School Liaison Officer

Smart Teachers is working in partnership with a leading London-based public transport safety initiative to recruit a confident and community-focused School Liaison Officer to support the delivery of Project Guardian across secondary schools.

About the role

The School Liaison Officer will act as a key link between schools and a major London transport safety programme focused on tackling unwanted sexual behaviour and improving reporting confidence among young people.

You will deliver engaging assemblies and workshops, build strong relationships with Designated Safeguarding Leads and pastoral teams, and support schools in embedding preventative education around safe travel and respectful behaviour.

The role involves regular travel across London.

About the school

The initiative works closely with secondary schools, colleges, safeguarding teams, and community partners to deliver preventative education through assemblies, workshops, and staff briefings. It is part of a broader strategy to improve passenger confidence, increase reporting of incidents, and ensure that young people feel safe and supported when travelling across London.

Requirements

To be considered for the role of School Liaison Officer you will:

• Experience working with young people in schools, colleges or youth settings
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Confidence delivering presentations to large groups
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in PSHE, pastoral support, youth work, or community safety (desirable)

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

• Suitable education based 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].