Isp Group Safeguarding Manager

**Description**

**ISP Group Safeguarding Manager Role Profile**

**Purpose of Role**
The ISP Safeguarding Manager role reports to the Head of Safeguarding. The position is responsible for ensuring that effective management of Safeguarding policy and procedures is carried out within the schools in your specified area. The position will play a key supporting role to the Head of Safeguarding and the ISP Schools in your area. The role demands an ability to build strong relationships with Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) in each school, provide guidance, support and direction to create a positive Safeguarding culture throughout your area. **This role is to be based in the Americas.**

**ISP Principles**
**Begin with our children and students. **Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

**Treat everyone with care and respect. **We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

**Are financially responsible. **We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.

**Learn continuously. **Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

**ISP Group Safeguarding Manager Key Responsibilities**
**Group**
- Champion the Groups Safeguarding agenda.
- Support the Head of Safeguarding and Group Head of Operational Risk in the review on a periodic basic of the groups safeguarding policy.
- With the support of the Head of Safeguarding maintain the reporting structures that provide the senior management team with an overview of significant issues, where these are and how they are being managed to reduce the risk of serious harm to anybody in our care.
- Work with the Head of Safeguarding, Regions and Schools to identify non-compliances that allow line management to be accountable and take the necessary steps to achieve compliance

**Schools**
- Support the Head of Safeguarding to maintain an audit regime across your area of schools by carrying out Safeguarding audits in each school, that supports a school’s improvement plan and identifies significant risks both to the school and the group as a whole.
- Support the Head of Safeguarding in providing material that develop schools PHSE programs.
- Provide advice and support to Designated Safeguarding Leads, Principals and Regional Managing Directors.
- To support schools by advising on the completion of their monthly safeguarding reporting.

**Training**
- Advise and identify schools training needs, to support the Head of Safeguarding in the development of the schools training strategy and;
- Support where needed the Head of Safeguarding in the delivery of specific in-house training that allows schools to improve their safeguarding knowledge and have the training applicable to their role.
- Work with the Head of Safeguarding and school Human Resources to ensure that all relevant staff have the appropriate safer recruitment training to ensure that the schools recruitment processes are in line with recognised best practice.

**Other**
- Perform any related task that is assigned.
- To be fully effective, the role requires interaction with colleagues, partners and contractors at a variety of levels, including SLT, management, contractors and consultants.
- Adhere to the Business policies, rules and procedures including, Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, all other legislative responsibilities, governance and financial policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance to the organisation’s Code of Conduct in the delivery and provision of services to staff and the community.

**Skills, Qualifications and Experience**
- Previously worked at senior level as a Designated Safeguarding Leader in a school or equivalent in either a local authority/ government or a multi school business
- International education experience is desirable
- Fluency in English and Portuguese is essential; fluency in Spanish is desirable
- Excellent communicator
- Disciplined and focused on targets and able to work in isolation
- Be driven and able to meet realistic deadlines
- Adaptable to different cultures and situations
- Flexibility in travel, happy to spend periods away from home

**ISP Leadership Competencies**
You consistently demonstrate and role-model the ISP Leadership Competencies in all that you do.
- **Collaboration. **Takes an active part in leading their school or region; is cooperative and a genuine team player, developing positive, supportive relationships with colleagues to solve problems and maximise opportunities.
- **Learning & Getting Better. **Continually demonstrates personal commitment and passion for learning and getting better using