Full Time | Permanent | £42,230 Per Annum

Who we are

Winner of the Best Place to Work at the Tech South West Awards 2025, City College Plymouth offers a culture the College is proud of. Our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity help create an environment that supports a passion for teaching and learning. These values guide our work as we enrich our community through knowledge, experience and skills so every student can achieve their best.

As one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, City College Plymouth is entering a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We take pride in offering a learning environment and organisational culture that contribute positively to the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enable all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

We are seeking a dedicated Safeguarding Co-ordinator to join our team and help ensure the safety and well-being of all learners. Working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will manage safeguarding concerns, liaise with external agencies, and promote a culture of vigilance across the College.

With a strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, and experience of handling safeguarding cases, you will be responsible for responding to safeguarding concerns and managing the safeguarding caseload. You will ensure compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidelines and ensure that safeguarding is embedded throughout the College.

What Will You Bring to the Role

• Coping: must cope well in pressurised, challenging situations, presenting solutions in a rapidly changing environment.
• Encouraging: build rapport with the learners, encouraging open and constructive communication.
• Interacting: develop effective relationship with staff and students, networking and proactively connecting with others.
• Organising: manage a complex and demanding workload, maintaining positivity when faced with challenges.

Benefits

City College Plymouth will offer you:

• Holiday: 35 days holiday, plus bank holidays and College Closure over Christmas
• career development opportunities
• generous contributions towards your pension
• free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated Staff Lounge.

How we recruit

We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.

After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment within a few days of this Vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.

The College welcomes applications from service leavers and the Armed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.

The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.