Safeguarding Business Partner

Catholic Education Tasmania (CET) is seeking a Safeguarding Business Partner to play a critical role in strengthening child safety and wellbeing across our system. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced safeguarding professional to provide expert advice, leadership and support to school and organisational leaders, ensuring best-practice responses to safeguarding concerns and compliance with child safety obligations.

About the role

As the Safeguarding Business Partner, you will:

• Lead the intake, assessment and triage of safeguarding concerns across Catholic Education Tasmania.
• Provide expert advice and support to principals and leaders on child safety matters and statutory obligations.
• Manage complex safeguarding cases, including risk assessment, documentation and stakeholder engagement.
• Support the implementation of Child Safe Standards and culturally safe practices across the organisation.
• Contribute to safeguarding capability, continuous improvement and a strong culture of child safety.

About You

You will possess:

• A strong understanding of culturally responsive, strengths-based practice and First Nations ways of being, knowing and doing.
• Extensive knowledge of the issues impacting First Nations families, including systemic trauma and child protection frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead safeguarding intake, triage and risk assessments, applying sound judgement and maintaining confidentiality.
• Strong knowledge of Child Safe Standards, child safety legislation and best-practice safeguarding in education settings.

Think this sounds like you? We'd love to hear from you. Submit your resume and a short cover letter (up to one page) telling us why you're interested in joining Catholic Education Tasmania as our Safeguarding Business Partner and the difference you hope to make.

Applications should be addressed to the Tracey Groves, Manager: Safeguarding, and can be submitted via our Careers Page at https://careers.catholic.tas.edu.au/en/listing/.

If you have any further queries regarding your application, please do not hesitate to contact
People Services on (03) 6210 8888.

Applications close on Monday, 31 August 2026 at 10am

Catholic Education Tasmania is committed to supporting the rights of children and young people by providing safe and supportive learning environments. The successful applicant will be required to hold appropriate child safety registrations and clearances.

We actively encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply, as part of our commitment to Reconciliation.