Salary Range: KS H (£39,355 – £44,900)
We are seeking a reliable, enthusiastic, and proactive Safeguarding Manager to join our Trust team from September 2025. This is a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all students and staff, and a continuing culture of vigilance and care throughout the organisation.
The Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership (KCSP), a multi-academy trust (MAT) established by the Archdiocese of Southwark for Catholic education across Kent. Currently a MAT comprising 30 schools (25 primary and 5 secondary), KCSP is seeking to appoint a Safeguarding Manager who can continue the excellent work already taking place within the organisation in providing effective operational support for safeguarding across the Trust’s family of schools, working directly for the Trust’s CEO.
The successful candidate will collaborate with colleagues from all Trust schools and other relevant professionals, within and beyond KCSP, to secure the best outcomes for students, children, and young people, whilst promoting a culture and awareness of excellent safeguarding practice which is consistent across the Trust and its schools.
The Safeguarding Manager will promote a positive ethos and a strong safeguarding culture by managing, maintaining and further developing the safeguarding strategy for the Trust.
The Safeguarding Manager will co-ordinate safeguarding training, deliver termly Trust DSL & Deputy DSL meetings (face-to-face and remote), support the Executive Trust Team and Area School Improvement Partners (ASIPs) with the planning and delivery of annual safeguarding checks for each school, create relevant safeguarding templates, co-ordinate Trust schools’ safeguarding reports for the Trust Board and provide updates for the Trust Directorate, update safeguarding-related KCSP website pages, and create and maintain a safeguarding repository of Trust-approved safeguarding materials.
The role will include managing safeguarding business systems including CPOMS, CPOMS Staff Safe & Filtering and monitoring, taking responsibility for development, user support, collating relevant data and reporting at various levels.
The successful candidate will act as the first point of contact for all internal and external operational safeguarding queries with statutory safeguarding advice and guidance continuing to be provided via the LADO and the ‘Front Door’. The role will also provide full safeguarding administrative support to the Trust CEO.
This role predominately will be based at the Trust’s Head Office, located in Teston, Kent, however, the ability to travel to Trust schools and various sites to attend meetings is required.
You can view and download the full job description for this role, together with an application form and all of the related documents here.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Friday 18 July 2025
Interviews to be held during the week commencing: 21 and 28 July 2025
Start date: 01 September 2025
Please send your letter of application and related application documents directly to Annemarie Whittle, CEO, c/o: office@kcsp.org.uk Your letter of application should be limited to 1,000 words max. and should outline why you feel you are suited to this role, what you believe you can bring to the organisation and detail your experience to date, skill set and qualifications.
KCSP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and require all staff, helpers and governance committee members to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check and a section 128 check.