Exams Quality and Standards Manager

Do you have experience of managing and developing quality assurance processes? If so, we’d love to hear from you in connection to our new vacancy where you will be able apply your skills and experience to ensure our exams are developed to a high standard, supporting us in assessing Radiologists and Clinical Oncologists joining the medical workforce.

Job details

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 30 March 2025. First stage interviews are due to take place on 3 April 2025, with final stage interviews scheduled for 11 April 2025 and will take place onsite at our central London office.

Salary: £61,104 per annum with pay progression up to £67,534 per annum within two years employment dependent on performance, plus excellent benefits

Location: Central London with flexible working

Hours: Full-time/35 hours per week

Contractual status: Permanent

Our Exams Quality and Standard Manager vacancy has ownership of our quality assurance framework within the Examinations department, whilst also overseeing key systems to ensure data is accurate and easy to access, allowing the wider team to make informed decisions.
To be successful in the role, it will be important that you can seamlessly switch from analytically thinking about quality and data, to influencing and positively engaging with our key stakeholders to ensure they are brought into the changes that need to be made to ways of working and are adequately supported in their voluntary roles.

With four direct reports, you will also need to be a confident manager, with an ability to engage and motivate your team to deliver against key priorities, supporting them through change and enabling them to be effective within their roles.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with excellent people skills and an analytical mind to play a key role in maintaining and improving the standards of our examinations, all with the aim of growing the radiology and clinical oncology workforce to deliver excellent patient care. 

What you’ll do:

• Develop and oversee a robust quality assurance framework, reflecting industry standard exam regulations and associated policies and processes.
• Introduce, refine and monitor continuous process of exams quality risks across the suite of exams, proactively identifying and overcoming barriers to managing and mitigating these.
• Oversee adjustment, appeals and misconduct review panels, ensuring that published processes are followed resulting in effective and judicious decision-making.
• Direct, support and motivate the quality team in achieving goals, ensuring outcomes are clear and progress is measurable.
• Develop and maintain exams delivery and content systems to ensure fit for purpose platforms that work effectively during exam delivery and marking, and ultimately support strategic objectives
• Lead the implementation of plans and initiatives for exams quality, securing and allocating resources, agreeing and managing the overall exams quality budget 
• Expertly navigate the complex exams stakeholder landscape, ensuring key stakeholders understand and support quality and integrity changes
• Ensure systems are designed to make data easily accessible, enabling the team to track the impact of process and delivery changes and make informed, data based decisions. 

What you’ll need:

• Experience of managing and developing quality assurance processes and setting up effective systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles of assessment, including the use of psychometric performance data.
• Experience of management in an exams, assessment or educational setting.
• Experience of developing and leading a team delivering diverse activities.
• Experience of working with doctors or other high-profile professionals. 
• Experience of successful management of contracts, suppliers and budgets.
• Experience of a variety of IT platforms – ideally those to support and deliver exams - and handling large volumes of data
• Strong people management skills. 

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How to apply

To find out more about any of the vacancies advertised, please download the candidate pack for the post you are interested in. Complete the diversity monitoring form and send a CV and covering letter to jobs@rcr.ac.uk, via the 'Apply' button above, by the stated closing date, explaining concisely how you match the requirements of the role.

Alternatively, you can send your application by post to arrive by the closing date. Please address your application to:

HR Manager
The Royal College of Radiologists
63 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3JW

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