Associate Director, Recognition and Financial

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 347103**Salary**:

- £65,539 - £72,930- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- OFQUAL - Chief Regulator's Office**Type of role**:

- Senior leadership
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2FLAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Ofqual is the independent qualifications regulator for England. We currently regulate 200+ awarding organisations, and approx. 11,600 certified qualifications. These include GCSEs, AS and A levels, and a broad range of vocational and technical qualifications. Regulating on behalf of students of all ages and apprentices is central to how we fulfil our statutory objectives.

Due to our continued commitment and focus in relation to EDI, our inclusion and fair treatment score based on the Civil Service 2022 annual people survey ranks us 4th out of 104 participating departments.

Ofqual is a rewarding, dynamic place to work. We offer employees the opportunity to develop within their role and progress through the organisation via a number of Learning and Development opportunities and activities.

We are in the top ten Civil Service departments for staff engagement which focuses on motivation and commitment to organisational goals and values. Based on the 2022 annual people survey Ofqual are ranked 9th out of 104 participating departments.

**Job description**:
**What’s the role?**

The Associate Director, Recognition and Financial Insights is an exciting opportunity to lead some of Ofqual’s most important regulatory processes. Ofqual is committed to encouraging a dynamic and growing market while appropriately safeguarding the fairness and standards of, and confidence in, regulated qualifications in that market.

You will lead the team responsible for recognising new awarding organisations seeking to offer regulated qualifications, approving their entry into the regulated market. You will also lead the team responsible for monitoring the financial robustness of regulated awarding organisations, providing important information both about individual organisations and the state of the market.

You will gain an unparalleled oversight of the whole regulated qualifications market and play a pivotal role in delivering Ofqual’s statutory objectives.

**Who we are looking for?**

You will lead an experienced team with expertise in assessment and finance, so first and foremost, you will be an excellent leader, with a track record of delivering excellent performance and motivating and developing your teams. You will combine a commitment to delivering excellence through regulatory processes with a curiosity and drive to improve those processes.

You will be comfortable dealing with the detail of individual decisions and cases while seeing the big picture and connections that can help Ofqual to improve its work as a regulator. You will thrive working with a diverse range of individuals and teams to find solutions to a varied range of complex problems, building strong relationships and quickly establishing credibility.

If this sounds like you, and if you’re motivated by Ofqual’s purpose of regulating qualifications on behalf of students and apprentices, then please apply.

**Person specification**:
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £65,539, Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) contributes £17,695 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.As a Civil Servant, you will benefit from a leading, modern employment offer which includes flexible working arrangements that support people at different stages in their lives, and pensions among the best available in the UK, as well as generous annual leave entitlements.

Other benefits you can enjoy include:

- Organisational performance related bonus
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Regular professional development
- Health and wellbeing initiatives such as mini-medicals, flu vaccinations
- Employee assistance programme and occupational health
- Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles for VDU users, if appropriate
- Family friendly policies
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Access to exclusive discounts
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.**Please note that we regret that we do not offer sponsorship oppor