Use your experience as a Safeguarding Lead to set clear direction, challenge thinking and ensure safeguarding is consistently strong, effective and trusted.

You will drive meaningful change ensure safeguarding is embedded across every part of the organisation. If you are ready to bring your expertise into a role where your decisions have real impact, this is your chance to lead with purpose and authority.

As our Safeguarding Lead, you will play a central role in strengthening safeguarding practice across the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, helping ensure the right support is in place at the right time.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development and delivery of the MND Association’s safeguarding strategy
Provide expert safeguarding advice and support for staff and volunteers
Oversee responses to serious safeguarding incidents, including reporting and learning
Lead the Association’s Safeguarding Board and annual action planning
Work in partnership with senior leaders to ensure safeguarding awareness at all levels of the organisation
Maintain and review risk management and reporting, safeguarding policies, ensuring compliance and best practice
Develop quality assurance frameworks, audits and case reviews
Strengthen safeguarding culture through training, engagement and clear standards

About You

Significant experience in a senior safeguarding role and working within multi-agency safeguarding environments
Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation and multi-agency working
Experience managing complex safeguarding incidents and reviews
Ability to provide safeguarding KPIs, reporting, data and risk analysis
Confident communicator who can challenge constructively
Proven ability to provide positive safeguarding outcomes for
Skilled in analysing data to drive improvement and risk mitigation

Desirable

Experience in a charity or voluntary sector setting
Social Work or other relevant qualification

Further information about working for the MND Association and full job description is available in the attached Candidate Pack.

Screening calls taking place Wednesday 15th July
Interviews Wednesday 29th July inperson at our Northampton Office

This is a Home-based role with requirement to attend a main office (Northampton or London) or other designated location for team meetings, training, client visits, or other business purposes. This applies regardless of contractual location and is in line with the needs of the Association.

We can consider part time applications of 30 hours + for this role.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.

What We Offer

28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays
Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies
24/7 GP access via phone and video
Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines
Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave)
Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping
Enhanced pension scheme
Opportunities for training and personal development

About Us

Motor Neurone Disease moves fast. It takes away time, it takes away independence and it has no cure. Every day we support people affected by MND. We fund ground-breaking research. We campaign for better care. We’re here for everyone who needs us. Because with MND, every day matters.  