IQA Manager
Part time - 3 days per week
Aston, Birmingham
Permanent
Competitive salaries and excellent benefits including up to one day's paid leave each year to undertake volunteering opportunities
The Manufacturers' Organisation | Make UK
We are seeking an experienced and driven Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) Manager to lead and continuously improve the quality systems within our Apprenticeships provision.
This pivotal role ensures that our programmes meet and exceed the standards set by awarding bodies, regulatory organisations, and internal quality benchmarks.
If you have a passion for educational excellence, experience in engineering or technical learning environments, and a strong background in quality assurance, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.
Key Responsibilities
Act as Centre Coordinator for multiple awarding organisations (e.g.
EAL, Pearson, City & Guilds, ILM).
Serve as the main liaison with awarding bodies, managing all compliance, monitoring, and accreditation activities.
Oversee the BTEC and workshop IQA processes.
Support the RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) team in identifying cost efficiencies.
Ensure delivery meets Ofsted, awarding body, and internal quality standards.
Develop, implement, and review quality assurance policies and documentation.
Manage learner registration, certification, and records in line with regulatory requirements.
Coordinate and lead standardisation meetings to maintain consistency and best practices.
Monitor and review assessment and verification processes, including Assessor and IQA observations.
Maintain accurate, auditable records for all quality assurance and certification activities.
Provide ongoing support and guidance to curriculum managers and delivery teams, ensuring compliance with the latest teaching and learning standards.
Person Specification
Proven experience in a technical/engineering setting.
Strong background in education, particularly in Apprenticeships and Higher Education.
Demonstrated experience liaising with awarding organisations and regulatory bodies.
In-depth understanding of Ofsted, awarding body regulations, and sector compliance.
Skilled in the design and execution of robust quality assurance systems.
Exceptional communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
With over 125 years of experience, Make UK is a leading provider of essential business support and a champion for manufacturing industry in the UK.
Make UK has the close ear of Government and is a trusted provider of essential services for world leading manufacturing companies across the country.
Everything we do is designed to inspire British manufacturers to compete, innovate and grow.
Make UK staff enjoy a good benefits package and values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Benefits to include, but not limited to: Free parking, meal service on site, no bank holiday/weekend work, flexible hours, health cover, matched pension contributions up to 8%, and life assurance.
We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and we recognise the contribution that Service personnel, both regular and reservist, veterans and military families make to our organisation and have pledged to support this by signing up to the Armed Forces Covenant.
Our Values at Make UK: Inclusivity & Diversity, Integrity, Innovation, & Collaboration
SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
It is therefore a mandatory requirement that the successful candidate agrees to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Individuals barred from working in this sector are reminded it is a criminal offence to submit an application. ....Read more...
Type: Permanent Location: Birmingham, England
Start: ASAP
Posted: 2025-10-09 08:53:49
Black Country Women's Aid Let us introduce ourselves… Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands, providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking.
Services range from advocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions.
All services are client and needs-led. The service: The Corporate Services comprise of BCWA's Finance, Fundraising, Human Resources, Development, Training and Governance teams.
The work undertaken by Corporate Services underpins the support provided by our frontline staff.
As BCWA continues to grow, we are expanding our volunteer programme and are now seeking a passionate and organised Volunteer and Involvement Coordinator to lead this work. Job Role Job Title: Volunteer and Involvement CoordinatorPosition available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours)Salary: £29,267 - £33,281.98Closing date: 16 October 2025
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams Is this you? You're passionate about empowering people and creating opportunities for involvement.
You have experience managing volunteers and understand the value they bring to an organisation.
You are a confident communicator, digitally savvy and able to build strong relationships with volunteers, colleagues and external partners.
You are committed to BCWA's feminist values and safeguarding principles, and will bring creativity and energy to the role.
The Role: This is an exciting opportunity to shape and develop volunteering at BCWA.
You will work across departments to identify opportunities for volunteers, peer mentors and experts by experience to contribute meaningfully to our services.
You will lead on recruitment, training, support and celebration of volunteers, ensuring best practice and inclusivity throughout.
If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.
To be considered for this position, click 'apply' and you will be emailed a link to an application form, job description, and equal ops form, plus details on how to complete your application.
CVs will not be accepted. Important information for all positions
Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau for details of any previous criminal convictions.Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
The post holder must be female.
Employment checks
As a responsible employer, we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:
Right to work in the UKUnder Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer, need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally.
To avoid discrimination, we treat all job applicants equally.
We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK.
A copy of these will be taken.
Once the successful candidate has been appointed, the unsuccessful candidate's documents will be destroyed confidentially.
You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.
References
Following your interview, two employment references will be sought.
One of these should be your current or most recent employer.
If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:
, a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher, GP or health visitor, a character reference from a person who knows you, a civil servant from a government agency, a bank manager
DBS
All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level. ....Read more...
Type: Permanent Location: Sandwell, England
Start: ASAP
Salary / Rate: £29267.00 - £33281.00 per annum
Posted: 2025-09-20 05:25:18
