Deputy Director of Science

Deputy Director of Science focuses on ensuring that all principals satisfy their obligation to have an appropriate safeguarding management structure in their school.

What the role involves

• Ensuring that all principals satisfy their obligation to have an appropriate safeguarding management structure in their school.
• Overseeing annual updates of the Online Safety, Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Anti-Bullying policies so that all schools in the network have fully compliant policies.
• Provide consultancy advice to school leaders and DSLs alongside the Head of Safeguarding and Director of Pastoral and Inclusion.

Skills and requirements

• Qualified at least to first degree level, or equivalent.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. Level 3 Safeguarding, Mental Health First Aid) with demonstrable commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is preferable.
• Track record of strategic and operational senior leadership of safeguarding in a secondary school setting.

Confirmed role details

• Pattern: Full Time (standard hours 9am – 5.30pm).
• £65,000 to £75,000 (depending on experience).
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for Part Time employees. This entitleme.
• Hybrid working, with currently two days a week in our state-of-the-art office in West London working alongside colleagues.

Additional role context

• Process and safeguarding cultures are implemented in school.

Known job details

• Pay: £65,000 to £75,000