Quality Assurance Adviser Remote
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This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.
About us:
We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.
Job description
We look forward to reading your application for the role of Quality Assurance Adviser.
The selected candidate will design, undertake and advise on quality assurance activities for national programmes of learning and assessment for policing, developed by the College, and delivered by Police Forces, Higher and Further Education Institutions, and other providers, to support effective implementation, provide reassurance of ongoing consistency and quality and to facilitate continuous improvement.
Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Providing advice and guidance within the College on all aspects of quality assurance of learning and professional development to support consistent product design, delivery, assessment and accreditation to nationally recognised quality standards.
- Producing and maintaining programme specifications for national learning programmes in consultation with the Curriculum and Qualifications team that clearly document the management, delivery, assessment and accreditation requirements, to support consistent delivery against quality standards.
- Collating and reviewing evidence of compliance with Programme Specification requirements to inform management and governance groups on utility and efficacy of the programme in improving learning standards for professional policing.
To be successful in this role you’ll need:
- A Level 6 qualification (degree or equivalent qualification / experience)
- Relevant training, teaching or quality assurance qualification appropriate for professional education settings (Level 4 or higher)
- Experience in developing and implementing quality assurance frameworks within a learning and professional development context
- Proven ability to quickly build rapport creating strong, effective, credible and successful partnerships with the ability to negotiate and facilitate positive outcomes
- Experience of producing clear, concise, evidenced reports with realistic recommendations
Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Track record of conducting quality assurance validations/audits against set criteria.
- Experience of producing clear, concise, evidenced reports with realistic recommendations.
- Proven ability to quickly build rapport creating strong, effective, credible and successful partnerships with the ability to negotiate and facilitate positive outcomes.
Benefits
The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
- Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Benenden Healthcare
- National Dental Plan
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Rewards and recognition scheme
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing
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Selection process details
Eligibility:
Vacancy reference: WFD6225
This role is available as a permanent opportunity to all applicants, or a 2 year secondment opportunity to:
- serving police officers substantive in the rank of Sergeant, or those officers suitably qualified for temporary promotion in the rank of Constable. All applicants must have the support of their Chief Officer which must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC and this must accompany an application.
- serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Constable who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application.
Central service conditions may apply for police officers and staff.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to [email protected]
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.
How to apply and contact information:
For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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