All about the Role 

Are you passionate about keeping children safe and making a real difference across education settings?  

We are seeking an experienced and committed Education Safeguarding Advisor to become part of our respected and supportive Peterborough Education Safeguarding Team.

This is a vital role providing high‑quality safeguarding advice, support and training to education settings, ensuring that safeguarding and child protection practice is effective, compliant and child‑centred.

As an Education Safeguarding Advisor, you will:

• Provide expert safeguarding advice and guidance to schools, academies, and education professionals.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with education settings to enhance safeguarding practice through advice, guidance, auditing, advisory reviews, training and learning events.
• Support education settings to meet their statutory safeguarding responsibilities.
• Provide consultation and oversight on safeguarding concerns, allegations and complex cases.
• Work closely with colleagues across education, social care, health and partner agencies

You will play a key role in strengthening safeguarding practice across the education system and ensuring children and young people are protected from harm.

Please note this role is offered on a 2 year FTC

All about our Team

The Peterborough Education Safeguarding Team, is a small but incredibly fast pace and busy team.  The team provides expert advice, guidance, and support to schools, colleges, and other education partners on a wide range of safeguarding matters. This includes responding to concerns, offering consultation, delivering training, and ensuring that education settings understand and fulfil their statutory safeguarding responsibilities. By working closely with social care, multi‑agency partners, and education professionals, the team helps create safe learning environments where children can thrive, and concerns about their welfare are responded to promptly and effectively.

We are a friendly and supportive team, that fosters an environment where every member can contribute ideas and feel valued and we look forward to welcoming a new colleague who shares our commitment to safeguarding children and young people.

All about You

We are seeking an individual who demonstrates exceptional communication skills, is highly organised and self motivated. You will have substantial experience working within a local authority or education setting and possess thorough knowledge and understanding of safeguarding processes. Your approach is diligent and hard-working, consistently striving for excellence and positive outcomes for children, young people, families, and carers and you will be committed to restorative, relational and solution‑focused practice.

If you have any questions about the role or would like an informal chat please contact Becky Gibson 07943 748110

All about our Benefits 
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme… 

• Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes 
• Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)  
• Access to car lease scheme 
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances 
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings 
• Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth 
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day 
• Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network 
• Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards 

All about our Commitments 
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success. 

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk  we will work with you to meet your needs. 

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you’ve already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there’s no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.