Head of Wellbeing and Safe Sport
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Head of Wellbeing and Safe Sport
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Salary: circa £50,000
Status: permanent and full-time
Work Type: Hybrid (minimum two days in office, up to three remote)
Location: Edinburgh
About the Role
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the governing body responsible for all levels of gymnastics activity in Scotland. We believe safeguarding is everyone's responsibility with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] taking the lead in ensuring the wellbeing of all our members. We are committed to making sure everyone can learn and enjoy gymnastics in a positive, safe and healthy environment.
The head of wellbeing and safe sport provides strategic, cultural and operational leadership to ensure that wellbeing and safe sport are embedded as golden threads throughout [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. The role leads the delivery of the My Voice Matters safe sport strategic framework shaping a rights-based, person-centred, preventative approach to safeguarding that ensures every child, young person and adult at risk feels safe, heard, valued and able to thrive.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated, bringing operational and management experience within a safeguarding environment, dealing with child protection issues and champion safe sport as a cultural priority and influence organisational direction, policy formation and strategic planning.
Acting as the organisation's senior subject matter expert, the role drives culture change, system reform, cross organisation integration, and sector leading practice across clubs, programmes, pathways and partnerships. This position ensures that all decisions, environments and relationships across [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] uphold our values of being inclusive, supportive and aspirational, and promote the conditions where positive practice is expected, misconduct is challenged, and abuse is never tolerated.
Candidates will require strong interpersonal skills, positive attitude, and the ability to work on their own initiative. Candidates will need sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policy, procedure, and best practice guidance.
How to Apply
If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact chief executive officer Doc McKelvey on [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] or [contact hidden].
If you think you are right for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and this role excites you, please send us a letter of application, with a CV to the HR department, by email to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] to arrive no later than 9am on Monday 27 April. Interviews will be held face to face at our Edinburgh office on Thursday 7 May.
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an equal opportunities employer and aims to provide a working environment free from any form of harassment, intimidation, victimisation, or unjustifiable discrimination. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of discrimination. All appointments are made purely based on merit and ability.
Candidate Information
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