Higher Education Quality & Compliance Lead

Stanley International College; Perth, Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Campus locations

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Staff discounts

Job summary

Stanley College is seeking a strategic leader to oversee the Quality Management System across Higher Education. You will drive quality assurance, governance, and continuous improvement, aligning policies and frameworks with institutional strategy while reporting to governance bodies and the Executive.

The role requires a degree in a related field and substantial Australian HE quality assurance experience, with a track record in policy development, self-assurance, and leading a quality team to

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in education, business, quality management or a related discipline.
• Substantial experience in quality assurance, compliance or governance within Australian higher education.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) and the ESOS Act and National Code.
• Demonstrated experience managing a quality management system, policy framework and internal quality review cycle.
• Experience preparing quality reporting and recommendations for governance committees and executive audiences.
• Proven people leadership experience, including setting priorities and developing team capability.
• Excellent written communication skills, with proven policy and report writing ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the institutional Quality Management System across Higher Education, ensuring quality assurance arrangements are effective, integrated and consistently applied.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring quality processes are understood, owned and applied by academic and business units.
• Advise on the quality and compliance implications of new delivery models, systems and business initiatives.
• Oversee the College’s policy, governance and quality frameworks, ensuring policies, procedures and supporting systems remain current, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Manage the policy lifecycle, including development, consultation, approval, publication, scheduled review and version control.
• Oversee document control and the policy, governance and quality registers, setting standards for version control, publication, record-keeping and evidence retention.
• Ensure quality frameworks align with institutional strategy, delegations and governance structures, and that changes are communicated and implemented effectively.
• Manage institutional self-assurance activity, including the annual quality cycle, internal reviews and risk-based monitoring of academic delivery.
• Coordinate and track improvement actions arising from quality reviews, complaints and student feedback through to completion.
• Maintain a robust evidence base demonstrating the effectiveness of quality processes, and coordinate preparation for external reviews, registration renewals and regulatory engagement.
• Manage, develop and support the Quality and Compliance team — Quality and Compliance Coordinator and Compliance Officer — setting priorities, allocating workload and building capability.
• Manage institutional quality reporting, providing governance committees and the Executive with accurate, timely quality data, insights and recommendations.
• Oversee secretariat support to key governance bodies, including Academic Board, Learning and Teaching Committee and Board of Examiners, ensuring meeting cycles, records and action tracking are effective.

Skills

Quality assurance

Governance

Policy development

Leadership

Reporting to governance

Education

Degree in education/business/quality management

Tools

Australian HE standards framework

ESOS Act and National Code knowledge

Job description

Stanley College is seeking a strategic leader to oversee the Quality Management System across Higher Education. You will drive quality assurance, governance, and continuous improvement, aligning policies and frameworks with institutional strategy while reporting to governance bodies and the Executive.

The role requires a degree in a related field and substantial Australian HE quality assurance experience, with a track record in policy development, self-assurance, and leading a quality team to