Senior Qualifications Officer (Development)

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The opportunity

UAL Awarding Body has a pipeline of new qualifications in development for 14 -19 and 19+ year olds, and a qualifications revision cycle that needs to be undertaken to meet regulatory requirements and exploit commercial opportunities. 

This role will specifically support the development capacity of the team, by managing and undertaking qualification design and development activities, communicating with internal and external stakeholders about new and existing qualifications, conducting reviews into our existing portfolio of products/qualifications and making recommendations for amendments and/or withdrawal. 

You will also contribute to the defining, development and implementation of new policies and procedures, and play a leading role in ensuring qualification compliance with Regulators’ Conditions of Recognition. 

You must have strong project management and communication skills, and the ability to work across multiple projects and prioritise own time. You should also have experience of qualification design and development.

About you

Your profile will include:

• Manage the end-to-end project management of qualification developments ensuring they are delivered on time, to budget and to quality.
• Be responsible for the quality of the product developed with attention to detail including technical content and compliance with regulatory conditions.
• Identify and implement research needed to support qualification development activities and choices.
• Produce qualification specifications, sample assessment papers, assessment strategies and resources in line with project requirements.
• Conduct desk research, internal and external stakeholder discussions and focus groups to inform qualification structures and content. 
• Ensure all processes and procedures are adhered to in line with department policies and procedures.
• Manage and monitors the qualifications risk register, including those qualifications with low enrolment numbers.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Senior Resourcing Adviser via email at RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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