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Designated Safeguarding Lead, Birmingham Adult Education Service

Acting Up or Secondment Opportunity

Grade D - £45,091 - £53,460 pro rata

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme

Working 0.6, 21.9 hours per week.

Duration: Fixed term 1^st September 2026 until 31^st March 2027.

A rare development opportunity has arisen to Act Up¹ or be Seconded² to the role of BAES Designated Safeguarding Lead while the permanent post is recruited to. This is a good opportunity for staff with significant experience as a Designated Safeguarding Officer in an educational setting to gain experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead.

The key duties of the role are:-

Serve as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, promoting a positive safeguarding culture across the organisation
Participate in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings with authorities and the police
Manage safeguarding incidents effectively while advising and supporting staff on welfare matters
Develop, implement and oversee safeguarding policies and strategies to ensure organisational compliance and effectiveness
Supervise and train Designated Safeguarding Officers

See the Job Description and Person Spec attached.

The successful candidate will have:

An appropriate degree or equivalent qualification in a subject relevant to the area
English and Maths GCSEs 9-4/A*-C or equivalent.
Significant experience of being a Designated Safeguarding Officer in an educational environment and dealing successfully with a range of safeguarding cases
Relevant management and supervision experience
Experience of using and running reports from MyConcern
Experience of working to deadlines and targets
Experience of organising projects or education schemes
Good written and oral communication skills
Strong IT skills
Ability to make good relationships with adult learners from a range of backgrounds
Ability to synthesise information and experience to create robust policies and procedures
Experience of writing and presenting reports
Strong track record of personal safeguarding training
Good understanding of Prevent and other key safeguarding issues in Birmingham

For informal enquiries, please contact Helen.Ennis@birmingham.gov.uk.

¹Acting up – someone from a lower grade taking on a role at a grade above for a period from one to twelve months, with the chance to return to their previous role afterwards.

²Secondment – someone taking on a different role at the same grade for up to twelve months in order to broaden their experience, with the chance to return to their previous role afterwards.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk>

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Job Description and Person Specification