Quality Assessment Standards Officer

The Sheffield College • Full-time • Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom • £32,523 - £36,566 / year • 1d ago

£32,523 - £36,566 per annum

30 holiday days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period

17.1% Employer Pension Contribution into Local Government Pension Scheme

About us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About the role

The Quality Assessment and Standards Officer plans, implements and delivers effective and efficient quality enhancement processes and procedures which drive up assessment standards within the College. The post holder works to ensure that The Sheffield College achieves excellent educational outcomes and delivers an outstanding experience for our students and other stakeholders. The postholder will play a key role in ensuring that recently implemented quality strategies lead to sustained improvement.

Main Responsibilities:

Collect, analyse and draw conclusions from statistical data, which contribute to improvement strategies that drive up quality and the sharing of expertise and best practice throughout the College.
Review and evaluate strategies that have been implemented for improvements
Meeting students and colleagues and attending quality improvement groups to foster relationships / partnerships and raise the standards of teaching, learning and assessment within the College.
Work closely with the Managers for Professional Development, Higher Education, Quality & Operations and the Quality Officer to ensure a consistently high standard of quality and service delivery cross College in all aspects of the role.

If you want to find out more about the role please contact Steve Spence, Assistant Principal QTLA - Steven.Spence@sheffcol.ac.uk

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £32,523 - £36,566 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA - 17.1%
Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
Health and wellbeing, we offer
Employee assistance programme through Bupa
Occupational Health through PAM
Free eye tests for VDU users
Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps:

To apply: Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@sheffcol.ac.ukCVs are currently not accepted.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 2nd of February 2026

Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.

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