Director of Quality in Lowestoft

Location: Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft

Hours: Full Time - 37 hpw - 1.0FTE

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Band N - £52,509.60 to £59,139.60 (depend on qualifications and experience)

Are you an experienced Further Education Leader? Do you share our passion for continuous improvement and have a deep understanding of quality frameworks? Would you relish an opportunity to help shape the future of our college?

As Director of Quality, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the College’s Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework, ensuring excellence in all aspects of provision. You will lead a culture of evidence-based improvement, ensuring that teaching standards, learner outcomes, and quality processes align with Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework (EIF). This role is central to our success — from inspection readiness to staff development — ensuring we deliver consistently high standards across all curriculum areas.

Key needs from you and the role:

• Strategic thinker with the ability to lead change
• Extensive experience of Further Education
• Experience of SAR and Quality Improvement Plans
• Degree educated (relevant area of study)
• Commitment to Safeguarding

East Coast College will offer you:

• 43 days holiday FTE (including bank holidays)
• Generous Pension - 18% Employer Contribution
• Free gym and swim membership
• Discounted access to campus salon and restaurant

If you share in our commitment to Education then APPLY now, or contact for more information, a conversation, or to receive the application in an accessible format. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Please note that all applications are assessed solely on the information provided within the application form. CVs are not used in the shortlisting process. East Coast College require all staff to hold a minimum Level 2 or equivalent in English and maths, and be able to evidence this.

East Coast College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff, visitors, and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post.

All applications are reviewed and scored against the essential and desirable criteria as set out in the job description and person specification to determine a shortlist. Shortlisted applications will be invited to interview and to complete a self-declaration and disclosure form. Information relating to the interview format will be shared and confirmed prior to the scheduled interview taking place and will facilitate any requested adjustments.

All offers of employment are conditional and subject to the successful completion of pre-employment checks, including at least two references, safeguarding and suitability checks, and an Enhanced DBS check where required. We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for Staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College’s website. You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.