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Closing Date: 15/02/2022

Safeguarding Officer

Permanent

Part-Time, 0.8 Contract

Circa £19,200 per annum (pro rata of £24,000 FTE) subject to qualifications and experience

West End, London

 

About Fashion Retail Academy:

The Fashion Retail Academy (Ofsted Outstanding) is a unique, industry led academy. Founded by retail giants, we offer a range of exclusive Fashion courses with unparalleled industry involvement to ensure our students gain the skills and contacts needed to successfully progress to employment.

Supported by and working closely with over 130 fashion brands from high street staples to digital giants and luxury brands, we offer a wide range of specialist fashion Diploma, Degree and Short courses, many of these exclusive to the FRA with start dates throughout the year.

Our courses are developed with industry partners to provide our students with a combination of in-depth Fashion Retail knowledge and unrivalled hands-on practical industry experience (which include high quality occupationally relevant work placements, industry masterclasses from the leading figures in industry, live commercial projects and our industry preparation enrichment). Our graduates leave with a wide range of skills and experience guaranteeing them the fastest route into work.

About the role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Safeguarding Officer to join our Wellbeing Team.  You will be experienced and well qualified, but most importantly, you will have the students’ aspirations and wellbeing at the heart of your vision. 

This role will involve developing positive and constructive relationships with students, to enhance their personal and social education and enable them to thrive at the FRA and beyond. You will be a key member of the safeguarding team, acting as a DSL, attending professionals’ meetings, and considering actions for individual cases.  You will work proactively with students to overcome barriers to their progression; signpost to and enable them to access high quality support; and provide front line proactive and reactive pastoral support.  First aid and safeguarding qualifications, or the willingness to train in these areas, are desirable. This is a very diverse role, where you will work within a busy environment and liaise with lots of different staff and stakeholders with the student at the heart of the role.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about student’s achieving their potential and putting the facilities and support in place to make sure we prepare our students not only for life at the FRA, but the world beyond. You should be a positive individual with a focus on building and developing relationships, experience of supporting young people and working with a range of stakeholders in a pastoral and student support setting.  The ability to be creative and to think out of the box will be essential to success in this role.

If you are looking to further develop your career, then we would love to hear from you!

For more information about us, visit our website and refer to the job description and person specification available to download.

How to apply: Please create an account and click Start Application to submit an application.

Closing Date: On-going. Please note we will be reviewing applications as and when they come in and reserve the right to close the vacancy should we receive a sufficient number of applications, so early application is advised.

Please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@fra.ac.uk for further information or an informal chat about this campaign.

Diversity Statement

We welcome applications from individuals from all sections of the community. The equality and diversity information you provide will be strictly confidential to the HR Department and will not be seen by the short listing or selection panel. Applications will be judged solely on the basis of merit.