This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an important role in the UK’s world-class higher education sector. Over the last few years, the UK higher education landscape has adapted rapidly in unique circumstances and QAA’s priority has been to support providers as they meet these challenges.
We are the UK’s independent quality body for higher education with a mission to safeguard and improve the quality of UK higher education, wherever it is delivered in the world. QAA is the UK’s authority on quality and standards, acting as custodian on behalf of the sector of reference points including the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, Subject Benchmark Statements and the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications.
QAA provides services through membership to benefit universities and colleges throughout the UK and to support their operation globally. We work closely with the governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and until March 2023 have a discrete role providing assessment functions for the Office for Students as the Designated Quality Body in England.
About the role
We are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer to help develop, raise awareness of and deliver QAA’s policy and public affairs agenda.
This role within our Public Affairs team will work with QAA colleagues to develop policy positions in areas of QAA operation and expertise, and to manage QAA’s reputation, ensuring effective messaging with sector stakeholders and wider audiences beyond the higher education sector.
About you
We are looking for someone who has experience of public affairs work to strengthen our stakeholder engagement, policy agenda and public profile. Using initiative and fresh ideas, the ideal candidate will always be horizon scanning to find opportunities for QAA to display its expertise, make new connections and influence policy where appropriate.
More information can be found in the job description. If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact Eve Alcock, Head of Public Affairs (e.alcock@qaa.ac.uk).
Hours: 35 hours per week, flexible working available
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 9 November at midday.
To apply for this role, please submit your CV with a short covering letter.
QAA is fully committed to everyday flexibility and has adopted a culture based on trust and fairness that genuinely encourages QAA and individuals to thrive. Providing that business needs are met, employees should normally be able to work where and when they want. Many of our employees work flexibly in different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please let us know about the flexibility you need in your application.
QAA recognises the positive benefits of equality, diversity and inclusion. Our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for employees to feel respected, free to be themselves no matter what their identity or background, and able to give their best. We value the differences that a variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills brings and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants to apply and join us.
If you have not heard from QAA within three weeks of the closing date for this vacancy, then your application has not been successful. Please be aware that we are unable to provide feedback on individual job applications.