Quality and Enhancement Specialist

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Flexible/Remote Working United Kingdom Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Company Description

This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an important role in the UK’s world-class higher education sector. Over the last few years, the UK higher education landscape has adapted rapidly in unique circumstances and QAA's priority has been to support providers as they meet these challenges.

We are the UK's independent quality body for higher education with a mission to safeguard and improve the quality of UK higher education, wherever it is delivered in the world. QAA is the UK’s authority on quality and standards, acting as custodian on behalf of the sector of reference points including the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, Subject Benchmark Statements and the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications.

QAA provides services through membership to benefit universities and colleges throughout the UK and to support their operation globally. We work closely with the governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and until March 2023 have a discrete role providing assessment functions for the Office for Students as the designated quality body in England.

Position

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Quality and Enhancement Specialist, who shares our commitment to improving and promoting the UK’s world-class reputation for delivering a quality higher education experience for all students.

This role in our QAA Scotland team, part of the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Directorate, is particularly responsible for devising and delivering programmes of activity linked to our sector-wide Enhancement Themes and Focus On projects. The role supports the development, evaluation and communication of our work in Scotland and beyond

Requirements

We are looking for someone who can devise imaginative activity to enhance learning and teaching policy and practice. You should have a thorough understanding of the issues affecting higher education staff and students, possibly gained in an academic or educational development role.

It’s important that you can analyse complex information and communicate it in engaging ways to a variety of audiences.

More information can be found in the job description. To apply, please submit your CV and a short covering letter.

If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact Laura Porter (Quality Enhancement Manager [email protected] ) or Caroline Turnbull (Acting Director, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland [email protected]).

Other information

Location: We have offices in Gloucester and Glasgow, as well as offering employees the opportunity to work flexibly from home

Job type: Fixed-term for 12 months

Hours: 35 hours per week, flexible working available

Salary: £37,792 - £47,574 per annum, dependent upon knowledge, skills and experience plus excellent benefits

Closing date: Wednesday 19 October at midday