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QA MANAGER

Employer:North West Development Agency 

Reference:N/A 

Salary:£22,192 - £25,890  

Hours: 

Working pattern:Full Time, Permanent position 

Location:Based Warrington 

Closing date:12/09/2008 23:30 PM 

Big things happen in England’s Northwest – but then you’d expect nothing less in the region that has been surprising the world with its innovation, creativity and ambition for over 200 years. With the 12th largest economy in Europe and a diverse population of nearly 7 million people covering Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria, it’s a place that accepts no limits to what it can achieve.

The Northwest Regional Development Agency is the driving force behind this bigger thinking, leading the region’s regeneration and development. Working with business and government, it is the vital link that works in partnership with the public sector to anticipate and then meet the fast-growing needs of the Northwest’s economy.

BIG THINGS HAPPEN HERE

This is an excellent opportunity to prove yourself as you work with the Senior QA Manager and European Project Manager to devise and implement the Agency’s programme for the monitoring and review of the ERDF programme.

You will:
• Investigate problems and mis-management issues as they arise, developing action plans to deal with under-performing partners.
• Provide expert advice to staff throughout the Agency and outside bodies on the interpretation of guidance and best practice.
• Contribute to ERDF and Joint ERDF/Single Programme appraisals as appropriate.

What you are:
• Quick to pick up on and embrace new developments, guidance, and best practice, with substantial experience of appraising and monitoring public sector projects together with including an in-depth understanding of audit risk and accounting procedures and evidence requirements for public sector expenditure.
• Ambitious, articulate, and adaptable, with the negotiation and influencing skills to build relationships internally plus the understanding of funding regimes and evaluation processes to ensure credibility with external partners.

Closing date: 12 September 2008.

Assessment dates:30 September & 1 October 2008