**Location:** Employees have the option to work flexibly from home within the UK. Our Head Office is located in Gloucester.
**Hours:** 35 hours per week, with flexible working options available.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an organization that plays a crucial role in the UK’s tertiary education sector. We are a world-leading quality agency, renowned for providing impartial regulatory and collaborative quality assurance and enhancement. Our mission is to support universities and colleges in collaboration with students, learners, governments, funders, and regulatory bodies to demonstrate and enhance the excellent quality and high standards of education they provide.
Our efforts aim to foster a greater public understanding—both domestically and internationally—of how excellent quality is achieved in UK higher education. We help autonomous providers assure the delivery of quality education and address any weaknesses. Our work ensures the integrity of qualifications for students and learners while protecting and promoting the reputation of higher education.
**About the Role:**
We are seeking a dedicated, flexible, and creative quality assurance professional to contribute to the development, delivery, and management of QAA’s accreditation, review, and international functions in alignment with QAA’s strategy. This role actively contributes to QAA’s accreditation and international services, including International Quality Review, International Programme Accreditation, Bespoke Review, and system-level international projects. You will collaborate with the Head of Accreditation and Consultancy, as well as other Quality Specialists, to further develop and deliver our international project portfolio.
**About You:**
We are looking for an experienced professional in delivering quality assurance projects for international clients, preferably within a higher education environment. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in assuring academic standards and quality at a senior level, effectively implementing strategy and policy in an international context, managing projects, and contributing to activities according to agreed specifications. Additionally, the candidate should have experience in implementing long-term organizational strategy and budget management.
For more information about this role, please refer to the job description. If you wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Chris Bland, Head of Accreditation and Consultancy, at careers@qaa.ac.uk.
**Closing Date for Applications:** 30 September 2024.
To apply, please create a profile on our recruitment portal and submit your CV along with a covering letter that outlines your experience and interest in the role. Only applications that include both a CV and cover letter will be considered.
If you require this advertisement and the attached job description in a different format or language to suit your needs, please email us at careers@qaa.ac.uk.
QAA is committed to promoting everyday flexibility in the workplace, with a culture based on trust and fairness that encourages both the organization and individuals to thrive. As long as business needs are met, employees should normally be able to work where and when they want. Many of our employees work flexibly in various ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please specify the flexibility you need in your application.
QAA values equity, diversity, and inclusion and aims to be representative of all sections of society. We strive to create an environment where employees feel respected, free to be themselves regardless of identity or background, and empowered to perform their best. We welcome and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
If you do not hear from QAA within three weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Note that we are unable to provide feedback on individual job applications