Senior Quality Officer (Further Education)

About London School of Science and Technology

At London School of Science & Technology (LSST), we strive for a profound impact on the way people and organisations contribute to the world. We have around 8000 students across five campuses in London, Luton and Birmingham.

We deliver Higher Education (degree) programmes in partnership with several Universities. We also deliver Further Education programmes including the DET and Skills Bootcamps and are working to develop and expand this provision.

About the Role

Reports to: Quality Manager

Key Internal Contacts: Head of Academic Standards and Quality, Head of FE, Vice Principal, Head of Student Lifecycle and Partnerships Manager

Key External Contacts: Awarding body quality managers

Job purpose: We are seeking a Senior Quality Officer with a strong background in Further Education, to join our Quality team and contribute to our commitment to excellence in further and higher education. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring the highest standards and surpassing the expectations set by Ofsted, our awarding bodies, and other regulators and professional bodies.  

Key responsibilities:

• Developing, implementing and reviewing the Quality Framework for Ofsted provision.
• Supporting external quality assessments and reviews, including leading the Self-Assessment and Improvement Planning processes.
• Conducting Quality Assurance Audits specifically related to Ofsted provision.
• Contributing significantly to the review and enhancement of the School's quality assurance processes, including independent information gathering, report preparation, and participation in quality enhancement projects.
• Managing the Visiting Speakers approval process, record keeping and monitoring and preparing an annual report
• Day to day management of safeguarding and Prevent activity, including delivery of training to new safeguarding officers and supporting the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Prevent Lead.
• Developing, delivering and organising a range of relevant training and staff development events, meetings or conferences, involving internal and external contacts.
• Maintaining up-to-date and properly archived documentation related to Quality Assurance.
• Coordinating and supporting a range of internal and external meetings and events, providing efficient committee support.
• Act as Secretary to the Further Education Committee: drafting the agenda, horizon scanning, commissioning reports and reviews and working with the Chair to ensure effective governance of FE activity.
• Regularly attend all LSST sites to support and monitor the delivery of FE courses, undertake reviews and deliver training

You are also expected to:

• Keep up to date with developments of the job area.
• Participate in training activities both in School and externally to maintain a sound record of Continuing Professional Development
• Adhere to general standards of conduct embodied in School policies and procedures (e.g. health and safety, equality and diversity, etc.);
• Work flexibly and efficiently, maintain the highest professional standards and promote and implement the policies of the School;
• Travel to other sites of the School.

It is expected that holiday entitlement should be taken at times convenient to the curriculum offer.

The post holder must respect the confidentiality of data stored electronically and by other means in line with the Data Protection Act 2018.

The above list is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be expected within the scope and level of the post. All members of staff are required to be professional, co-operative and flexible in line with the needs of the post and the School.

Job requirements – Essential

Qualifications

• Degree or relevant professional qualification at graduate level or equivalent experience

Further Education Experience and Practice:

• Proven experience in an FE setting such as a college, independent training provider, FE within a Higher Education setting, or similar.
• Experience of, or qualified internal verifier or equivalent.
• In-depth knowledge of Ofsted standards
• Comprehensive understanding of the Education Inspection Framework and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of accreditation/validation systems, practices, and monitoring
• Understanding of and experience in working with Safeguarding
• Understanding of and experience of working with the Prevent Duty

Professional Skills:

• Able to develop and deliver effective training and staff development sessions
• Strong communication skills both orally and in writing; and good attention to detail
• Able and willing to use software programs including Microsoft Office Teams, SharePoint, Outlook
• A sound understanding of GDPR requirements and the ability to deal sensitively with confidential issues

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work under pressure, manage and prioritise a complex and varied workload, and work with minimum supervision
• Able to interact with confidence with senior colleagues to promote and secure the quality assurance of the FE provision
• Flexible and committed to team working; able to facilitate cross-team working practices

Job requirements – desirable

• Experience as an EV
• Direct recent experience of Ofsted inspection
• Experience of committees and governance, minute writing and acting as Secretary to a committee

Please send your application by email to recruitment@lsst.ac via the ‘Apply’ button above.