Qualifications Manager

Qualifications Manager

Newport, Wales (with hybrid working)

About Us

We are Qualifications Wales, the independent organisation responsible for regulating general and vocational qualifications in Wales. We focus on publicly funded qualifications, including GCSEs, A-Levels and vocational qualifications.

We’re currently looking for Qualifications Managers to join us on a full-time basis. Requests for alternative working patterns, including part-time and job shares, may be discussed at interview. We have seven opportunities available on a permanent basis with one fixed-term contract to cover a period of maternity leave. We would be interested in considering applications for a secondment opportunity of up to two years for all roles, with the possibility of permanency.

The Benefits

• Salary of £41,700 - £49,370 per annum
• 30 days’ annual leave pro rata (plus public holidays and office closure at Christmas)
• Flexible working arrangements
• Civil Service Pension Scheme

The Role

As a Qualifications Manager, you will manage, develop and deliver projects and programmes of work relating to the review and reform of vocational and technical qualifications.

Creating a schedule for the implementation of projects and activities, you’ll ensure objectives are delivered on time, within budget and in line with quality and legal requirements.

Additionally, you will:

• Lead and manage a small team of staff
• Review and analyse complex evidence
• Develop an understanding of statutory duties, policies, criteria, conditions and guidance
• Build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders

About You

To be considered as a Qualifications Manager, you will need:

• Experience working at a management level in a regulatory, qualifications development or quality assurance context
• Experience in the qualifications, education or training sectors
• Experience managing projects
• Experience engaging and negotiating with a wide range of stakeholders
• An understanding of the approaches to the development, review, regulation and/or quality assurance of qualifications and/or education programmes
• The ability to communicate complex information clearly

Fluency in Welsh would be beneficial to your application. We aim to appoint at least one fluent Welsh speaker for these roles.

The closing date for this role is 30th January 2023.

Interviews will be held online or in our office during the weeks commencing the 6th and the 13th February 2023.

Other organisations may call this role Regulatory Manager, Performance Manager, Reform Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, or Project Manager.

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