Senior Quality Officer - Skills and Education

Get Set for Impact That Matters. At Get Set UK, we ignite opportunity, build resilience, and nurture success – for individuals, businesses, and communities. Through high‑quality employability, education, and skills programmes, we support people to move forward with confidence and purpose. We’re now looking for a Senior Quality Officer to join our Education & Training team – a quality‑driven professional who will champion excellence, lead continuous improvement, and help us achieve and sustain Ofsted ‘Good’ and beyond.

Your Impact: As Senior Quality Officer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our Adult Skills Fund (ASF), Skills Bootcamps, and wider skills provision consistently meet – and exceed – internal, contractual, and regulatory expectations. You will lead on quality assurance frameworks, inspections, audits, and improvement planning, using insight, data, and collaboration to strengthen teaching, learning, assessment, and learner outcomes across the business. Your leadership will directly support learners to succeed, staff to thrive, and communities to benefit from high‑quality education and skills delivery.

Your Role:

• Develop, implement, and monitor Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) across ASF, Bootcamps, Apprenticeship‑related provision, and other skills programmes.
• Lead Self‑Assessment Reports (SARs) and position statements for adult provision.
• Manage IQA and EQA processes, ensuring awarding body compliance.
• Act as centre coordinator for awarding organisations.
• Lead preparation for and participation in external audits and inspections – including Ofsted, ESFA, GLA, and DfE.
• Monitor and improve the quality of teaching, learning, and assessment – including observations and feedback.
• Support and challenge subcontractors through quality monitoring and performance review.
• Use data to identify gaps, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support curriculum development to ensure alignment with local, regional, and national skills priorities.
• Ensure compliance with ESFA funding rules, awarding body requirements, and safeguarding standards.
• Support staff development through coaching, feedback, and performance management.
• Drive digital solutions to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
• Monitor and improve Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) standards across provision.

Who We Seek:

• Minimum Level 3 qualification.
• Teaching qualification (or equivalent experience).
• Assessing and IQA qualifications.
• DET / Level 5 EAT or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the skills sector.
• At least 3 years’ experience leading quality methodologies and improvements.

Desirable:

• Direct experience supporting or leading Ofsted inspections.
• Experience managing high‑performing quality or delivery teams.

You Share Our Values:

• Be Ambitious – You’re determined, forward‑thinking and always seeking improvement.
• Be Inspiring – You support others to take ownership and raise standards.
• Be Proud – You celebrate high‑quality work and positive outcomes.
• Be Considerate – You collaborate inclusively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.
• Own It – You take accountability, lead with integrity, and follow through on what matters.

Why Join Get Set UK?

• Wellbeing support including GP, counselling and Headspace.
• Discounts, pension and salary sacrifice options.
• Enhanced benefits with service.
• A culture built on ambition, pride, ownership and support.
• Real opportunities for progression.

We are also a proud Disability Confident Employer. Adjustments are available at every stage. We reserve the right to close applications early. Please apply early to avoid disappointment. Get Set UK is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin or any other protected status. This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners/clients and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful appointment to this require satisfactory completion of recruitment checks. You do not need any reasonable adjustments for this role, but if you do, let us know at the outset and we will work with you.