Pension scheme

Living Wage

Season ticket loan

Removal leave

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Salary £20,000 - £21,750 per annum (depending on experience)

Location Home-based

This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

Regional Officer for Safeguarding – South East Region (London & South East Districts)

Home based, part time (17.5 hours per week)

Starting salary circa £20,000-£21,750 (depending on experience)

The Methodist Church is committed to ensuring its churches are safe, welcoming spaces for all by promoting good practice, delivering high-quality training, and providing expert safeguarding advice.

We are seeking a part-time Regional Officer for Safeguarding (ROS) to join our Connexional Safeguarding Team. In this role, you will take the lead on safeguarding matters within your designated area, providing expert advice, guidance, and oversight to ensure compliance with safeguarding policy, procedures, and relevant legislation.

You will manage safeguarding casework, undertake and support risk assessments (including those relating to DBS concerns), contribute to the delivery of safeguarding training, and advise churches and circuits on best practice. Working collaboratively with Regional Safeguarding Officers, District Chairs, and District Safeguarding Groups, you will help promote and strengthen effective safeguarding practice across the region.

What you’ll bring

✔ Strong safeguarding experience
✔ Confidence handling sensitive and complex casework
✔ Excellent communication and partnership-working skills

This role sits within South East Regional Team, supporting adjoining areas across the London and South East Districts. The role will include coverage of Staines, Thames Valley, Teddington and Croydon, amongst others and requires travelling.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.

If you have questions about the vacancy or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please email hr@methodistchurch.org.uk

Closing date: 26 July 2026

Interviews will take place on: 11th August 2026 at Methodist Church House, London.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received.

For more information about us visit: http://www.methodist.org.uk/ministers-and-office-holders/safeguarding

The Methodist Church

For further information about The Methodist Church please visit our website https://www.methodist.org.uk/about-us/the-methodist-church/.

Our Calling

The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.

The Church exists to:

Increase the awareness of God’s presence and celebrate God’s love (Worship).
Help people to grow and learn as Christians, through mutual support and care (Learning and Caring).
Be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice (Service).
Make more followers of Jesus Christ (Evangelism).

Our Benefits

Pension scheme

Living Wage

Season ticket loan

Removal leave

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