Head of Quality and Compliance


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Derby, DE24 8JE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Sept 2026
Closing date:	6 Sept 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

About You

You’ll be a highly organised and strategic professional, with excellent written communication skills and strong attention to detail. With a PGCE (or equivalent), degree-level ability and IQA expertise, you will bring significant experience in driving quality improvement within further education. You will be confident analysing data to inform action, influencing change, and leading quality assurance processes, while demonstrating a strong understanding of Ofsted, curriculum development and compliance requirements.

What the college offers its staff

The Benefits

• 35 days per year plus 6 College closure days per year where applicable and 8 statutory days

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a 19.9% employer contribution

• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery

• TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard

• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets

• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage

• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse

• Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services

• Continuousdevelopment and progression opportunities

• Free eye tests with Specsavers

• Our new and enhanced Employee Assistance Programme provides 24/7 confidential support for wellbeing, mental health, and life matters

• Cycle to Work Scheme

Further details about the role

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the College’s quality Improvement and compliance agenda, driving continuous improvement in teaching, learning and student outcomes. Reporting to the Vice Principal – Quality of Education, you will oversee self-assessment, curriculum planning,student achievementand inspection readiness, while ensuring robust quality processes across all provision types. You’ll play a key role in fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration and innovation, ensuring the College is well-positioned for future success and inspection.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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