standards of protection for all.

The Role

Position: Safeguarding Training and Policy Adviser

Location: Kidlington, Oxford/Hybrid with travel across the Diocese and to national venues

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £45,378 per annum

Contract: 1 Year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)

Closing Date: Sunday 19th October 2025 at midnight

Interview Date: Thursday 30th October 2025, Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, Kidlington, Oxford. OX5 1GF

In this role, you will lead on the delivery of the safeguarding learning pathways across the Diocese, in line with Church of England policies and procedures. You will support clergy, lay leaders, staff, and volunteers to meet safeguarding requirements and embed best practice across the organisation.

You will also support the Head of Safeguarding in providing advice on safeguarding learning policies, maintain strong relationships with local and national safeguarding networks, and ensure training materials remain up to date with legislation, policy changes, and emerging best practice.

This is a varied and rewarding role with the opportunity to influence culture change across the Diocese, delivering high-quality safeguarding training to over 1,400 participants each year and supporting a network of volunteer trainers.

About You

We are looking for a confident and experienced trainer with a passion for safeguarding and learning.

You will have:

• Proven experience in leading and delivering effective training programmes.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and inspire diverse audiences.
• Experience of working with multi-professional agencies and the ability to analyse complex safeguarding issues.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan, monitor, and evaluate training provision.

You will also need to be able to travel independently across the Diocese and work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends.

You do not need to be a practising Christian to work with us around half of our staff are not but all our colleagues are comfortable with the Christian ethos that underpins our work and share a desire to make a difference.

Benefits and Rewards

• Competitive salary
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5% into the auto-enrolment pension scheme, which includes a death-in-service benefit (5% employee contribution)
• Re-accreditation as a Living Wage employer
• Annual holiday entitlement starting at 25 days, excluding public holidays, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days, pro-rata for part-time employees
• In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days to all employees, namely Maundy Thursday, Ascension Day, and Christmas Eve (or the closest working day, where this falls on a weekend)
• Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous occupational sick pay provision
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• EV charging points on site
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with Octopus Electric Dreams
• Cycle to Work scheme with Green Commute Initiative
• Contributions towards eye examinations and prescriptive lenses
• Access to low-interest-rate financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union
• An attractive modern working environment
• And a chance to work with fantastic colleagues

The successful candidate must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom and will require an enhanced DBS check.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates from underrepresented communities within the Diocese.

You may have experience in roles such as Trainer, Training and Development Adviser, Safeguarding Lead, Safeguarding Adviser, Training Manager, Learning and Development Specialist, or Policy Adviser.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.