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Introduction

Tanya Jones

Climate justice lead

This is an exciting time to join us and
make a real impact.

support that work as we seek to increase our
impact.

At Quakers in Britain, we are working to
bring Quaker values of peace and
sustainability to the world, and to support the
Quaker community.

Our climate justice and peace work is central
to this. Quakers have long been engaged in
work for peace, and over the last decade, we
have also become an increasingly effective
part of the climate justice movement.  Our
campaigns coordinators carry out a vital role
in supporting Quakers in Britain (QiB) to
carry out effective campaigning and
advocacy, working to strengthen the climate
justice and peace movements and
supporting individual Quakers and Quaker
communities throughout Britain to engage
with and act on these issues.

We hope the information in this pack will fire
your interest. Quakers are inspired by faith to
work for a just, peaceful, and sustainable
world. Our staff team share those values and

This application pack background contains
information about Quakers, the salary and
benefits of working for us along with the job
description/ person specification for the post.

If you want to join our friendly, collaborative
team we look forward to receiving your
application.

You will find in this application pack
background information about the Quakers,
salary and benefits of working for us along
with the job description/ person specification
for the post.

Regards,

Tanya Jones
Climate justice lead

If you would like an informal chat about the role before applying, please email
Tanya at tanyaj@quaker.org.uk.

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About us

About Quakers

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
is a radical faith group with its roots in
Christianity. It emerged in the mid-17th
century as a group with no separate
priesthood, and with a form of worship based
in silence.

Quakers have been committed to peace,
equality, simplicity and integrity throughout
history, and are known for work to bring
about social change over the years, such as
on the abolition of the slave trade, the relief
of suffering in wartime, improving living
conditions for factory workers and the
introduction of same-sex marriage.

You can read more about the story of
Quakers at www.quaker.org.uk/faith.

About Quakers in Britain

We are the charity that works with and on
behalf of all Quakers in Britain. Our staff and
committees provide support and events for
around 18,000 Quakers, who worship in 456
local meetings across Britain.

Supporting Quaker communities is a key part
of what we do. We have staff working within
reach of every Quaker meeting in Britain.
They work closely with local Quakers to
identify their spiritual and practical needs
and help them become stronger and more
connected. We are on hand to help Quaker
communities thrive.

We organise Yearly Meeting, the annual
assembly of the Quaker church in Britain. It’s
when Quakers gather in worship to connect,
explore current concerns and discern the
way ahead. This Spirit-led decision-making
guides our work.

Quakers are inspired by faith to build a better
world. We take forward this work for peace
and social justice and raise public
awareness of Quaker faith and values.

We are a registered charity with an annual
turnover of around £10m. Responsibility for
the charity lies with the fifteen trustees of
Quakers in Britain, appointed from among
the Quaker community.

The work of Quakers in Britain is carried out
through six departments:

•  Quaker Life supports Quaker

communities in their life and worship,
oversees Quaker outreach, provides
training and organises events for
children and young.

•  Quaker Peace & Social Witness

runs programmes supporting peace,
economic justice, sustainability and
criminal justice, through
campaigning, training, placements,
community empowerment and by
supporting Quakers in local activity.

•  Quaker Church Affairs manages
the governance, events, and the
shared identity and discernment of
Quakers. It is underpinned by work
on equity and justice in these
structures.

•  Quaker Communications &
Fundraising promotes public
awareness of Quakerism, provides
advocacy, media, web and
publications services to the
organisation, and oversees
fundraising from Quakers, Quaker
meetings and Trusts.

•  Quaker Finance & Property

oversees the budget and finances of
BYM, the work of our commercial
trading subsidiary and our ethical
investment portfolio and properties.

•  Quiet Company is our wholly-owned

trading subsidiary. It operates
Friends House as a major conference
venue and runs the building facilities.
It also runs our Yorkshire office and
Swarthmoor Hall, the historic home of
Quakerism located in Cumbria. Each
year, the Company gift-aids any
profits or surplus to the charity to
support and enable Quaker work
www.quietcompany.co.uk.

You can read more about the governance
structures of the Quaker organisation in
Britain here www.quaker.org.uk/structure.

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You can download our Trustees annual
report and financial statements here:
www.quaker.org.uk/annualreport.

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Our values

Our Values

Quakers live by core values that flow from
our faith. They are central to our
relationships with other people and with the
earth:

Peace
Quakers are best known for their deep
commitment to peace. But we don’t simply
oppose war. We tackle the root causes of
violence and challenge the systems that lead
to war.

Equality and justice
Quakers believe everyone is equal. This
leads us to challenge injustice and work with
people who suffer injustice. We oppose all
forms of discrimination and champion
diversity.

Truth and integrity
Quakers strive to speak the truth with love.
Treating others as we would want to be
treated means being both honest and
respectful in our words and actions.

Simplicity and sustainability
Quakers try to live simply and focus on the
things that really matter: the people around
us and the natural world. We call for a
sustainable way of life that puts people and
planet first.

The process of living out our faith is often
called Quaker Witness – you can find out
more about Quaker work by listening to our
podcast: www.quaker.org.uk/podcast.

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Working for
Quakers in Britain

Quakers in Britain is a national charity
employing 150 people. Our staff work
remotely and from offices in London, Leeds
and Cumbria. Its purpose is to work for, with
and on behalf of Quakers across Britain.

About our organisation

Quakers is the name most commonly used
for the Religious Society of Friends.
Although we have our roots in Christianity,
we also find meaning and value in the
teachings and insights of other faiths and
traditions.

In Britain there are about 18,000 Quakers.
We have 456 local Quaker Meetings,
grouped into 72 ‘area meeting’ charities. All
these charities are affiliated to Britain Yearly
Meeting.

Quakers in Britain is a charity, formally
known as ‘Britain Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends’. The trustees
are appointed by and accountable to British
Quakers; and because this work is done for
and on behalf of Quakers from the whole of
Britain, the work we do is known as ‘centrally
managed work’.

A Quaker workplace

We aim for our workplace to be consistent
with Quaker values - broadly the same as
most well-run progressive organisations. For
example:

•  We expect staff to respect each
person regardless of age, race,
religion, gender, transgender status,
sex, sexual orientation, disability,
marital or civil partnership status
•  We work to avoid unjustifiable and
unlawful discrimination in our
employment practices

•  We strive to follow good employment
practice, with clear and supportive
line management

•  We have a 1:4 ratio between the
lowest and highest salaries

•  We aim to be open and honest in all

our work

•  We avoid titles such as ‘Mrs.’ or ‘Mr’

•  Very few jobs with BYM are restricted
to Quakers, although about 1/3 of the
staff are Quakers or linked to
Quakers in some way.

The Quaker way of life

The Quaker way is based on silent worship,
as a way to help people connect directly to
God. Quakerism began in Britain in the 17th
Century. Its roots are in radical Christianity,
although today not all Quakers call
themselves Christian.

Quakers share a way of life rather than a set
of beliefs. We seek to experience God
directly, within ourselves and in our
relationships with others and the world
around us.

Quakers are ordinary people, who try to live
their values they can. This leads many
Quakers to work for a better world.

Values that are important to us include truth
and integrity; simplicity; equality; peace; and
sustainability.

You do not need to be a Quaker to worship
with us at one of our meetings.

You can find out more:

•  From our website:

www.quaker.org.uk.

•  By reading Advice and queries which
is an introduction to Quaker belief.
Read it online at
http://qfp.quaker.org.uk.

•  By visiting the Quaker Centre at

Friends House, which has leaflets
and books, and volunteers who can
answer questions.

•  Or by requesting a free information
pack from www.quaker.org.uk/more-
information.

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About the team

Campaigns, Advocacy and
Faith in Action

The role is part of a small Campaigns,
Advocacy & Faith in Action team within our
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW)
department.

QPSW’s work is both local and global. In
Britain we promote peace education, support
action for climate justice and campaign for
non-militarised approaches to security.
Overseas we support peacebuilders in East
Africa and work for a just end to the
occupation of Palestine. We seek to fill the
gaps, to work where help is most needed,
alone or with others.

QPSW Central Committee (the committee of
Quakers that oversees and guides our work)
has identified climate justice and peace as
key themes for our work over the next few
years.  Our strategy recognises that these
issues are often interlinked with other major
crises including a rise in inequalities, state
violence, overt racism, and a growing threat
to the right to peaceful protest.

Through all our work, we encourage
Quakers and others to take a structural
approach – recognising that many of the
challenges we face are shaped by power
hierarchies, historical injustices and an
economic system that exploits people and
the Earth.  This leads us to work for a ‘just
peace’, a peaceful world which is
underpinned by principles of equality and
justice. This means working for an end to
oppression and discrimination – including the
need to examine whether our own actions
may be contributing to this.  Many of the
ends we work towards, historically and
currently, are long term and require patient,
and creative work over years or decades.

Head of
Campaigns,
Advocacy and
Faith in Action

Peace Lead

Climate Justice
Lead

Engagement and
Faith in Action
Lead

Campaigns
Coordinator

Campaigns
Coordinator

Faith in Action
Coordinator

Faith in Action
Coordinator

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Overview of the role

This is one of two campaigns coordinator
roles working to implement our strategy. The
role holder will be working as part of a small
team to coordinate and communicate
centrally led campaigns on our core themes
of climate justice and peace.  They will
support individual Quakers and Quaker
communities throughout Britain to engage
with these and to play a distinctive and
effective role in the climate justice and peace
movements. They will be expected to work
flexibly across climate justice and peace
issues, working with other team members
and with the support of the relevant policy
specialists.

The initial priority for the work will be to
support our climate justice campaigns. In
recent years this has included campaigning
for ‘loss & damage’ finance for communities
most severely impacted by climate
breakdown and encouraging financial
service companies to end their support for
fossil fuel projects as part of a just transition.
To maximise impact, much of our work is
done alongside partners and with networks
such as Faiths for the Climate or the Make
Polluters Pay campaign.

The role holder will develop engaging
content to promote understanding of our
approach and support and accompany
Quakers taking part in this important work.
They will develop creative and accessible
ways for Quakers to engage in our
campaigns as this area of work develops.

By building effective relationships with
Quaker campaigners and helping us to
gather learning information, the role holder
will help Quakers in Britain learn more about
the effectiveness of our current approaches.
They will also provide logistical support for
and contribute content to events and
activities such as online workshops.
Future campaigns will be developed
according to organisation priorities, so this
role will suit someone who is passionate
about and able to join the dots between a

range of peace and social justice issues and
is excited by the possibilities this brings.
The role holder will be working to an agreed
workplan, but there is considerable scope for
creativity and for contributing to the future
direction of the work.

We do much of our work through coalitions,
so as well as working with the Quaker
community, this position will give the role
holder the opportunity to work with and
contribute to a wide range of partners and
networks to strengthen social change
movements and maximize collective impact.
In addition to campaigns and advocacy
colleagues, the role-holder will work
alongside two ‘faith in action’ colleagues who
support Quakers with their own community-
led projects, support skills and networking.
They run networking events so that Quakers
can make connections, learn from, work with
and inspire each other.

In summary, the role of the Campaigns
coordinator is to:

•  Support Quakers in Britain (QiB) to carry
out effective campaigning & advocacy
work especially on climate justice and
peace issues.

•  Support Quakers throughout Britain to

contribute to QiB priority campaigns and
to play a distinctive and effective role in
movements for social change.
•  Design, implement and evaluate

campaigning activities, working with
colleagues, partner organisations and
interested Quakers.

•  With colleagues, ensure that QiB’s

priority campaigns are well
communicated across a range of
appropriate media channels.

1. Key accountabilities and

main tasks

Climate justice and peace work

•  Represent Quakers in external

networks and coalitions, through

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meetings, working groups etc., to
support effective action for climate
justice and peace.

•  Develop communications content and
resources to support Quakers to
understand and take action for
climate justice and peace. This might
include developing comms plans,
newsletters, press releases, toolkits,
leaflets, video and web content.

•

In line with agreed priorities, deliver
workshops, talks and events to
inform and excite Quakers about
Quakers in Britain’s work, highlight its
spiritual roots and invite the Quaker
community to be part of this.

•  With colleagues, support Quakers to
share their experience and stories of
locally led witness on climate and
peace issues, to promote shared
learning, inspiration and outreach.

•  Support the development of policy

work, for example by monitoring and
summarising social and political
developments, carrying out research
and drafting briefings and
consultation responses.

Campaigns coordination

•  Develop and contribute to creative
campaigns to inspire and mobilise
Quakers throughout Britain to take
effective action on priority issues.
This may be in collaboration with
others – including other Quaker
bodies, coalitions or interfaith
networks.

•  Be adaptable to fast changing

situations, including changing focus
of tasks and acquiring new skills or
knowledge through training and
experience (including sometimes
undertaking activities you have little
or no experience of).

•  Develop communications and

resources (including digital tools) that

support Quakers to understand and
take action on priority campaign
issues.

•  Support Quakers to campaign

effectively through workshop delivery,
accompaniment, networking and
resources.

•  Act as a first point of contact for
enquiries about QiB priority
campaigns, responding to email and
telephone queries.

•  Contribute to organisational mapping
in order to better understand and
grow our activist network

•  Coordinate a Quaker presence at
peaceful public protests, vigils and
lobbying events related to QiB’s
priority campaigns

Other responsibilities

•  Carry out some administrative tasks
e.g. maintaining records, updating
contact lists, coordinating room
bookings and events, setting up
monitoring mechanisms, managing
resource requests.

•  Work with a volunteer governance

committee who support and guide the
work, including contributing to written
and verbal reports, proposals for new
work and participating in governance
discussions when required

•  Contribute to monitoring and

evaluation systems and to shared
learning practices - contributing to a
learning culture across QiB.

•  Contribute towards fundraising –

through for example capturing stories
of impact, events and input into bid
writing.

•  Help to ensure that the Quaker
commitments to equality and
nonviolence are incorporated across
the work and that the work embeds

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and promotes anti-racist and anti-
oppressive practice.

•  Participate in team meetings, liaise
with communications staff and other
colleagues, and contribute to a
dynamic programme of work.

•  Act as a staff link to selected Quaker

Recognised Bodies.

2. Intellectual demands

•  Good level of understanding of
climate justice issues and their
connections with peace and
economic justice.

•  Good level of understanding of how
change happens politically and
socially.

•  Ability to work effectively in diverse

coalitions.

•  Ability and willingness continuously to
develop knowledge, in particular
about campaigning and movement
building methods, climate justice and
peace.

•  Ability to research, identify and

analyse relevant information and use
this to inform future work
development.

•  Ability and willingness to understand
and engage with Quaker processes
and a sympathy with a faith-based
approach to the work. Quakers
express their faith in diverse ways
and are not necessarily typical
‘activists’.

•  Ability to communicate with sensitivity
and diplomacy. The post holder will
need to take account of the diverse
opinions, interests, needs and
requests of others.

3. Judgements

The post holder will be expected to
work within the framework of agreed
workplans and priorities, with
direction and support from their line
manager.

It will also be necessary for them to
work alone and make judgements,
including about prioritisation,
workload management, and when to
check with colleagues before acting.

4. Use of resources and
communications

The role carries no budgetary
responsibility, though the post holder
may be asked to contribute to budget
setting.

The post holder will be expected to
use programme resources effectively,
and in a way that aligns with QiB
values and ethical commitments.

Internal Communication – 60% of
time

Contact will mainly be with
colleagues in the campaigns,
advocacy and faith in action team,
other staff within Quaker Peace &
Social Witness, and the
Communications & Fundraising
department.

External Communication – 40% of
time

Contact will mainly be with Quakers
and others involved in our priority
campaigns, Quaker committees, and
partner organisations and networks.

5. Working conditions

•  The role is ordinarily based at

Friends House in London. Due to the
nature of the role, the postholder will
be required to spend a significant
amount of time at Friends House but
may be based at other locations by
agreement. This will only be
considered where the postholder is

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within two hours reach of London and
is practicably able to travel frequently
and (sometimes at very short notice)
to Friends House. Frequency will
vary and be determined by
operational need. Should a location
other than Friends House be agreed
as the workbase, no London
weighting will apply.  However,
reasonable travel expenses to
London will be paid for by Quakers in
Britain.

•  Some flexibility to work from home is
possible, subject to a suitable work
environment and minimum ‘office
time’ requirements being met.

•

•  Core working days are Tuesdays and
Thursdays. This is necessary to
support cross-organisational and
team coordination.
In addition to the above, it will
sometimes be necessary to work
away from home at other locations,
mainly in the UK but possibly
overseas. This may require overnight
stays. Reasonable travel and
accommodation expenses away from
your agreed workbase will be paid for
by Quakers in Britain.
It will also be necessary to undertake
some work outside of normal office
hours.  Up to 10 weekends a year
may be affected by work
commitments, for which Time off in
Lieu will apply.

•

The role is primarily office-based with no
unusual physical demands required of the
post holder. Physical and emotional
demands of the post include:

•  Extensive VDU use in an open plan

office.

•  High levels of sustained

concentration to support analysis,
effective listening and facilitation.

•  Some aspects of the work may
involve travelling alone with
equipment, preparing workshop
spaces by moving furniture, etc.  This

can be mitigated through reasonable
adjustments if necessary.

•  Working on challenging issues with a

wide range of people can be
emotionally demanding and requires
inclusivity, sensitivity and cultural
adaptability.

•  Helping to manage safeguarding,

pastoral, and accessibility needs at
events, with support from events
team and other colleagues as
needed.

9. Other Responsibilities:

•  To

undertake

and
responsibilities  commensurate  with
the post

duties

•  Responsible for ensuring that QiB’s
Safeguarding Policy is adhered to in
all aspects of the role

•  Responsible for ensuring that QiB’s

Equal Opportunities Policy is adhered
to in all aspects of the role

•  Responsible for ensuring that QiB’s
Health & Safety Policy is adhered to
at all times

•  Responsible for ensuring that QiB’s
commitment to sustainability is
adhered to in all aspects of the role
•  Responsible  for  ensuring  that  QiB’s
Staff  handbook  is  adhered  to  at  all
times.

•  A commitment to championing equity,

diversity and inclusion in our
workplace community.

Safeguarding Requirements:

•  Completion of mandatory training

modules on safeguarding adults and
children, including annual refresher
training.

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an event or publication) while
following an agreed brief.

•  Ability to reflect on and evaluate the
effectiveness of work undertaken.
•  Good organisational skills, with a
systematic approach to record
keeping.

•  Good general IT skills using the

standard Office package, electronic
supporter mailing software and
contact databases (or willingness and
ability to learn).

Desirables

•  Experience of working with faith

communities.

•  An understanding of Quaker structure

and processes.

•  Good level of understanding of
climate justice issues and their
connections with peace and
economic justice.

•  An understanding of the British

political context.

•  Experience of developing and

facilitating workshops and delivering
talks.

Person specification

Essential Knowledge

•  An understanding of the role of
campaigning and advocacy in
creating social change.

•  Good level of understanding of

climate justice issues.

•  A knowledge of, and sympathy with,

Quaker values.

•  A good understanding of equity,
diversity and inclusion in the
workplace

•

Essential Experience

•  Experience of developing and
running campaigns for positive
systemic political, economic and
social change.

•  Experience of using a range of tools
to creatively engage and support
people in campaigning.

•  Ability to demonstrate a good

understanding of, and commitment to
equality, diversity and inclusion in the
workplace.

Essential Skills

•  Excellent interpersonal skills with the
proven ability to communicate and
build effective working relationships
with a broad range of people with
differing levels of knowledge and
experience

•  Excellent written communication

skills, with the proven ability to create
appealing and engaging content for
different media and audiences.
•  Ability to carry out online research
efficiently, including on unfamiliar
topics, and to summarise, analyse,
draw conclusions and make
recommendations from information
gathered.

•  Ability and willingness to work

independently on a project (such as

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Salary & benefits

Salary

£29,472 (£36,840 pro-rata) per annum,

plus £5,200 (£6,500 pro rata) London
weighting (if applicable)

Location
The role is ordinarily based at Friends House
in London. Due to the nature of the role, the
postholder will be required to spend a
significant amount of time at Friends House
but may be based at other locations by
agreement. This will only be considered
where the postholder is within two hours
reach of London and is practicably able to
travel frequently and (sometimes at very
short notice) to Friends House. London-
based staff can work at home some of the
time by agreement. (see Working
Conditions)

Hours of work
28 hours per week, to include Tuesdays and
Thursdays.

Flexible working options
We are open to discussions about flexible
working patterns.

Holiday
27 days a year plus bank holidays and three
days for Christmas closure.

Subsidised café
We have an on-site café which provides
subsidised meals as well as a bookshop
selling ethically sourced goods.

Cycle to work scheme
We offer a cycle to work scheme which helps
you save money on a new work bike and
spread the cost of the bike over monthly tax-
free instalments.

Annual Season Ticket Loan
We will provide with a loan of up to £7,500 to
cover the cost of your season ticket
repayable in 11 monthly instalments.

Sabbatical scheme
Staff are able to take a nine-month unpaid
sabbatical leave after five years’ continuous
service.

Pension scheme
Quakers have a generous pension scheme
where we contribute 8% of your salary and
you contribute 3% of your salary. You have
the option to increase your contributions
should you wish and to pay your
contributions via salary sacrifice.

Sick pay scheme
We have a very generous sick pay scheme:

If you have less than 12 months service, you
are entitled to full sick pay for 3 weeks
followed by three weeks at half pay.

After 1 years’ service, you are entitled to full
sick pay for 3 months followed by 3 months
at half pay, subject to a maximum of six
months since the start of your service.

After 4 years’ service you are entitled to full
sick pay for six months followed by six
months at half pay, subject to a maximum of
12 months.

Private Health Insurance
If you are off work due to sickness for more
than 52 continuous weeks you will be
eligible, subject to requirements of the
scheme, to sick pay.

Employee Assistance
Quakers offers access to an independent,
confidential employee assistance
programme, which is available 24 hours a
day.

Family Friendly Policies
Our family friendly policies give enhanced
maternity and adoption leave. After one
year’s service by the 15th week before your
baby is born or you adopt, you will be
entitled to six weeks at full pay, 20 weeks at
half pay and 13 weeks at SMP. Parents
expecting multiple births will receive an
additional two weeks of parental leave. Staff
undergoing IVF treatment will receive 10

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days paid leave to attend their appointments
and up to 5 days paid leave for staff who
wish to accompany their partner to
appointments who are receiving IVF
treatment in any 12-month period.

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The successful candidate will be required to
undergo Safer Recruitment pre-employment
checks, including:

•  Right to work check
•  References, including your current line

manager

Apply online at www.quaker.org.uk/jobs.

The closing date for applications is:

8am on Monday 8 December 2025.

We will consider your application
immediately after the closing date and get in
touch with you as soon as possible.

Interviews will be conducted at our London
offices on Tuesday 6 or Wednesday 7
January 2026.

How to apply

Quakers have a faith commitment to equality
and encourage and welcome applications for
posts from people of all identities and
backgrounds. As a result of our recruitment
practices, individuals will be selected only
based on their relevant skills, experience,
qualifications and abilities. We work hard to
ensure that a candidate’s age, belief,
disability, ethnicity, gender, gender
reassignment, marital status, nationality,
neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation or social class will not be a barrier
to working for Quakers in Britain. As a
Quaker organisation we expect all applicants
and employees to uphold our values.

We aim to operate an equitable and user-
friendly application process for all
candidates. If you need any reasonable
adjustments during the application process,
please contact our People Team.

Quakers in Britain is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults
and expects all staff and volunteers to share
and uphold this commitment. Our
recruitment and selection process reflects
our commitment to safeguarding, and the
suitability of all candidates will be assessed
during recruitment in line with our Safer
Recruitment guidelines. Successful
candidates will be subject to pre-employment
checks in line with these guidelines.

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