Location: | Bristol |
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Salary: | £51,039 to £57,422 p.a : Grade Hb |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 6th May 2025 |
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Closes: | 19th May 2025 |
Job Ref: | R08333 |
About this role
Working with stakeholders across the University and partner agencies, this is an established role that leads to the continuous development of Safeguarding policy, practice and provision within UWE Bristol. Located within Student Access and Enabling Services, and working closely with the Dean for Students, the post ensures proportionate and effective intervention as close as possible to the point of difficulty to prevent and reduce the potential for harm.
In addition to statutory duties for Safeguarding and Prevent, the role has key responsibilities in respect of the University’s activity for anti-sexual violence, harm reduction for substance use, the NHS Student Liaison Service and the University Risk Assessment Panel. The role maintains safeguarding overview of a complex environment in which statutory, regulatory and institutional requirements combine.
About you
You will be an experienced and confident safeguarding professional who enjoys a fast paced and varied workload. You will be able to demonstrate exemplary practice through which you will gain credibility with a highly knowledgeable, experienced and committed peer group and stakeholders. Your ability to design and translate policy into effective practice will be matched by your ability to work with and through others.
You will be an active listener, an engaged and supportive team member, and a confident chairperson and decision maker. You will be an influential leader within an inclusive, ambitious and collaborative professional community.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Simon Phillips, Deputy Director Student and Campus Life on 0117 328 4321or email: Simon2.Phillips@uwe.ac.uk
This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.
This post is not available on a job share basis.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, this role is therefore campus based for at least 60 percent of your time, with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.
We may be able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please read our Skilled Worker Guidance to assess if you will be eligible.
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
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