At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality assurance for apprenticeships and drive continuous improvement across the College.
- Company: Join a collaborative college dedicated to excellence and innovation in apprenticeship provision.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and the chance to shape future apprenticeship experiences.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for strategic influence and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on apprenticeship quality and outcomes for learners and employers.
- Qualifications: Experience in apprenticeship delivery and quality assurance; relevant qualifications preferred.
The predicted salary is between 57780 - 63127 £ per year.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Salary: £57,780 - £63,127 per annum
Hours per week: 37
Working pattern: Monday 7.5 - Thursday 7.5 hours / Friday 7 hours
Weeks per Annum: 52 weeks per annum
Location: Abingdon
Contract type: Permanent
Shape the Quality of Apprenticeship Provision
Are you passionate about driving quality and continuous improvement in apprenticeships? Do you have the expertise to challenge, support and inspire delivery teams to achieve outstanding outcomes for apprentices and employers? We're seeking an experienced Quality Manager - Apprenticeships to join our Central Quality Team and lead the quality assurance and improvement of apprenticeship provision across the College. This is a high-profile role where you'll work closely with curriculum leaders, managers and delivery teams to ensure apprenticeship programmes are ambitious, compliant and focused on success.
About the Role
As the College's specialist lead for apprenticeship quality, you will:
- Lead apprenticeship quality assurance activities across the College.
- Conduct audits, quality reviews, learning walks and improvement activities.
- Support managers with self-assessment and quality improvement planning.
- Analyse apprentice and employer feedback to identify trends and drive improvement.
- Coordinate external quality assurance activities, standardisation and awarding organisation requirements.
- Design and deliver professional development for managers and staff.
- Monitor quality performance, identify risks and promote effective practice across teams.
This role offers the opportunity to influence quality across multiple curriculum areas and play a key part in delivering an exceptional apprenticeship experience.
About You
We're looking for someone who can bring:
- Significant knowledge of apprenticeship delivery and apprenticeship quality requirements.
- Experience of quality assurance within apprenticeship teaching, training, assessment or progress review.
- Expertise in learning walks, audits, self-assessment and quality improvement planning.
- Knowledge of IQA, standardisation and external quality assurance processes.
- The confidence and credibility to coach, support and constructively challenge managers and delivery staff.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to turn evidence into meaningful improvements.
- A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and apprentice success.
- A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience is essential, along with a recognised teaching, training, assessing or quality assurance qualification, or a willingness to achieve one.
Why Join Us?
You'll be joining a collaborative and ambitious college committed to excellence, innovation and positive outcomes for learners and employers. You'll have the opportunity to influence quality at a strategic level whilst helping shape the future of apprenticeship provision.
Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date. AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks. Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
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