Contract summary:
Contract length: Permanent
Working weeks: Full time, all year round
Working hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday all year round
Salary: Please contact the recruitment team for salary information.

The role: The Corporation Safeguarding Manager works with the Designated Safeguarding Leads of Corporation Schools to enable safeguarding of all children within Harrow School, John Lyon School and other schools within John Lyon’s Foundation. It is an influential position that takes lead responsibility to provide strategic direction, review safeguarding policies and procedures, provide training and produce data to ensure the harmonisation of best practice across the organisation and compliance with National Minimum Standards. As you continually refresh your expertise of legislation and build networks with safeguarding experts, you will work closely with senior managers to recommend new ways forward so that the Foundation can pride itself on its industry-leading approach to keeping pupils safe and well. The post holder will also work closely with, and support, the Director of Safeguarding at Harrow School. For more information please review the job description attached as a separate document to this advertisement.

The skills: This role will suit a candidate who relishes the opportunity to position their organisation at the forefront of safeguarding best practice. You will have extensive experience of leading on all aspects of safeguarding within an educational organisation including policy development, case management, training delivery and process implementation. Your pragmatic approach and sound judgment will enable you to recommend ways of working that are practical and workable. The experience you have of maintaining important documentation and policies with attention to detail will be very useful in this crucial aspect of the role. Your strong written and verbal communication skills, tactful, approachable manner and ability to positively influence others will enable you to build strong professional relationships throughout the Foundation at all levels of seniority and with professionals in safeguarding agencies.

The benefits include:        

• free lunch.
• free parking.
• automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme.
• use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.
• subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

The environment: Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 835 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. John Lyon’s Foundation comprises of two principal charitable entities: 

• The Corporation, which itself comprises Harrow School and John Lyon School; and 
• John Lyon’s Charity 

The Corporation is a leading charitable, independent school entity with 1,500 pupils and, together with two subsidiaries, Harrow International and Harrow School Enterprises, forms a consolidated Group with around £90 million in annual revenues. 

John Lyon’s Charity is a grant giving charity which makes grants of around £12 million a year to organisations in its beneficial area of Central and Northwest London. John Lyon’s Charity has around £400 million of assets under management. 

Applications will be processed as they are received and interviews may take place before the closing date, so early application is recommended.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community. 

Harrow School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures at all times.

 In the event of a successful application, candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to, reference checks with past employers, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (including Children’s Barred List information) and prohibition checks. No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions and cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered as “spent” under the Act) must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position at the Harrow School. Please refer to the School's Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy for more details.