JOB TITLE: Head of Quality
LOCATION: This role is based at Wisbech Campus but covers all CWA Sites, with regular meetings at King's Lynn Campus.
HOURS: 37 Per Week. 08.30 - to 17.00 Monday to Friday.
SALARY: £58,238 - £62,658 (MA15 - MA18)
As part of our continued commitment and strive for excellence, we are recruiting a new Head of Quality to lead our quality enhancement and initial teacher education teams. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with our curriculum leaders and managers to support the provision of high-quality teaching and learning experiences for our truly inclusive learner cohorts.
Are you an experienced educational leader with a passion for collaborative continuous improvement and quality enhancement ? Do you have excellent communication and negotiation skills? Are you inspired by the opportunity to drive change to improve the experience of learners in further and higher education? This challenging and varied role, which forms part of the College Leadership Team, involves working closely with our broad range of internal and external partners, reinforcing and sharing best practice and showcasing excellence across our five sites.
The successful candidate must hold a minimum of a level 5 teaching qualification, a relevant degree, and have proven recent management experience in a further or higher education environment. They will be able to demonstrate, with specific examples, impact of a robust, collaborative approach to action-planning, budget management, quality enhancement, and effective teamwork, as part of the application and interview process. The role will require some evening and weekend working across the academic year and is a predominantly on-site post.
We are a successful, community-focused FE College based in the East of England. We have a thriving quality team and in recent years, the department has grown from strength to strength. We offer an incredible training package and a chance to work within tight knit and supportive teams.
BENEFITS
We offer an excellent package including a generous annual leave allowance of 35 days per year for management staff, plus five College closure days, plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time), fee waivers on some College courses, a contributory pension scheme with the Teachers Pensions Scheme, discounts with local businesses and access to a cycle to work scheme. CWA focusses on staff well-being and utilises both internal and external resources, such as a well-being committee and access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme as well as comprehensive training and development.
Job share opportunities are available for the right candidates.
Closing date for receipt of all applications: midnight, Sunday 4 May 2025.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Friday 16 May 2025 at our Kings Lynn campus.
Applicants are expected to ensure their applications are written in their own words.
We reserve the right to use an AI checker on any application.
Please note that all interviews are conducted face to face, we are unable to facilitate online interviews.
CWA are a Disability Confident employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. We would encourage you to disclose any disabilities and whether or not you wish to be considered under this scheme.
CWA is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check as well as a barred list check. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 but Exceptions Order may apply.
Full details of our Safeguarding Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection policy can be found at Policies (cwa.ac.uk).
CWA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient suitably qualified applications be received prior to the closing date.
No agencies please
The College has a statutory and moral duty to ensure that the College functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children receiving education and training at the College.
The College is committed to ensuring that it :
• Provides a safe environment for children and young people to learn in
• Identifies children and young people who are suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm, and
• Takes appropriate action to see that such children and young people are kept safe, both at home and at the College.
The College is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity to all learners, clients and employees. It is also committed to acknowledging the diversity of society in which it works. No applicant, employee, student or client will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of ethnicity, gender, race, religion or belief, nationality, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, age or trade Union activity or irrelevant previous criminal convictions. The College takes a very positive approach to the provision of opportunities for disabled students and staff, with facilities being constantly reviewed and improved. The College has given a commitment to the Positive about Disabled People programme.