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