Academic Standards Quality Officer

The overall responsibility of the Academic Standards Quality Manager is to assist the Training & Business Development Manager in the management of the college.

The Academic Standards Quality Officer acts as the primary point of contact between NCU Training and external awarding bodies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Liaise as the primary contact on behalf of NCU Training with the National Training Regulators namely Quality Qualifications Ireland (QQI), Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), Private Security Authority (PSA), SOLAS to ensure that NCU Training Complies with all quality assurance requirements.
• Ensuring that all courses support the NCU Training mission, based on input from internal stakeholder’s (Staff and Tutors), external stakeholder’s (Learners) and the market (Business customers). The ability to identify training needs and to organise training interventions to meet Quality standards.
• Management of academic strategy in line with QQI Core Statutory Quality Assurance (QA) Guidelines and Sector Specific Independent/Private Statutory Quality Assurance Guidelines, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), SOLAS and the Private Security Authority (PSA) strategic guidelines and standards.
• Managing the Tutor recruitment Programme from initial advertising to induction and probation stage.
• Ensuring that all Tutors are aware of and can carry out their roles in line with organisational policies and procedures
• Oversight of programme validation process, monitoring and review
• Management of new programme development
• Manage the assessment process
• Manage the quality assurance system
• Management of academic strategy in line with any relevant organisations strategic planning documentation
• Providing support to Tutors in all aspects of planning and programme delivery
• General academic planning, management and on-going development of the programme
• Management of general non-academic Learner Services
• On-going review of assessment instruments to ensure that assessment is fit-for-purpose and is compliant with relevant policies, procedures and standards
• Maintaining agreed on records in conjunction with relevant internal staff
• Development and continuous review of learning materials and associated schemes of work
• Maintaining records to monitor learner progress, achievement and attendance
• New programme identification
• Manage learner feedback, both formal and informal feedback channels for the recognition of Quality Learning Experiences.
• Producing an annual report under the guidance of the Training & Business Development Manager
• Fulfil the role of chairperson of the Quality Committee, Programme Committee and the Examination Committee working groups.