Safeguarding Lead Administrator


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£28,392 to £31,157 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Eastleigh, SO50 5PB
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Sept 2026
Closing date:	23 Sept 2026

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Summary

Key responsibilities include: Acting as the first point of contact for safeguarding enquiries, responding sensitively and appropriately to complex and often challenging communications from a wide range of stakeholders. Managing complex diaries, arranging meetings, conferences and events, and coordinating the workplans and activities of the safeguarding team. Preparing agendas, ensuring accurate minutes and action notes, and maintaining records to support effective governance and decision-making. Maintaining and developing databases, records and information systems, ensuring data is managed securely and in accordance with information governance requirements. Supporting the collection, analysis and reporting of safeguarding data, performance information, audits and quality assurance activities. Providing administrative support to safeguarding reviews, serious case reviews, domestic homicide reviews, audits and wider improvement programmes. Building effective relationships with partner organisations including NHS providers, local authorities, police, safeguarding partnerships and other agencies to support collaborative working across the system. Handling highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion, professionalism and empathy, often relating to vulnerable children, young people and adults. Supporting recruitment, induction and training activities, as well as organising safeguarding learning events and multi-agency conferences. Contributing to service improvement, transformation initiatives and the ongoing development of safeguarding administrative processes. This is a varied and rewarding role that requires excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, sound judgement and the ability to work independently within a fast-paced environment while supporting services that help protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

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