Nic has worked as a senior leader in education for 14 years, initially as a family support worker and DSL for one school and then becoming a specialist leader in education in 2013. She has worked across a number of partnerships and trusts overseeing strategic safeguarding. In 2016 Nic was recruited as a regional safeguarding lead for a large primary-only academy trust and from 2017 Nic went on to be deputy director for safeguarding in a start-up trust that grew to 27 schools, spanning primary, secondary mainstream and special schools. In 2022, Nic was recruited by Liberty Academy Trust as director of safeguarding.