Safeguarding Operations Manager

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What you’ll be doing

Join the House of Commons as our Safeguarding Operations Manager where you will play a pivotal role in protecting children and adults at risk across UK Parliament.

At the heart of the bicameral Safeguarding Team, you will lead the day-to-day management of complex safeguarding casework, working closely with statutory partners and providing expert advice and professional judgement.

You will also drive the development of Parliament’s Safeguarding Practitioner Network, deliver training, and lead key projects to embed consistent, high-quality safeguarding standards across both Houses and Joint Departments. Working alongside senior leaders and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will help shape a forward-thinking safeguarding service and make a meaningful, lasting impact.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and strengthen safeguarding practice within one of the UK’s most high-profile and distinctive workplaces, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of everyone who comes into contact with Parliament.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 40% of your time in the office.

Find out more about working at the House of Commons.

Why Join us?

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

What we’re looking for

• A minimum of a Level 3 Safeguarding Qualification or equivalent;
• Evidence of maintaining professional knowledge of safeguarding through continuous professional development;
• Experience of project management and the ability to allocate work to others and oversee delivery;
• Experience of leading, developing, and training a network of practitioners or first points of contact and experience of working effectively as part of a small specialist team and collaboratively across organisational boundaries;
• Experience of acting as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead or equivalent senior safeguarding practitioner;
• Good influencing and stakeholder management skills and strong written and oral communication skills.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and provide evidence against criteria 1 – 3 in the Job Description. Please note that your answers for each criterion must not exceed 250 words.

More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament

Information Session

We are hosting an information session for this role. This is on the Wednesday 11th November at 12pm. Please join using the following link: Information Session

Additional Information

Please be advised that shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an initial screening call. Following this stage, only candidates who are successful in the screening process will be invited to a formal interview. Selection for a screening call does not guarantee progression to the interview stage.

The formal interviews will be held in person on the following dates:

• Wednesday 2nd December 2026
• Thursday 3rd December 2026

Please ensure that you anonymise your application by removing any identifiable factors from your CV or Supporting Statement.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.

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