Safety and Compliance Officer

The purpose of the role is to ensure young people taking part in Scouting are safe, by working with local volunteers, line managers and specialists to ensure that national policy, procedures and guidance are implemented at a local level.

You'll provide specialist advice, guidance and support to the movement in matters of safety and adventure, involving supporting and advising adult volunteers to enable them to safely deliver the Scout Programme.

The purpose of the role is to ensure young people taking part in Scouting are safe, by working with local volunteers, line managers and specialists to ensure that national policy, procedures and guidance are implemented at a local level. To conduct local quality audits to assess compliance with Scouts’ policies, procedures and guidance and use these and compliance data in order to drive good practice and quality assurance measures for monitoring and making improvements.

The role provides specialist advice, guidance and support to the movement in matters of safety and adventure, involving supporting and advising adult volunteers to enable them to safely deliver the Scout Programme. This includes liaising with external agencies and other specialists to ensure that safety and adventure advice provided to members if informed by industry best practice.

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