Fixed Term until 5 June 2026

Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Background

Due to a temporary vacancy, we are excited to be recruiting a Quality Manager (Curriculum and Standards) to join our recently established Quality Assurance and Enhancement team. This team consolidates academic quality assurance functions from across the University, playing a central role in ensuring effective academic governance and a rigorous, responsive quality assurance infrastructure to facilitate academic excellence. The team is pivotal in ensuring the University meets its obligations to external bodies, such as the Office for Students and Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies, and stays current with sector best practice in quality assurance.


Role

The Quality Manager (Curriculum & Standards) serves as the key quality lead for a designated area of the University’s academic portfolio. In this role, you will work alongside a team of Quality Managers and will manage all aspects of quality assurance procedures including approval, accreditation, course review, modifications and data reporting for designated areas. You will provide authoritative advice to colleagues, conduct quality checks, and serve as the quality assurance representative on relevant School meetings. Collaborating with senior colleagues in Quality Assurance and Enhancement and across the institution, you will lead on specific thematic aspects of quality assurance and enhancement. You will line manage a Quality Officer assigned to your portfolio area.

Person

You will bring senior administrative experience within the context of Further or Higher Education, with a strong background in Quality and Standards in education settings. You will have working knowledge of academic quality and professional statutory regulatory bodies (PSRB) regulations.

You will possess excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, demonstrated through your ability to work independently and on your own initiative as well as to work collaboratively within a team. You will be adept at prioritising work, identifying problems and formulating and implementing effective solutions. You will have the ability to synthesise information, produce comprehensive reports and make recommendations for senior colleagues. Outstanding interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills are essential, along with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external staff at all levels.

A commitment to accuracy and proven attention to detail is crucial, as is discretion and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information. You will have a track record in staff management and collaborative working within a complex organisation and have a clear understanding of the University’s external regulatory requirements in relation to Quality Assurance. In all areas, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring they align activity with external regulatory requirements (including those from OfS, DfE, CMA and relevant PSRBs) and University policy.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible, and this role is ‘Flexible and connected – Professional Services’. Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year, but must purposefully align with the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that for full-time working the post holder will normally be on campus at least three days a week; the work location will be determined by the tasks/activities being undertaken.

Applications for part-time working will be given consideration.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 21st of August 2025
Closing date for applications: 3rd of Sepember 2025
Interviews are to be held: To be confirmed shortly after closing

If you require further information regarding the post, please feel free to contact Cathi Fredricks via email: cathi.fredricks@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05635.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserves the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.


Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.