Quality Assurance & Performance Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance and Performance Manager to join the Quality team at an exciting time of development.

At a time when developing individuals to become highly skilled and ready for the workplace has become more important than ever, Milton Keynes College is seeking to further its reputation as a leading player in offering a wide range of provision aimed at transforming lives through learning.

In order to achieve this, the College is making a major commitment to enhancing the quality of teaching, learning and assessment with the formation of a new Quality Team. This is an exciting time to join a newly formed team that will be dedicated to helping Curriculum Managers and their delivery teams support our students to make great progress, realise their ambitions and become the best they can be.

We are seeking a dynamic leader with a proven track record of instigating improvements in teaching, learning and assessment across an institution.

This new role will work closely with the Head of Quality and the wider Quality Team to review and enhance current quality assurance arrangements and ensure their effective implementation. The role will also support Curriculum Managers and their teams to monitor and respond to information about the in-year performance of their students.

As a successful candidate you will have:

* An excellent understanding of the learner journey and how each stage can be used to promote the progress of our students.
* A track record of developing clear, simple quality processes that students and staff find easy to access and use and that have successfully delivered the intended impact.
* An analytical mind that enjoys exploring data to identify trends and pose questions to Curriculum Managers and their teams that will prompt further exploration and action to deliver improvement.
* A highly organised approach that revels in coordinating processes and planning logistics for events such as staff conferences.

As the successful candidate for the position of Quality Assurance & Performance Manager, you will possess the following essential knowledge, skills and experience;

* Degree or equivalent qualification
* PGCE/Certificate in Education
* Experience of coordinating assessment and internal verification activities and preparing teams for external verification/ quality assurance to meet awarding body expectations
* Confident user of management information data to support the analysis of issues and contribute to improvement planning
* Strong coordination and administration skills that support the smooth running of key college processes and events
* Excellent knowledge of the OFSTED Common Inspection Framework
* Good verbal communication and presentation skills
* Good numeracy skills, ability to quickly interpret performance data to identify key trends
* Good report writing skills with the ability to present complex information clearly in ways that enable the reader to quickly identify key points

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, including: Childcare vouchers, a multitude of training opportunities, Car Salary Sacrifice, Cycle to Work, a number of local discounts in Milton Keynes, LGPS and TPS pensions, free parking at our main campus sites and discount at our onsite Brasserie restaurant and The Graduate Salon.

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per annum

Salary: Circa £48,000per annum

Location: Chaffron Way Campus

Milton Keynes College is a general further education and training provider with Campuses at Chaffron Way, Bletchley and Central Milton Keynes. The college is the largest provider of further education and training in Milton Keynes, offering a varied mix of vocational and academic courses to a diverse set of students. The College has a number of commercial outlets which are open to the public including an award winning restaurant, Hair & Beauty Salon, Personal Training Studio, Nursery and Gallery space. Milton Keynes College also has an offender learning contract, providing education within 28 prisons across the country.

Milton Keynes College is values led organisation: Integrity, Excellence, Inspire, Respect, Innovate.

Milton Keynes College is a committed “safer recruitment” employer. We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore undergo a stringent vetting process to include DBS for all positions.

We want to develop a more diverse workforce and positively welcome applications from all sections of the community