The Aurora Group Hiring for Quality Assurance Advisor (Education) – North West/Midlands Job at Remote , UK Full Time

Quality Assurance Advisor (Education) – North West/Midlands

Location: Home based with expected travel across the UK

Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum dependent upon experience

Hours: 40 hours a week

The Aurora Group

Aurora is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.

Working from home (with expected regular travel across the UK) we’re currently looking for a Quality Assurance Advisor to ensure that the quality and assurance systems, policies and processes in our schools and colleges are embedded and effective.

The role

We expect all our sites to be rated Outstanding or Good. Reporting to our Quality Assurance Director; your role will be to review our sites against Ofsted criteria and Independent School standards to enable us to maintain and develop high quality provision.

Focusing on our schools in the North-West/Midlands; your reviews will be thorough, appropriate and fair and you’ll ensure the findings in your reports are effectively followed up with corrective and/or preventative measures.

You will work collaboratively with site leadership teams to ensure a ‘ready for inspection’ ethos, including delivering training and ensuring robust assurance evidence is available on every site.

Making judgements on the inspection readiness and the quality of our education provisions and providing recommendations will require the candidate to come with a high level of credibility and in depth knowledge of education legislation, regulation and best practice.

This will be a great role for candidates who like the variety that comes with taking ownership for quality and continuous improvement across multiple sites.

Skills and Qualifications:

Experience

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience of performing in senior leadership roles in Mainstream or SEN education environments (Headteacher / Assistant Head / Deputy Head)
• Good level of understanding of Ofsted expectations and/or Independent School standards
• Demonstrable experience of driving quality improvements
• Superb communication / influencing / stakeholder management skills
• The ability to coach and train senior managers
• Willingness to undertake a national role: (c.2-3 nights away per week during busy periods)

Benefits and Additional Information:

Apply/Enquiries:

Please apply on-line. For more information on this position or a copy of the job description please contact Stephen Hughes ([email protected])

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer