Director, Head of Child Rights & Safety

• Location

• Billund, Denmark

• London, United Kingdom

• Job ID 0000017663

• Category Communications & Corporate Affairs

Job Description

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Do you want to help us further build and maintain our position as a world leading brand within responsible engagement with children and support us in strategic commitments towards the 10 Children's Rights and Business Principles ensuring that children are safeguarded, and their rights and wellbeing protected and enhanced?

Then you might be just who we are looking for.

Core Responsibilities

As Director, Head of the Child Rights & Safety team, you are leading a team of 8 children’s rights, safety and wellbeing specialists, program managers and advocates. In the role, you will:

• Oversee our child rights and safety policies; develop, deliver and evaluate tools, guidance and programs to support implementation. This includes overseeing Child Rights Due Diligence as well as Digital Child Safety, Child Safeguarding & Participation, Digital Empowerment and Digital Wellbeing initiatives and programs

• Set strategic direction for the Child Rights & Safety area and lead the deployment of the cross-functional strategy and be responsible for planning, budget, and reporting, e.g., for senior management and external reporting

• Work as a strategic partner and close collaborator for i.e. LEGO GAME, Digital Consumer Engagement and Product & Marketing ensuring the safeguarding of children and protection of their rights and wellbeing offline and online

• Work with critical partners and senior management across business units in finding opportunities for positive impact and in identifying and mitigating potential risks or adverse impact for children and/or reputational risks

• Lead and oversee global partnerships supporting the child rights and safety agenda

• Lead research and insight generation; monitor and assess new trends and external expectations on child rights and safety that informs business decisions while strengthening the credibility and endorsement of the LEGO Group’s work externally

• Lead the engagement and outreach to children and caregivers to empower them to use digital technology, media and play in safe, responsible and ethical ways

• Engage with external partners, policy makers, civil society and organisations to drive positioning of the LEGO Group and to convene industry partners

• Work across the Social Responsibility team in a matrix-like organisation to increase collaboration, scale, and impact, in alignment with the 2032 SR Aspiration

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will be part of the Social Responsibility Leadership Team, where you will work with the rest of the global leadership team in driving and leading the ground-breaking journey of Social Responsibility to increase our impact. Because every child has the right to play, we aspire to guide and drive the company's journey to be a socially transformative business, in order to enhance the lives of children empowering them to learn and thrive, through play. From our colleagues to parents and caregivers, educators, and wider communities, we strive to motivate and excite everyone we meet.

Do you have what it takes

• Corporate sustainability and social responsibility expertise; social thought leadership

• Children’s rights & business expertise; online safety and wellbeing; trust & safety

• Strong and proven people leadership skills and experiences

• Strong analytic and strategic approach; experience with leading and managing strategic and cross-functional projects and programs and reporting to top management

• Strong collaboration, communication and advanced interpersonal skills

• Strong business sense and profound experience driving innovation in global corporations

• Experience working for a global brand and/or in global teams

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different minority backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.