Role OverviewThe Safeguarding Manager, Youth Engagement is U.S. Soccer's subject-matter expert on safeguarding for youth participants of the game. The role leads safeguarding prevention and education across the youth game and provides youth participant expertise across the wider safeguarding team. Success is measured by whether young people feel safe, heard, and genuinely valued in soccer, and whether the adults around them build environments where that is the norm.
What You Will Do
The Manager will serve as a subject-matter expert, provide expert advice and support to the wider Safeguarding Team, and contribute thought leadership on youth safeguarding in soccer. The role will develop policies and standards, advance inclusive and accessible safeguarding, enable safe engagement in youth activities, and provide safeguarding standards, planning, and risk-assessment support.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have a strong command of the regulatory landscape governing minor athletes within the Olympic and Paralympic Movement, a proven ability to translate standards into practical policy, education, and culture, and a commitment to working directly with youth athletes, championing their voice, agency, and wellbeing at every stage of their participation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Child Protection, Social Work, Education, Public Health, Sport Management, Criminal Justice, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum of 5 years in safeguarding, child protection, or minor welfare
- Safeguarding expertise and experience
- Learning design experience
- Leadership and project management experience
- Excellent judgment and discretion
- Ability to pass a background check and complete SafeSport / safeguarding training
- Willingness to travel and to work occasional evenings and weekends around camps and events
- General knowledge of soccer
- Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)
Benefits
- Comprehensive compensation package
- Casual work environment
- Inclusive culture
- Atmosphere for professional development
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