UK Athletics Safeguarding Manager

Organisation: UK Athletics
Salary: 40,000.00
Location: Homeworking with travel to Head Office a minimum of 1 day a week
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 4 July 2025
Job Description: UK Athletics (UKA) is seeking to appoint a Safeguarding Manager. The purpose of this role is to manage, and lead on safeguarding case management, ensuring that all safeguarding referrals are case managed and recorded to the highest standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in safeguarding and protecting all participants in our sport and contributing to making athletics the safest sport possible.

Key Responsibilities:

To manage and lead on safeguarding case management, ensuring that all safeguarding referrals are case managed and recorded to the highest standards. To support with strategic vision of safeguarding practice across athletics.

Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding the responsibilities will include:

Represent UKA at safeguarding meetings, sharing information as appropriate.
Act as a point of contact for independent investigators and ensure they are passed all relevant information regarding a case.
Complete actions required by UKA as a result of a statutory recommendations / meetings.
Keep relevant parties updated on cases and suspensions.
Manage an allocated caseload and progress cases to their full conclusion within the timescales agreed.
Ensure all actions from the Case Management Group are actioned within timescales.
Case management of safeguarding referrals relating to both children and adults
Update the Case Management group on current cases.
Provide reports and information to the Head of Safeguarding working together with HCAF and Safeguarding Team.
Act as Lead Safeguarding Officer when deputising for the Head of Safeguarding
Required Experience:

Previous experience of management, responding to and investigating safeguarding concerns and referrals.
Previous experience of undertaking or involvement in significant case reviews.
Knowledge of the statutory framework in relation to safeguarding children and adults.
Understanding of the processes in place for reporting safeguarding concerns to statutory agencies and UK Athletics.
Experience of working on complex investigations.
Understanding of LADO process
Knowledge of DBS (or similar) processes.
Experience in the preparation of an investigation report following the conclusion of a review.
Experience of working with victims or survivors of abuse and adults with mental health problems.
To access the full job description incorporating the required and desirable experience, knowledge, skills, and qualifications. https://careers.ukathletics.org.uk/.

Interviews are likely to be held in week commencing 7 July 2025

For a confidential discussion or if you have any questions on the role, please contact the UK Athletics HR team at HR@uka.org.uk.

For the full job description and details of how to apply for this exciting role, please visit http://careers.ukathletics.org.uk/.

Closing date for applications is midday on 4 July 2025

In the result of high volumes of applications, UK Athletics reserves the right to close the vacancy ahead of the stated closing date - please apply early to avoid disappointment. We will endeavor to reply to all applicants, but if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

As the nation’s favourite Olympic and Paralympic Sport. UK Athletics embraces equality, diversity, and inclusion both on and off the field of play where everyone can participate, we encourage job applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of their race, sex, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected characteristics to reflect the diversity of our sport. Athletics is a Disability Confident Leader and will guarantee an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum job criteria.
How to apply: https://careers.ukathletics.org.uk