This template provides a sample job description for a safeguarding investigator role in the context of safeguarding children in sport.
A safeguarding investigator’s role is to conduct an investigation gathering and assessing available evidence and information following a decision made by a sport’s organisation that an investigation is required as part of its safeguarding and child protection case management process.
The template includes the following sections:
- job purpose
- knowledge
- skills required
Further information
See our safer recruitment pages for help and advice on general processes and procedures relating to this topic.
For a comparison of the main child safeguarding roles at different levels of sport and in related organisations, see Key safeguarding roles and responsibilities.