Education and Learning
Officer

INEQE is the largest independent safeguarding company in the UK and Ireland. We specialise in safeguarding children and adults at risk in the context of their lives, access to technology, and social media.

With ambitious targets for our business, we are now seeking to hire an Education and Learning Officer.

The Role

As part of our Education and Learning team, you will design and deliver curriculum-aligned safeguarding sessions and resources for children, young people, parents/carers, and the professionals who support them. This includes creating new content for our educational hubs (such as our award-winning Teach Hub) and refreshing existing materials to ensure they remain age-appropriate, inclusive, and evidence-informed. You will work collaboratively across teams and directly with young people to co-design content, gather feedback, and evaluate impact. The role is flexible, with opportunities to contribute to wider safeguarding projects and produce written materials for specific safeguarding purposes. It will particularly suit applicants with experience in safeguarding, education, or teaching.

About You

We are looking for a self-motivated team player with a strong commitment to our Safeguarding First approach. You will be able to lead projects, manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work to tight timelines, ensuring all learning materials are current, credible and developmentally appropriate.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

Your main duties will include (but are not limited to):

  • Design, write, review, and update lessons, schemes of work, and safeguarding resources for our educational hubs and safeguarding products.
  • Develop and deliver safeguarding education sessions for children and young people (in person and online), adapting delivery for age, need, and context.
  • Contribute to training development for professionals, teachers, parents, and carers.
  • Ensure resources reflect good practice, are trauma-informed, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate.
  • Coordinate the end-to-end resource development process (research, drafting, quality assurance, piloting, incorporating feedback, and finalising to deadlines).
  • Maintain alignment with NI and wider UK curricula and learning frameworks; map learning outcomes and assessment opportunities.
  • Engage with children and young people to gather insights and evaluate impact, ensuring their voice informs the design and delivery of our content.
  • Provide clear progress updates the Head of Education and Learning and Directors.
  • Adapt quickly to changing priorities, timescales, and deadlines.
  • Maintain accurate digital filing and complete general administrative tasks.
  • Undertake any other duties as assigned by the Directors and the Head of Education and Learning, which may evolve with the needs of the organisation.

Essential Criteria

  • Previous education experience.
  • Experience working directly with children and young people.
  • Sound understanding of safeguarding practice.
  • Strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport with young people.
  • Excellent written English, with accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Desirable Requirements

  • Strong understanding of the Northern Ireland curriculum and/or wider UK curricula and learning frameworks.
  • Experience creating engaging, age-appropriate educational materials and lesson plans, including differentiated resources.
  • Confidence delivering sessions to children, young people, and adults.
  • Excellent computer skills (the company primarily uses Mac hardware and the Microsoft 365 suite).
  • High attention to detail and commitment to QA.
  • Knowledge of online platforms used by young people, including gaming and social media or a contemporary understanding of safeguarding in the digital world.
  • Proven ability to write to a publishable standard.

About INEQE Safeguarding Group

Place of work

This is an office-based role at INEQE Safeguarding Group, Ocean House, 13 Edgewater Road Belfast, BT3 9JQ.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas and Immigration scheme.

Hours of work

Normal working for full time staff is 8 hours per day (a working day is 9.00am-5.00pm or other mutual arrangement – there will also be, on occasion, some additional hours including post 5pm and weekend duties as required).

Equal Opportunities

Ineqe Safeguarding Group is an Equal Opportunities employer and is recognised as a Disability Confident Employer by the Department for Work and Pensions. We therefore welcome applications from all who meet our selection criteria.

If you would like to speak to our disability workplace champion or require an alternative format for the application, please contact us by phone – 02890232060 or email [email protected].

Access NI

Whilst a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to being appointed, as the successful candidate will be part of our schools programme, they will be required to undergo and pass enhanced vetting through AccessNI.

The AccessNI Code of Practice can be found at this website.

Benefits

The following benefits are enjoyed by our team members on a permanent contract following successful completion of probation:

  • Company pension scheme.
  • Private health insurance (partners and children can join).
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • A flexible approach to the working day.
  • Travel insurance (for staff required to travel for work).
  • Discretionary productivity bonus scheme.
  • Supplied with a range of equipment relevant to your role.
  • Life insurance for key staff.
  • Paid volunteering leave to work with a relevant charity.
  • Endless supply of tea, coffee, and soft drinks.
  • On-site parking.

Safeguarding Commitment

INEQE Safeguarding Group is committed to ensuring that all children and young people are protected from harm and exploitation so they can thrive. Our culture is Safeguarding First in every decision we make, and as such, we have a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse.

This commitment applies to all employees (full-time, part-time and fixed-term) and all associates engaged by the company.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All staff and associates must comply with our safeguarding and related policies. Any breach will be treated as gross misconduct under our Code of Conduct

Employees will be expected to:

  • Read and be familiar with our policies and procedures
  • Be able to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse
  • Know who they should make reports to if you have concerns about a child or young person or adults at risk.

To enable you fulfil these commitments, you will be provided with relevant training. This will include, but is not limited to, Safeguarding Level 1.

Your Application

Salary Range: starting at £25,500 (pro-rata for part-time)

Job Type: Permanent

Line Manager: Head of Education and Learning

Start:  Immediate

How to Apply

We will review candidates on a rolling basis, so the sooner you apply the better!

To apply, applicants MUST complete ALL the following steps. You will need to visit the jobs section on our website at ineqe.com/about (failing to do so will mean you are unlikely to follow the correct procedure):

  • Complete our Job application form, which can be found on our website and send it, together with your current CV to [email protected]. Please be sure to include the job title and reference number from this advert.
  • All candidates MUST submit a copy of our Equal Opportunities monitoring Form, which can be found on our website under jobs. Name the file with your first and last names only and send separately to [email protected]. The monitoring form is used solely to complete our annual return for the Equality Commission. Staff involved in the selection process will not have access to them.

Applicants who do not comply with this may not be considered.