FE & Skills Systems Lead — Compliance & Data

Derby; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Derby is seeking an experienced Operational Compliance Manager (Skills & Apprenticeships) to lead the FE & Skills systems landscape and ensure regulatory compliance, data integrity and effective business processes.

Based on-site at multi-site locations (Buxton or Derby), you will own FE & Skills systems, drive data quality, and deliver high‑quality MI reporting while coordinating with DS&S and Registry to support sustainable apprenticeship provision.

Qualifications

• Experience with FE, Skills or Apprenticeship administration.
• Strong data quality, governance and regulatory reporting knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as FE & Skills systems business owner for a connected service landscape.
• Ensure regulatory, funding and operational requirements are met by systems.
• Provide oversight of data quality, risk, and management information reporting.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data quality

Regulatory compliance

FE & Skills systems

Change management

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Educational MIS

ProSolution

Job description

The University of Derby is seeking an experienced Operational Compliance Manager (Skills & Apprenticeships) to lead the FE & Skills systems landscape and ensure regulatory compliance, data integrity and effective business processes.

Based on-site at multi-site locations (Buxton or Derby), you will own FE & Skills systems, drive data quality, and deliver high‑quality MI reporting while coordinating with DS&S and Registry to support sustainable apprenticeship provision.