There's something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

A place to make a difference

In this full-time, permanent role, you'll work as a part of our Group Operations and Risk team based in any capital city in Australia* to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. As Head of Safeguarding, whether it is leading and driving SCA's child and adult safeguarding standards across the organisation, or supporting the implementation of procedures, policies and strategies to ensure we do no harm to children, young people or adults at risk, you'll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.

You will make a difference by:

• Review and strengthen safeguarding frameworks
  • Build capability in safeguarding across the organisation, including regular delivery of training
• Mature safeguarding practices and embed continuous improvement activities
• Safeguarding Incident Management, including management and oversight of investigations
• Internal and External stakeholder management
• Regular insight reporting to SCA Board, Executive, and Senior Management team
• Line manage and supervise the Senior Safeguarding Advisor:
  • Senior leader of Group Risk and Operations team, including management responsibilities in the absence of Head of Group Risk and Operations

A place to feel valued

Your deep expertise as a safeguarding leader is invaluable. Bringing your best every day, means that you will already possess:

• Strong leadership and people management skills, together with a relevant tertiary qualification in Human Services (Social Work, Psychology, Law etc)
• Deep understanding of safeguarding principles and approaches, and a proven ability to implement and mature safeguarding across challenging environments.
• Excellent communication abilities, as well as significant experience as a facilitator and leader, to be able to clearly and confidently articulate, communicate on and deliver the SCA safeguarding strategy.
• Ability to operate at a senior management level and transition seamlessly between strategic safeguarding risk management and day-to-day operational response.
• Strong negotiating skills to engage and influence all levels of staff.

A place to belong

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We've established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Committee).
• A base salary of up to $150k + Super + full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Position Description - Head of Safeguarding

For more information about this position, please contact Alex Hayes on [email protected] or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

*We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as full-time permanent, but if you're looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we're providing you a personalised career.
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected]. We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [email protected] for further support.