JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title Awarding Body Quality ... - Eteach
JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title Awarding Body Quality ... - Eteach
JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title Awarding Body Quality ... - Eteach
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<strong>JOB</strong> <strong>DESCRIPTION</strong><br />
<strong>Job</strong> <strong>Title</strong><br />
Salary<br />
Responsible to<br />
Location<br />
<strong>Job</strong> Purpose<br />
<strong>Awarding</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> Nominee<br />
Points 32 to 34 on the Common Pay Scale<br />
Director of <strong>Quality</strong><br />
The postholder will normally be located at the Tower Road Campus<br />
but as a term of employment may be required to work at any site from<br />
which the College is offering or providing services.<br />
As the College’s <strong>Awarding</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> Nominee, you will be the first<br />
point of contact and responsible for all awarding body enquiries,<br />
<strong>Quality</strong> Assurance arrangements and ensuring successful outcomes<br />
to annual visits.<br />
Main Duties and Responsibilities<br />
1. To ensure that all programmes are approved and registrations are accurate and upto-date.<br />
2. To ensure approval conditions and policy requirements are being implemented<br />
consistently and effectively.<br />
3. To ensure teaching staff skills and qualifications meet expected requirements and<br />
they are aware of support and guidance available and understand requirements.<br />
4. To ensure there is an accredited Lead Internal Verifier in place for each principle<br />
subject area where required.<br />
5. To ensure assessment and internal verification is effective on all programmes<br />
delivered at the College, including ensuring effective assessment and internal<br />
verification plans and strategies are in place and fully implemented.<br />
6. To lead on internal <strong>Quality</strong> Assurance audits and monitor actions/compliance within<br />
agreed timescales.<br />
7. To maintain and update relevant information on the staff intranet and ensure easy<br />
access to information and resources as part of awarding body requirements.<br />
8. To support improvements to practice by attending team meetings, disseminating<br />
updates and key guidance and providing guidance and support as appropriate.<br />
9. To identify and lead on essential internal/external training and development<br />
opportunities, including awarding body events and ensure appropriate and relevant<br />
attendance to ensure up-to-date knowledge and skills in the relevant subject area.<br />
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10. To liaise with Curriculum Team Managers and Head of Faculty to ensure effective<br />
and successful delivery of qualifications.<br />
11. To co-ordinate EV visits, sampling, grade reviews etc. and monitor any essential<br />
actions arising in conjunction with Lead IV’s.<br />
12. To manage, co-ordinate and ensure successful outcomes to Annual <strong>Quality</strong> Reviews<br />
with awarding bodies including any essential actions arising.<br />
13. To work closely with the Director of <strong>Quality</strong> and provide regular updates and reports<br />
on progress<br />
General Duties:<br />
The postholder will be required to undertake other duties as directed by the Principal (or<br />
his/her delegated representative) appropriate to the administration of the College and within<br />
the abilities of the postholder.<br />
General<br />
All duties must be carried out to comply with:-<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
(iii)<br />
Health & Safety at Work Act<br />
Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and Regulations and other legal<br />
requirements, and<br />
Nationally agreed Codes of Practice which are relevant<br />
All duties will be carried out in the working conditions normally inherent in the particular job.<br />
This is a description of the job as it is presently constituted. It is our practice to review all job<br />
descriptions regularly and update them where necessary to ensure that they are a true<br />
reflection of the job that is being done, or to incorporate changes where they are found to be<br />
inaccurate. This procedure is conducted jointly by the manager and the job holder. You will,<br />
therefore, be expected to participate fully in such discussions with a view to reaching<br />
agreement on any changes felt to be necessary. If agreement is not possible, management<br />
reserves the right to insist on changes to your job description in line with your grade/level in<br />
the organisation, after consultation with you.<br />
Signed:____________________________________________________ Date:__________<br />
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PERSON SPECIFICATION<br />
The following is a list of skills, experience and qualities that we would expect to find in the<br />
successful applicant for this post:<br />
Essential<br />
Desirable<br />
Qualifications<br />
Knowledge and<br />
Experience<br />
Skills and<br />
Competencies<br />
AVA/IQA qualification<br />
PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification<br />
Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths, English and ICT<br />
Direct experience of working with awarding bodies<br />
and developing and implementing robust quality<br />
assurance systems within own subject specialism<br />
Experience of working in a team as an experienced<br />
Assessor and Lead Internal Verifier<br />
Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workloads<br />
Ability to work productively and independently with<br />
initiative<br />
Ability to deliver results within timescales whilst<br />
maintaining attention to detail and quality<br />
Effective communication and presentation skills<br />
Energetic, dynamic and solution focused<br />
Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt<br />
Highly developed interpersonal, motivational and<br />
influencing skills<br />
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