Regional Safeguarding Lead

**Regional Safeguarding Lead**
**Cognita, Asia (Singapore)**:
Position Posted
**Feb 28, 23**

Deadline
**Mar 24, 23**

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**REGIONAL SAFEGUARDING LEAD**

**COGNITA, ASIA**

**APPLICANTS INVITED**

**YOUR ROLE**

The Regional Safeguarding Lead is responsible for the highest standard of safeguarding and child protection within Asia, advising, and supporting schools so that they have the capacity to adopt a self-improving approach to safeguarding practice. The Regional Safeguarding Lead’s primary role is to lead, monitor, support and influence all aspects of safeguarding initiatives in our Schools in Asia, specifically;
Provide guidance to ensure schools embed a consistent understanding of safeguarding, meeting statutory, regulatory, and best practice standards in all areas of safeguarding.

Implement and monitor compliance with Cognita’s safeguarding governance standards across all schools in Asia.

In conjunction with the Regional Human Resource Department, ensure that safer recruitment practices are fully implemented across Asia, by supporting with specialist knowledge, best practice guidance and training.

Safeguard and promote the welfare of children to enable children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.

**BE PART OF AN EXCITING AND VIBRANT SCHOOLS GROUP**

Each school in Cognita Asia is as individual as our students but we all share one common purpose which is to thrive in a rapidly changing world. We do this by sharing expertise, insights, and best practice across our global family - and by collaborating to develop rich learning environments in every school.

We equip young people with the self-belief and international perspective they need to grow, thrive, and find their success in a fast-changing world. For students and colleagues to flourish, we know that it is essential that we have the highest quality safeguarding practices and standards. We are committed to surrounding our students in a culture of care.

**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**

Develop effective relationships, engagement, skill, and resources with all stakeholders to enable them to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities effectively.

Draft, edit and revise policies, procedures and toolkits based on Cognita standards, regulatory and curricula requirements showing understanding that there may be differences between countries and schools.

Maintain oversight of safeguarding standards within the Asia region, celebrating and sharing effective practice, and vociferously challenging underperformance.

Build capacity through designing, executing, and giving recognition to school Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) who effectively adopt and implement systemic approaches to safeguarding leadership.

Support and advise the DSLs and safeguarding team in each school, including with referrals to external agencies, risk assessment and action planning.

Provide opportunities for clinical supervision to DSLs and other key safeguarding staff who are negatively impacted by complex/serious child protection cases.

Undertake investigations and internal case reviews, as required.

Identify training needs across all schools and work to source, write or deliver appropriate training that aligns with this need.

Maintain a safeguarding onboarding process for all school acquisitions.

Actively support the safer recruitment process.

Prepare and present regional safeguarding reports for a range of audiences.

Track the closure of actions/recommendations from Independent Safeguarding Reviews, including recommendations for the regional team.

Ensure that children and young people have a voice and that their views are considered when decisions that affect them are being made.

Ensure that safeguarding data is well used by leaders in each school/site with tangible evidence of impact. Be an ardent supporter of and accountable for the fidelity and use of the Child Protection Online Management System (CPOMS) across the region.

Support, as requested by the Regional CEO or Regional Education Director, with the completion of the Mid-Year Safeguarding Report and preparation for the Annual Safeguarding Governance meeting.

Work with Education Director and other global colleagues to evaluate and improve group-wide processes and systems**.**

**CONTACTS**

You will report to the Regional Education Director and come into regular contact with the Regional CEO, Regional COO, Country Managing Directors, and Regional office functional leaders (HR, Estates & Facilities, ICT, Legal, Outdoor Education). You will also work closely with each school, including each school’s leadership team, Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), Deputy DSLs, and counselors. You will be Asia’s liaison with the Global Governance Lead and reviewers as well as represent Asia in discussions with other Regional Safeguarding Leads from different regions. Currently, Cognita Asia operates in four countries and, when possible, you will develop and nurture significa