Head of Academic Quality

3 weeks ago


Cirencester, United Kingdom Royal Agricultural University Full time

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**Head of Academic Quality**

**Job Description**:
The Role

**Job title**:Head of Academic Quality

**Department**:Academic Services

**Responsible to**:Director of Academic Services

**Responsible for**:Academic Quality Team

**Location**:Cirencester

**Salary**:Grade 9: £42,977 to £54,395 per annum

**Term**:Full-time, permanent

**Relationships with**:Academic Services teams; academic staff, students; Senior Academic

Leadership; External Examiners; partner institutions; Professional,

Statutory and Regulatory Bodies

Purpose

The post holder will provide strategic leadership to the institution regarding all aspects of academic

quality and standards: overseeing the operational management of the Academic Quality team,

including collaborative partners in the UK and overseas. The post holder will report to the Director

of Academic Services and act as deputy, including the definitive interpretation, and where required

suspension of, academic regulations.

In leading the Academic Quality team the post holder will have overall responsibility for academic

governance, the maintenance and review of academic regulations and the academic policy

framework, the annual lifecycle for academic quality assurance, the management of partner

relationships and the management of student casework.

Key Responsibilities

**1. **Providing strategic leadership to the institution regarding:

- the setting and maintenance of academic standards
- the quality assurance of all aspects of programme delivery, assessment and student support

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**2. **Assuring institutional compliance with professional, statutory and regulatory body requirements
including:

- Conditions of Registration with the Office for Students
- Sector Recognised Standards
- The UK Quality Code, as published by the Quality Assurance Agency
- Consumer protection law, as per guidance by the Competition and Markets Authority
- Requirements of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education
- Programme specific accreditation requirements including the Royal Institute of Chartered

Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

**3. **Providing leadership and management to the Academic Quality team; designing, planning and
implementing operational plans that support institutional strategic goals.

**4. **Managing the activity of the team, including:

- Academic governance
- The maintenance and review of academic regulations, and the academic policy framework
- The annual lifecycle for academic quality assurance
- The management of partner relationships
- The management of student casework

**5. **Overseeing the delivery of effective academic governance in accordance with good governance
principles and in alignment with the wider institutional and operational governance of the
University

**6. **Acting as secondary owner of the Academic Regulations and wider academic policy framework,
under the authority of the Director of Academic Services, providing definitive advice and
guidance on their interpretation.

**7. **Managing the ongoing maintenance and review of the Academic Regulations and wider academic
policy framework; ensuring their continued enhancement in line with sector best practice and
professional, statutory and regulatory body requirements.

**8. **Overseeing the effective and efficient management of the annual lifecycle for academic quality
assurance including:

- Maintenance of curriculum information
- Validation of new provision
- Annual monitoring of provision
- Periodic revalidation of provision
- Arrangements for External Examiners
- Systems for student feedback

**9. **Leading the day-to-day management of effective relationships with new and existing
collaborative partners; working with colleagues across the institution to provide assurance that
our collaborative partnerships continue to support institutional strategic goals.

**10. **Managing the delivery of quality assurance processes related to collaborative provision,
including the approval and review of partners and the validation and revalidation of provision
with those partners.

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**11. **Managing the delivery of student casework activities including:

- Academic appeals
- Student complaints
- Academic misconduct
- Student disciplinary procedures
- Fitness to study procedures

**12. **Managing the budget for academic quality activities; approving the payment of External
Examiners.

**13. **Making a significant contribution to the work of the University. Supporting the strategic goals of
the University, assisting other areas as and when required.

General responsibilities:

- The University is committed to equality of opportunity. All staff are required to comply with

current legislation, University policies and good practice guidance.
- All staff are required to act in a way that always safeguards the health and wellbeing of



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