Senior Quality Assurance Advisor x 2

Job summary

About us:

Our mission is: Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.

Although we are a relatively small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers’ network for equality and inclusion membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Additional Information:

Although we are Public Servants, we are accredited by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in CSC’s recruitment principles.

Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. Therefore, while successful candidates can transfer in on their existing terms and conditions, any subsequent transfer out of the College to the Civil Service will follow the standard Cabinet Office policy and new starter/modernised terms will apply.

The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process.

Our vetting

If you are successful at interview, you will be required to undertake pre-employment security checks. You will be sent a security questionnaire which must be accessed within 24 hours.

Please note, these checks can take up to 10 weeks. You will only be offered a start date after the checks have been completed. If the outcome of these checks is not satisfactory, your recommendation for employment will be withdrawn.

Job description

The selected candidate will join an agile delivery team of Quality Assurance, Compliance and Continuous Improvement professionals, who can be called upon to apply their skills and knowledge to a range of activities and subject matter. They design, undertake and advise on quality assurance activities for national programmes of learning and assessment for policing, developed by the College, and delivered by Police Forces, Higher and Further Education Institutions, and other providers, to support effective implementation, provide reassurance of ongoing consistency and quality and to facilitate continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Work across a variety of high-profile College standards

• Engage with forces and education providers to explain, implement and ensure that all QA and compliance activity helps to raise standards

• Stay connected with forces and education providers to understand how standards are being adopted and implemented in practice, identifying opportunities to improve

• Deliver QA and compliance processes that inspire and help forces and education providers meet the standards required by the College and its collaborative regulatory bodies

• Measure and monitor the right standards to help forces and education providers deliver their objectives, ensuring a culture of mutual respect and support between the College and stakeholders

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• A Level 6 qualification (degree or equivalent qualification / experience)

• Relevant training, teaching or quality assurance qualification appropriate for professional education settings (Level 4 or higher)

• Experience in developing and implementing quality assurance and continuous improvement frameworks within a teaching, learning and assessment context

• Proven ability to quickly build rapport creating strong, effective, credible and successful partnerships with the ability to negotiate and facilitate positive outcomes

• Experience of producing clear, concise, evidenced reports with realistic recommendations

• Be competent in using Microsoft 365 products, including Word, Excel and Outlook

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Providing advice and guidance within the College and to external stakeholders on all aspects of quality assurance of licenced national learning programmes, to support consistent product design, delivery, assessment and accreditation to nationally recognised quality standards.

• Producing and maintaining programme specifications for national learning programmes in consultation with the Curriculum and Qualifications team that clearly document the management, delivery, assessment and accreditation requirements, to support consistent delivery against quality standards.

• Collating and reviewing evidence of compliance with Programme Specification requirements to inform management and governance groups on utility and efficacy of the programme in improving learning standards for professional policing.

• Supporting continuous improvement of licenced national learning programmes, with force and university partners.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Experience of working with Quality Assurance Frameworks.
• Experience of conducting Quality Assurance Reviews.
• Experience of writing clear, concise reports, identifying any issues and giving recommendations.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,074, College of Policing contributes £10,160 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

Volunteering with the professional body for the police service, immersion in the history of policing and Harperley Hall, handling unique artefacts preserving the legacy of the past for the future, developing skills in research and methods of communication, an opportunity to make a cultural difference shaping how policing and broader society values the past.

We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.

For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Vacancy reference: 7031, 7056

Anticipated interview dates: Thursday 14th and Friday 15th May 2026 – Via MS Teams (Online)

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Paul Skelton
• Email : paul.skelton@college.police.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@college.police.uk

Attachments

T42B JD Senior QA Advisor Final May 2024 Opens in new window (docx, 74kB)