Quality and Compliance Lead

Job description

• West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds
• 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
• Salary: £27,803 per annum - £31,364 per annum

We are seeking an individual lead on the quality assurance, improvement, and compliance of our apprenticeship programme activities here at West Suffolk College. This is a dynamic role that supports the Strategic Growth and Partnerships department and ensures the very best provision of learning to our students.

The successful candidate will be detail orientated, comfortable advising and managing various stakeholder relationships, and able to work with a great degree of self-initiative. Previous experience specific to compliance, auditing and processing, or apprenticeship provision would be highly advantageous but not essential to the post, as full training will be provided.

We also offer a wide range of staff benefits including:

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our employee assistance programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Canteen
• Company Events
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Funded subject course development for your role
• Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• Career progression opportunities available

West Suffolk College is one of the country's leading further education and apprenticeship providers. Our apprenticeship results have consistently remained above the national average. We offer many degrees, HNCs and HNDs at our focused and inclusive University Studies Centre . We have around 13,000 students including nearly 2,000 apprentices studying with us.

As a College, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.

This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance.

This College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further information please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected]

Completed application forms should be made via out recruitment portal - if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days of the closing date, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Closing Date: 8:00am on Tuesday, 27 th August

Interviews: To be held on Thursday, 29 th and Friday, 30 th August

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.

The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website.