Safeguarding Officer - South Coastline

Overview

Salary: £38,000 to £42,000 (dependent on experience)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-Time

Location description: Homebased with travel within the region (South Coastline from Penzance towards the Thames)

Closing Date: 06-05-2026

Reference: 21494

About us

We are an inclusive and values-driven organisation made up of staff and volunteers, all with a simple purpose, to save lives at sea. We do this without prejudice. We respect and value diversity and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service, which we have been doing for nearly 200 years.

We’re looking for a Safeguarding Officer (South Coastline) to join our Safeguarding Team. The Safeguarding Team helps to create a safe and inclusive RNLI for all our people and the communities we come into contact with. The Safeguarding Officer will play an integral role in creating a sustainable and future-proof safeguarding function.

This role is homebased requiring regular travel within the region - South Coastline from Penzance towards the Thames - as well as travel across the UK when required.

About You

You’ll be someone with a proven ability to set and deliver on strategic Safeguarding direction, an active listener and strong communicator who is able to create and deliver powerful written and verbal communication to a variety of audiences. You will need:

• Experience of challenging and influencing organisational culture and behaviour
• In-depth knowledge and a genuine interest and commitment to the Safeguarding agenda
• Experience of conducting safeguarding investigations
• Experience of delivering training and education
• Proven success at getting results from working collaboratively across all levels
• Experience of externally networking and creating benefits from bringing in best practice.
• Effective at using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and SharePoint.
• Valid Driving Licence

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Responsibilities

• As a Safeguarding Officer, you will deliver safeguarding activities, support with the implementation of policy and guidance, and act as the lead practitioner in the management of safeguarding disclosures.
• Act as the safeguarding lead practitioner across the geographical patch, providing high-quality, practical safeguarding advice, oversight, guidance and support, escalating to the Designated Safeguarding Lead where appropriate.
• Coordinate and lead the assessment of all safeguarding allegations in line with the RNLI’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, providing quality Safeguarding oversight, guidance and support.
• Undertake delegated safeguarding investigations that meet a safeguarding threshold across the geographical patch and where required across other parts of the UK and Ireland. Support other Safeguarding Officers with investigations when requested.
• Manage complex and sensitive safeguarding cases. Update and maintain the regional Single Central Record, ensuring compliance. Manage and maintain all assigned cases in the Safeguarding Case Management system.
• Operate within the legal, statutory and regulatory frameworks and report matters to external agencies within set timescales, such as LADO teams.
• Manage the criminal vetting check positive disclosure process for the geographical patch, escalating where necessary to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Act as an enabler in the delivery of positive activities for children, young people and adults engaged with or come into contact with the RNLI.

Qualifications

• Experience of challenging and influencing organisational culture and behaviour
• In-depth knowledge and a genuine interest and commitment to the Safeguarding agenda
• Experience of conducting safeguarding investigations
• Experience of delivering training and education
• Proven success at getting results from working collaboratively across all levels
• Experience of externally networking and creating benefits from bringing in best practice
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and SharePoint
• Valid Driving Licence

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding, protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable) and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.

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