Head of Wellbeing and Safe Sport

Job Description

Scottish Gymnastics is the governing body responsible for all levels of gymnastics activity in Scotland. We believe safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility with Scottish Gymnastics taking the lead in ensuring the wellbeing of all our members.  We are committed to making sure everyone can learn and enjoy gymnastics in a positive, safe and healthy environment.

The head of wellbeing and safe sport provides strategic, cultural and operational leadership to ensure that wellbeing and safe sport are embedded as golden threads throughout Scottish Gymnastics. The role leads the delivery of the My Voice Matters safe sport strategic framework shaping a rights-based, person-centred, preventative approach to safeguarding that ensures every child, young person and adult at risk feels safe, heard, valued and able to thrive

Attributes

The successful candidate will be highly motivated, bringing operational and management experience within a safeguarding environment, dealing with child protection issues and champion safe sport as a cultural priority and influence organisational direction, policy formation and strategic planning.

Acting as the organisation’s senior subject matter expert, the role drives culture change, system reform, cross organisation integration, and sector leading practice across clubs, programmes, pathways and partnerships. This position ensures that all decisions, environments and relationships across Scottish Gymnastics uphold our values of being inclusive, supportive and aspirational, and promote the conditions where positive practice is expected, misconduct is challenged, and abuse is never tolerated.

Candidates will require strong interpersonal skills, positive attitude, and the ability to work on their own initiative. Candidates will need sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policy, procedure, and best practice guidance.

Applications

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact chief executive officer Doc McKelvey on doc.mckelvey@scottishgymnastics.org or 07500 049 603.

If you think you are right for Scottish Gymnastics and this role excites you, please send us a letter of application, with a CV to the HR department, by email to HR@scottishgymnastics.org to arrive no later than 9am on Monday 27 April. Interviews will be held face to face at our Edinburgh office on Thursday 7 May.

Scottish Gymnastics is an equal opportunities employer and aims to provide a working environment free from any form of harassment, intimidation, victimisation, or unjustifiable discrimination. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of discrimination. All appointments are made purely based on merit and ability.