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Seeking someone who is calm, credible, highly professional, and confident operating in complex environments involving children, risk, leadership, and accountability. At Wesley OOSH, child safety is not treated as compliance. It is central to how we lead, operate, and grow. The Out of School Hours Care sector is changing rapidly. Regulators, schools, and families are placing greater scrutiny on how providers identify risk, respond to concerns, support staff practice, and demonstrate that children are safe in day-to-day operations. This role has been created in direct response to lead that shift. We are seeking a Child Safety Manager to lead and strengthen safeguarding practice across the Wesley OOSH portfolio. This is a senior operational leadership role focused on building strong systems, supporting leaders, identifying risks early, and ensuring child safety is consistently embedded across every service. This is not a reactive compliance role. We are looking for someone who can identify risk before it escalates, influence leadership practice, and help shape a portfolio that can grow safely and sustainably, with strong operational control. You will work directly with the Head of OOSH and the senior leadership team and play a key role in strengthening Wesley’s position as a trusted provider within the sector.
Job Responsibility
Provide leadership in child safeguarding, incident oversight, reporting obligations, risk management, and child-safe practice across the OOSH portfolio
Support leaders and services in strengthening practice while maintaining visibility into emerging risks, trends, incidents, complaints, workforce concerns, and operational vulnerabilities
Contribute directly to strengthening leadership accountability, improving systems and evidence, supporting investigations and regulatory responses, and embedding consistent child safe expectations across all services
Requirements
Experience in safeguarding, child safety, compliance, investigations, or risk within child facing environments
Strong understanding of child safe obligations, mandatory reporting, and safeguarding frameworks
Experience supporting leaders to manage complex incidents and risk
Ability to assess operational risk and identify emerging concerns early
Strong written communication and professional judgement
Strong professional communication skills with the ability to articulate risk, expectations, and child safety practice clearly across leaders, schools, and regulatory environments
Ability to work independently across multiple sites and priorities
Understanding of education, OSHC, community services, or not for profit environments
Relevant qualification or equivalent sector experience
Current Working with Children Check
Current Driver Licence
What we offer
Salary packaging through AccessPay
Fitness Passport
Blue Light Card discounts
Employee Assistance Program
Ongoing leadership development and professional support
Opportunity to shape a newly created leadership role within a growing portfolio