The post holder will be expected:
- To be a member of the wider Curriculum Leadership Team; developing, implementing, maintaining and reviewing the curriculum quality assurance processes at the college, recommending actions for change and supporting continuous improvement activity.
- To support a culture of continuous improvement by assisting in the development and coordination of a quality framework that meets relevant sector requirements and is benchmarked against current sector, professional and industry best practice.
- To lead and be responsible for rigorous and robust quality assurance strategies across all areas of curriculum provision.
- To monitor and evaluate curriculum standards and performance within the College, reporting findings to the Head of Quality.
- Lead on the implementation and improvement of curriculum performance measurement systems e,g, One Grade to facilitate the effective monitoring of student progress.
- To work with the Quality Improvement manager, supporting in the development of quality improvement strategies and providing assurance on the impact of quality improvement strategies.
- To liaise with the Head of MIS in ensuring the curriculum performance reporting systems are fit for purpose and that reporting is effective in meeting the needs of the curriculum and quality management team.
- Responsible for liasing with the head of exams ensuring the organisation is fully compliant with awarding body quality systems, including the reporting of student outcomes, qualification approvals, and EQA activity.
Quality Assurance
- To lead, develop and effectively implement the Colleges strategy for quality assurance and drive identified initiatives to ensure that college targets are met.
- To develop and coordinate the sharing of qualitative and quantitative data to support self-assessment and quality improvement frameworks ensuring Ofsted and other external requirements are met.
- Reporting to the Head of Quality data necessary for course review and self-assessment ensuring Ofsted and other relevant external requirements are met.
- Support the Head of Quality with the validation of the College Self-Assessment Report (SAR).
- To ensure reports are available that support Curriculum Managers in writing their SARs and collate information for cross College sections within the whole college SAR.
- Support the Head of Quality to effectively monitor progress against the College’s quality improvement plan.
- To ensure the data for curriculum performance panel meetings is accurate, up to date and available in a timely manner to ensure the effectiveness of the quality assurance cycle.
- To work with external awarding body organisations to ensure compliance with their quality assurance frameworks.
- Lead and be responsible for robust quality assurance (audits and monitoring) processes.
- To monitor and audit the effectiveness of all courses in delivering exemplary education to all students at the college.
- Develop quality assurance practices that monitor compliance across all curriculum provision at the College.
- To support the Head of Quality to ensure the college meets the compliance and performance requirements of the Open University and other HE partners.
- To develop key performance indicators, specifically attendance, retention, progress, and attainment including the outcomes of exam-based qualifications in respect of all students at the college, using data to gain insights into student performance, ensuring full compliance with all college procedures and system.
- Actively contribute to college Wider Management team.
- Any other duties of a similar level of responsibility as may be required.
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
- Degree or level 4 qualification
- Educated to GCSE standard for both English and maths
- Recognised Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) qualification
Desirable Criteria
- Specialist quality assurance qualification or training
- Recognised teaching qualification
How Identified: Application/Certificate
Experience
Essential Criteria
- Experience of initiating planning, and managing projects
- Experience in assuring curriculum performance, including effective impact measurement of quality improvement strategies
- Experience of developing and delivering a quality assurance framework across an organisation
- Experience of working with Further Education teaching and learning quality systems
- Experience of creating data to support underperforming areas make rapid and effective improvements
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of supporting colleagues through an Ofsted Inspection and or Office for Students QAA review
- Delivery of staff development to support and improve data use and analysis
- Experience of working as a Moderator, Senior Verifier, or External Quality Assurer (EQA)
How Identified: Application/Interview
Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- Excellent knowledge of working with recognised FE management information systems
- Ability to use technology, e.g. excel in the generation of information to support the assurance of curriculum performance
- Knowledge of current and possible future developments within the FE sector.
How Identified: Application/Interview
Skills & Qualities
Essential Criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with many internal & external stakeholders in various formats
- Ability to work independently and own initiative with minimum supervision
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy to meet deadlines
- High level of analytical and reporting skills
How Identified: Application/Interview
Interview date: Friday 26th June 2026
STAFF BENEFITS
- Career average pension scheme
- Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena
- Purchase loans for computers and bikes
- Staff discount at the College’s Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs
- On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus)
- Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance
- Free on-site parking
- On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed)
- An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site)
- A cycle to work scheme
- Discounted public transport tickets
- Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 35 days (From 1st August 2026) plus bank holidays
- Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays
- Two Health and Wellbeing days per year
- Subsidised bistro and refectory
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester.
We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.
