Quality Manager

Description:

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Quality Manager to lead quality assurance and continuous improvement across Pathway Group.
This is a senior leadership role with both strategic and operational responsibility for quality of provision, compliance, and learner outcomes. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in maintaining and improving Ofsted outcomes, ensuring compliance with awarding bodies and funders, and driving outstanding learning, teaching and assessment across all programmes.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Quality Improvement
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Provide strategic leadership for quality assurance and continuous improvement across all provision.
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Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the Quality Strategy, Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs), and Quality & Governance Framework.
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Maintain and improve Ofsted grades, quality certifications and direct claims status.
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Analyse quality and compliance data, learner feedback and performance trends, reporting risks and improvements to senior leadership.
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Represent Pathway Group with Ofsted, awarding bodies and external partners.
Quality Assurance & Compliance
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Oversee Internal Quality Assurance (IQA), assessment, verification and standardisation processes.
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Ensure all qualifications and programmes are awarding-body approved, compliant and meet qualification rules.
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Develop and implement effective sampling plans for internal verification.
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Lead and minute quarterly standardisation meetings.
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Manage and close actions arising from external audits and verification visits.
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
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Oversee observations of teaching, learning and assessment.
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Ensure schemes of work, lesson plans and learner journeys meet awarding body and funding requirements.
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Work collaboratively with curriculum teams to strengthen planning and delivery.
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Ensure tutors, assessors and trainers are vocationally competent, appropriately qualified and engaged in ongoing CPD.
Learner Experience & Outcomes
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Ensure learner feedback is captured, analysed and used to drive improvement.
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Monitor learner journeys and individual training plans.
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Oversee the quality of learner portfolios and evidence.
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Support teams to achieve high success rates, achievement and positive progression outcomes.
Leadership & Culture
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Support, challenge and develop quality, assessment and delivery teams.
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Promote safeguarding, British Values, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Health & Safety.
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Foster a positive, inclusive and safe culture where learners and staff feel valued and supported.
Safeguarding & Pre-Employment Checks
The successful candidate must meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references