Safeguarding Administrator

Smart Teachers is working in partnership with Transport for London (TfL) to recruit a committed and organised Project Administrator to support their high-impact Project Guardian initiative.

About the role

Project Guardian is a TfL-led initiative designed to increase awareness of sexual harassment on public transport among young people. The programme delivers face-to-face sessions in schools (particularly Year 9), training for staff, workshops, and multi-agency partnership work. Its aim is prevention: empowering students, teachers, and transport users to understand their rights, know how to respond, and help create safer, more respectful journeys.

About the school

The Project Guardian team works within TfL’s safeguarding and community engagement arm, collaborating closely with schools, police partners, and public service organisations. The initiative focuses on raising awareness of sexual harassment on public transport and empowering young people to stay safe, speak up, and understand their rights. Joining this team means contributing to meaningful, city-wide work with real impact, in a professional environment that values collaboration, public service, and social responsibility

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Safeguarding Administrator you will:

• Delivering high-quality administrative support across the Project Guardian programme
• Coordinating training sessions, workshops, and meetings with schools, safeguarding teams, and transport partners
• Managing calendars, communications, documents, and accurate data entry
• Maintaining records, tracking attendance, collating feedback, and assisting with reporting for compliance and evaluation

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• Suitable administrator experience

Smart Teachers is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Smart Teachers

Smart Teachers is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Smart Teachers offer

As a valued employee of Smart Teachers, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Smart Teachers do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call Daniel Uwaifo on 020 7065 7500 or email [email protected].