Safeguarding Manager

The Premier League Legal Team are looking for a Safeguarding Manager who will support the organisation’s expanding activities and ensure that safeguarding arrangements remain effective, robust and responsive. The Safeguarding team sits within the Legal department and play a lead role in delivering the highest standards of care and protection for children and adults at risk, while empowering stakeholders to help create safe, inclusive and protective environments across all areas of our work.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, the Safeguarding Manager will support the delivery of safeguarding processes, including safe event delivery, preventing online harm, contributing to assurance activity, and responding to concerns, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard and in line with the Premier League’s values.

Who we are

The Premier League is home to some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world. The League and its Clubs use the power and popularity of the competition to inspire fans, communities and partners in the UK and across the world. The Premier League brings people together from all backgrounds. It is a competition for everyone, everywhere and is available to watch in over 900 million homes in 189 countries.

We have a wide variety of responsibilities. These include organising the competition and its Handbook as well as managing the centralised broadcast and commercial rights. The work we do in conjunction with the Clubs also goes far beyond the 90 minutes. We support and provide a framework for youth development, we protect the organisation’s intellectual property, support the wider game and community programmes, undertake international development work and liaise with governing bodies and other leagues.

The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.

Our hybrid-working model also allows you some variety on your place of work, offering you the chance to work from home on some days each week. Where possible, you will attend the office or site visits in line with our company policy. All staff liaise closely with their line manager to manage their time appropriately and according to their work and team requirements.

The role

• Providing safeguarding advice and support to stakeholders and promoting safer working practices.
• Proactively identifying and managing safeguarding risks to individuals and the organisation.
• Supporting safe event delivery and implementing controls to prevent harms arising from online content creation and digital engagement.
• Supporting partner safeguarding due diligence processes and ongoing risk management plans.
• Leading the response to allocated safeguarding concerns, complaints, and regulatory matters.
• Supporting quality assurance measures to ensure safeguarding procedures and practices remain effective, and to embed a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Providing direction and support to the Safeguarding Champion network, ensuring Champions are empowered to fulfil their responsibilities effectively.
• Delivering assigned work streams in line with strategic safeguarding objectives, and undertaking other duties as reasonably required.

Role Requirement

• A professional background in safeguarding, with substantial experience in preventative work, together with competence in the management of safeguarding concerns.
• Strong online harms knowledge with demonstrable experience in prevention work and advising on safeguarding risks in online environments.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to build credibility, trust and effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Ability to identify and assess risk and make defensible, evidence‑based decisions using sound professional judgement.
• An understanding of trauma and its impact, informing a sensitive, proportionate approach to safeguarding practice.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, supporting the flexible management of competing priorities and the timely delivery of high‑quality outputs in a fast‑paced, risk‑responsive environment.
• Strong written communication and report writing skills, together with a high level of IT literacy and experience operating digital systems for the secure and accurate management of safeguarding information.

Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm. For further information, please see our

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