Select Committee Safeguarding & Witness Support

Job summary

Join the Education, Children and Young People Hub at the House of Commons as a Select Committee Safeguarding & Witness Support , helping committees create safe, supportive and inclusive experiences for witnesses with lived experience. Working primarily with the Justice and Home Affairs and Social Policy committee clusters, you’ll provide trusted advice on welfare and safeguarding throughout the inquiry process, while supporting teams across the wider Select Committee Team.

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Job description

This is a varied role at the heart of Parliament’s fast-paced committee environment. You’ll work directly with committee teams to identify and respond to welfare concerns, advise on appropriate support and signposting, and help colleagues confidently engage with witnesses who may be vulnerable or have additional needs. You’ll also develop and deliver training, improve guidance and resources, and promote consistent best practice across committees.

Working closely with the Safeguarding Team and colleagues across Parliament, you’ll help ensure concerns are managed sensitively and promptly. It’s an opportunity to make a meaningful difference while shaping how Parliament supports witnesses.

Person specification

• Safeguarding qualification at Level 3 or above, or a willingness to complete relevant training or certification.
• Experience of working within safeguarding frameworks, policies, or regulated environments.
• Able to plan and organise workload to meet tight deadlines, with the ability to adapt to tight deadlines and monitor workload to meet them.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with others, promoting inclusion at all times.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to act impartially, and to convey information clearly.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,834, House of Commons contributes

£10,960 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

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In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

If you would like to apply for this role, please your CV and provide evidence against criteria 1 – 3 in the Job Description. Please note that your answers for each criteria must not exceed 250 words.

More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window) .

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People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the

Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)

and the

Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : recruitment@parliament.uk
• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk

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