Qualification Quality & Compliance Lead

AQA Recruiting; Guildford; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

35-hour week

25 days leave

Pension

Health cover

Wellbeing programs

Volunteering

Inclusive culture

Job summary

AQA is seeking a Quality Lead to shape and embed quality assurance across qualification development. You’ll build frameworks, governance and audit approaches, working with senior stakeholders to drive consistency and regulatory alignment.

Based in Guildford or Milton Keynes, with hybrid working, you’ll coordinate accreditation readiness, manage submissions and responses to Ofqual, and lead cross‑subject quality improvements to ensure compliant, high‑quality materials.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in quality assurance, regulatory compliance, or qualification and assessment development.
• Ability to identify, develop and embed best practice in qualification development and regulatory compliance.
• Strong ability to analyse, compare, and align content across multiple documents and subject areas.
• Exceptional attention to detail and proofreading skills.
• Sound understanding of regulatory and quality assurance requirements within a qualification or assessment context.
• Confidence in making and articulating recommendations for quality improvements and coordinating actions arising from regulatory feedback.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively while maintaining independent quality judgement.

Responsibilities

• Build and shape quality assurance processes from the ground up.
• Design and embed quality frameworks, governance processes and audit approaches.
• Support accreditation submissions and regulatory engagement activities.
• Influence qualification development across multiple subject areas.
• Work with senior stakeholders across the business to embed best practice.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency and compliance.
• Leave a lasting impact on how qualification quality is managed at AQA.

Skills

Quality assurance

Regulatory compliance

Qualification development

Assessment design

Auditing

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

AQA is seeking a Quality Lead to shape and embed quality assurance across qualification development. You’ll build frameworks, governance and audit approaches, working with senior stakeholders to drive consistency and regulatory alignment.

Based in Guildford or Milton Keynes, with hybrid working, you’ll coordinate accreditation readiness, manage submissions and responses to Ofqual, and lead cross‑subject quality improvements to ensure compliant, high‑quality materials.