Internal Quality Assurance Lead of Health and Social Care and Early Years

Optimistic – Equity – Kindness – Innovation – Collaboration

Join our dynamic team at Derby College Group as a Sessional Internal Quality Assurance Lead in our Health and Social Care and Early Years department. This role is a hybrid role, working from home and our Roundhouse Campus.

The Opportunity

Hours 7.4 hours Sessional per week, 52 weeks a year

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in shaping the quality and integrity of qualifications delivered within the Academies. You will be responsible for overseeing and driving the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) process across all levels of study, ensuring consistent compliance with the standards and expectations of both Awarding Organisations and Derby College Group (DCG). In addition to maintaining high-quality assurance standards, the role involves providing guidance and support to assessors, trainers, and teachers to foster excellence in delivery and continuous improvement across the curriculum.

 For a full explanation of the roles and responsibilities, please click here.

 About You

You’ll be a highly organised and motivated individual with a solid understanding of IQA and EQA processes, curriculum design, and qualification frameworks. With strong interpersonal and communication skills, you’ll be confident in supporting and mentoring delivery staff to maintain high standards. You’ll bring excellent planning, IT, and cloud-based working skills, alongside relevant qualifications in Health and Social Care and quality assurance. Experience with Awarding Organisations like Pearson or NCFE and ePortfolio systems would be an advantage.

For a full explanation of the Person Specification, please click here.

The Benefits

• Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme with a 28.68% employer contribution
• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
• TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard
• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
• Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
• Continuous development and progression opportunities
• Free eye tests with Specsavers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace which promotes and values diversity. We welcome all talent irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We ensure that our policies and procedures treat all applicants consistently and fairly during our recruitment process.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reasonable adjustments, or about the role, please contact us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

Safeguarding statement

DCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  An online search of the preferred candidate is also completed to help to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the college may need to explore with the candidate further. Please be advised that it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

If you require visa sponsorship

Please note that unfortunately, this role is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system. Applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route.  Please consult the Home Office website for further information.

Recruitment Agencies - We have a PSL of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list.

 Job Description

Proposed interview date: 28^th August