Curriculum Quality Manager

Swift - Education Apprenticeships; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading training provider in Birmingham is seeking a Quality & Compliance Director. The role requires strong experience in Quality Assurance within the further education sector, focusing on driving quality improvements and maintaining high standards. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, adept at managing relationships with external partners and ensuring compliance with educational standards.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in Quality Assurance within the FE sector.
• Experience as an Ofsted nominee is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify areas for improvement in quality standards.
• Lead relationships with Awarding Bodies and End Point Assessment Organisations.
• Control the Quality Improvement Plan.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Education

Quality Manager Certification

Job description

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The Opportunity:

Swift is recruiting for an experienced Curriculum Quality Manager to join our growing team. This role is ideal for someone currently working as a Quality Manager within a college or training provider setting, or as a Lead IQA ready to take the next step into a senior role.

We are looking for someone with at least 3 years’ experience in Quality Assurance within the further education (FE) sector, with strong knowledge of apprenticeship standards and funding rules. You will play a key role in driving improvements to all aspects of quality across the business, being both adaptive to change and following plans resulting from our Self-Assessment Report (SAR) and Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). Experience as an Ofsted nominee would be advantageous.

About Swift:

Based in Birmingham and operating in West/East Midlands, London and the North-West of England, Swift is a well-established training provider with a strong reputation. We offer a broad suite of programmes and are proud of our culture. Our team is made up of passionate, like-minded professionals who believe in making a positive impact. We would like someone to join our team and ensure we continue to deliver excellent quality learning as we continue to expand.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use your thorough understanding of Ofsted’s current inspection framework and awareness of future changes to identify areas for improvement that offer the best solution for the business whilst maintaining the highest quality standards
• Ensure excellent quality assurance practices by forging positive and collaborative relationships between Quality and Operations Teams
• Lead on relationships with Awarding Bodies and End Point Assessment Organisations, ensuring that Swift’s ethos and culture drives communication and that we work with them to maintain positive and supportive working relationships.
• Take control of the Quality Improvement Plan so that it is a functioning working document that sets the priorities for the business.
• Work with the Quality & Compliance Director to develop the Self-Assessment Report and position statement when needed.This requires a thorough understanding of the business and the sector and an ability to think strategically.
• Ensure the business maintains its Matrix accreditation by leading on the business’s strategy for Information Advice & Guidance.
• Using feedback from IQA’s and your own findings from additional quality assurance activity, identify, design and implement improvements to curriculum and resources to maximise the learner experience and outcomes.
• Support the business to reach QAR goals. Monitor and report on the status and predictions throughout the year. Devise and report on improvement strategies.
• Maintain an awareness of withdrawal rates, learners taking a break in learning and any out of funded (OOF) learners and look to review the processes and controls in place to reduce the associated risks.
• Lead the Complaints and Appeals processes, respond accordingly with the best interests of the business in mind and always look to turn a negative to a positive.

It is a requirement for this role to be office based in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter on Monday's and Friday's, at least. Working hours are Monday-Thursday 8:30am-5pm, Friday's 8:30am-4pm.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Higher Education

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