Qualification Standards Manager
Are you passionate about qualifications and assessment standards? Do you have expertise in maintaining and setting high standards within a regulated education landscape? Join City & Guilds as a Qualification Standards Manager and help shape the future of qualifications.
You will work within the Technical Standards and Operational Research team and take responsibility and accountability for developing, monitoring, maintaining and communicating fit for purpose standards across a wide portfolio of qualification types, ensuring we maintain our global reputation as a leading vocational education business.
This is a full-time role (35 Hours per week) but we offer flexible working arrangements. You will need to be able to occasionally commute into our London EC1A head office for this role.
City & Guilds are a Disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email; careers@cityandguilds.com
About the role
As Qualification Standards Manager, you’ll ensure City & Guilds’ qualifications meet the highest standards of validity, reliability, and compliance. You’ll provide expert guidance internally and externally, develop assessment strategies and policies , and work closely with internal teams to ensure our products meet regulatory and organisational requirements throughout the qualification life-cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
· Advise on qualification design principles, development, assessment methodologies. standard setting and incident mitigation.
· Lead the creation and review of policies, strategies, guidance and training materials related to the work of the team.
· Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and valid assessment outcomes.
· Support qualification review panels, awarding and other internal teams with expertise on design and standards.
· Build strong relationships with stakeholders and represent City & Guilds at events and research conferences.
· Deliver training based on research and embed best practices across teams.
About you
· Expertise in qualification and assessment design principles
· Experience setting and monitoring vocational qualification standards on internal and external assessment
· Strong knowledge of quality assurance (e.g., CASS requirements).
· Excellent communication, critical analysis, and problem-solving skills.
· Ability to write clear policies and guidance materials.
· Proven experience in regulated awarding organisations.
· Strong attention to detail and ability to manage workloads independently.
Our Story and Mission
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What We Offer
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.
You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.
Next Steps and how to apply
If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.
We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.