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Brass Bands England looks to recruit

There is a newly created post at Brass Bands England that may just be right for you...

BBE
  The role will play an important part of the Brass Bands England remit

Brass Bands England is looking to recruit a committed and talented individual to the newly-created post of Safeguarding Officer (part-time post: up to 17.5 hours per week)

Salary: £25,000 per annum pro-rata (up to £12,500 actual).

Promote and develop

Based either at the successful applicant's home or at BBE's National Office in Barnsley, this is a national role with clear objectives to help BBE deliver its plans to promote and develop brass band activity within England.

Working as a key member of the BBE team, the post holder will support the 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 member bands' responses with reports of abuse and carrying out inspections of events to support the provision of the BBE BOPA.

Delivering targets

There will also be need on occasion to support the general work of BBE in delivering on the targets set by Arts Council England.

This role is split between administrative duties, actively organising and delivering events, and making member band activity inspections.

The post holder will be required to display excellent levels of customer service, presentation skills and a strong level of flexibility to support the wider team's activities.

Working as a key member of the BBE team, the post holder will support the development and delivery of the BandSafe safeguarding programme and the BBE BOPA used for Child Performance LicensingBBE

Please apply

Please apply by email, enclosing CV and a letter of application, to BBE Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Crookston at kenny@bbe.org.uk

Applications should be received by 12.00 noon on Friday 23rd October. Provisional interview date is the 29th October.

Full details of the above post can be found at
https://www.bbe.org.uk/sites/brassbandsengland.co.uk/files/Safeguarding%20Officer%20-%20Job%20Description.pdf

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