Lead safeguarding officer – job description template

Last updated: 15 Nov 2022 Topics: Safeguarding standards

This template provides a sample job description (PDF) for a national lead safeguarding officer (or lead child protection officer) role in the context of protecting children in sport.

A lead safeguarding officer is the designated person within a sports organisation with primary responsibility for managing and reporting concerns about children and for putting into place procedures to safeguard children in the organisation, including supporting club, county and regional welfare officers, where relevant.

Contents

The template includes the following sections:

  • about the role
  • duties and responsibilities
  • required skills and abilities
  • required knowledge
Download the template (PDF)