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BBE offers job opportunity

Brass Bands England is looking to appoint a Safeguarding Officer — and it could be you....

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  The job opportunity has arisen with Brass Bands England

Brass Bands England is seeking to appoint a Safeguarding Officer to join their team.

It is a position that can be based at Brass Bands England headquarters in Barnsley or as a hybrid role.

This role is currently being advertised due to the impending departure of current Safeguarding Officer Sam Fisher.

Banding community

Sam Fisher commented: "It's been a privilege to have worked alongside the BBE team to further develop the BandSafe programme and safeguarding provision amongst the banding community.

The BandSafe training course is now well established and the newly appointed Safeguarding Officer will be perfectly placed to continue this vital work across the sector."

Responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing development and delivery of the BandSafe safeguarding programme and the BBE, BOPA, used for Child Performance Licensing.

This will include delivery of Safeguarding training, offering advice, supporting members bands' responses with reports of abuse, processing DBS check applications and carrying out inspections of events to support the provision of the BBE BOPA.

It is a position that can be based at Brass Bands England headquarters in Barnsley or as a hybrid roleBBE

Details

Details and application form can be found on the BBE careers page.

https://www.bbe.org.uk/news14112022-0932/career-opportunity-brass-bands-england

Any questions regarding this post can be directed to jobs@bbe.org.uk

Closing date

Applications should be received by 9.00am on Wednesday 5th December.

Interviews will be held on Monday 12th December either in-person in Barnsley or over Zoom at the candidates preference.

Brass Bands England is committed to being an Equal Opportunities employer.

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