Senior Quality Officer (Academic Partnerships)

The University of West London (UWL) is ranked the best modern* university (non specialist) in London in the Complete University Guide 2025.

We are ranked 30th university in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2025, Number 1 London university for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2024 and Best university for Student Experience and Teaching Quality in the UK in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.

The UWL community is a diverse body of students and staff who work together to create an environment of success and achievement. We celebrate the diversity of our staff and promote our values in practice through our commitment to inclusivity, progression, and success.

*University status awarded in or after 1992

The Department

The Academic Quality and Standards Office oversees the maintenance and enhancement of standards, and all quality assurance activities, processes, and policies on behalf of the University for its internal and external academic provision. It is a key player in ensuring that policies are adhered to, and translate into excellent academic practice across the University’s and academic partners’ provision. It plays a significant role in advising, training and guiding staff and students on the implementation of regulations and the operation of quality assurance systems, and the monitoring of their effectiveness. It also supports curriculum and course development and external compliance arrangements and works closely with a number of key stakeholders across the institution and externally.

The Role

The key focus of this role is to lead on implementing and further developing quality assurance processes to support the effective approval and monitoring of Higher Education courses at our academic partners in the UK and overseas. The role also involves providing a high level of Higher Education quality assurance expertise and support to senior colleagues in the Academic Quality and Standards Office, the Global Partnerships Office, colleagues across the University and to our academic partners.

The Person

The postholder will have prior experience of working in a UK Higher Education quality assurance role for an educational provider, and have current knowledge of the UK Higher Education regulatory environment in relation to quality and standards. The postholder will also have experience of report writing, creating procedural documentation and developing quality assurance processes. The postholder will also have the ability to build positive relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and at all levels within an organisation.

How to Apply

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ button, above, and fill out the application form.

Further information about the application process can be found here:

https://jobs.uwl.ac.uk/display.aspx?id=1253&pid=0

Please email hr.recruitment@uwl.ac.uk if you need any assistance with the application process.

Interviews are expected to be held in the week commencing 18th August 2025.

For informal enquiries about the position, please contact:

Stephen Scott, Director of Academic Quality and Standards, stephen.scott@uwl.ac.uk or

Dr Rebecca Day, Head of Global Partnerships Office, rebecca.day@uwl.ac.uk

Additional Information

Read more about working at the University of West London at: 

https://www.uwl.ac.uk/about us/how-university-works/why-work-uwl

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

This position does not meet the University criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship.

Please be advised that it is expected that appointment within a grade will normally be at the minimum point.

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