Trust Safeguarding Lead and Educational Welfare Officer
Net Academies Trust, Harlow, CM18 7HTThis job expired on 6 March 2026 – see similar jobs
Closing date
6 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £55,224.00 - £62,450.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 12 point 43-48 £55,224-£62,450 (inc Fringe allowance)
Trust Safeguarding Lead and Educational Welfare Officer job summary
Trust Safeguarding Lead and Educational Welfare Officer
Salary: Scale 12 point 43-48 £55,224-£62,450 (inc Fringe allowance)
Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent
Location: Across nine primary schools in Harlow and Waltham Abbey
A New and Exciting Opportunity
Following a recent period of growth and expansion, our Academy Trust is delighted to introduce a new and exciting senior leadership role: Educational Welfare Officer (EWO) and Trust Safeguarding Lead.
As our Trust continues to expand, we are strengthening our central provision to ensure the highest standards of safeguarding and attendance across all nine of our primary schools. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to shape and lead safeguarding culture and attendance strategy at Trust level.
About the Role
This is a strategic and operational leadership position with overall responsibility for:
Leading and quality assuring safeguarding practice across the Trust
Ensuring full statutory compliance and a strong safeguarding culture
Providing professional supervision and support to school-based DSLs
Developing and implementing a Trust-wide attendance strategy
Reducing persistent absence and improving outcomes for vulnerable pupils
Working closely with Headteachers, Trustees and external agencies
You will act as the Trust’s senior safeguarding professional and play a critical role in protecting children and improving life chances across our communities.
About You
We are seeking a highly skilled safeguarding professional who:
Has significant experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead
Has strong knowledge of statutory safeguarding guidance (including KCSIE)
Has experience leading attendance strategy and educational welfare processes
Is confident working across multiple schools and influencing senior leaders
Demonstrates resilience, integrity and excellent professional judgement
Is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children
This role requires travel across our nine primary schools, so a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
What We Offer
The opportunity to shape a new Trust-wide leadership role
A supportive and collaborative central team
Professional development opportunities
The chance to make a genuine difference across multiple school communities
Safeguarding Commitment
Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to:
Enhanced DBS check
Barred List check
Satisfactory references
Online searches in line with safer recruitment guidance
Social Media checks
Please refer to the attached Recruitment pack for further information.
In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted.
NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Net Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Net Academies Trust website
Welcome to NET Academies Trust. We are a DfE approved sponsor of six primary schools in Essex. As a team of schools we work together to promote and lead innovative practice in order to raise educational outcomes for all children- shaping futures.
We are as ambitious for the staff as we are for the children in our schools; providing excellent opportunities for continued professional development and staff wellbeing. We believe that partnerships and collaboration to share best practice are the key to meeting the challenge of raising pupil attainment. We are proud of the commitment within our schools, being acknowledged through national awards (TES Employer of the Year 2018, Place2Be Place2Be Wellbeing in Schools Award 2019).
The Trust provides an effective structure of shared central services, to enable our schools to focus on teaching and learning. This achieves real benefits from school-to-school collaboration and ensuring our schools receive the support they need.
Our culture of ‘children first, people first’ creates effective teamwork and continual improvement. We are passionate about inclusion for both children and staff.
We share our learning with the wider community and take a system leader approach to help improve education beyond our own network. We encourage an outward facing approach with all of our schools, fostering a balance of autonomy and collaboration.
Jo Coton, Chief Executive
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