Total 40 job vacancies by QA Ltd

Lecturer in Computing
QA Higher Education, Full Time Role
Face2Face or blended LOCATION London or Birmingham or Manchester
Are you a Higher Education Lecturer in Computing looking for a role within a dynamic organisation, where you can be proud and feel rewarded watching our students succeed?
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing and expanding campus. We are student centric and very passionate about our contribution to our students' future ………come join us!
Your focus: As Lecturer, you will be responsible for our students' progression and academic achievement up to level 7 (postgraduate). Planning, preparing, teaching modules both online and in the classroom using our innovative delivery methods and cutting-edge curriculum. You will provide guidance and support to our students with your knowledge and expertise, powering each student's potential.
Bring your experience: Applicants should have suitable and relative experience in teaching general programming (e.g., Python) and with at least one speciality such as Cloud Computing or Web Development or Mobile Development or HCI/UX Networking or IOT or Cyber Security or Data Science or Big Data or DBMS or Relational Programming or Artificial Intelligence or Knowledge Engineering or Deep Learning or Information Systems. Must hold a Masters degree or higher in Computer Science/IT or related subject areas. A teaching qualification and HEA membership would be distinct advantageous.
Significant experience in face-to-face teaching of higher education students in classes of varying sizes within a subject area taught by the faculty is required.
Ability to demonstrate hands-on technical competencies is essential.

What we can give you:
Access to innovative delivery methods, and exciting course material.
Chance to work with like-minded educational enthusiasts; able to share and learn delivery best practice and industry leading knowledge.
Receive specialist coaching and support from your education leaders.
A little more about QA:
Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.

Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

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#computing
#computerscience
#python
#masters
#IND01
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Lecturer in Computing
QA Higher Education, Full Time Role
Face2Face or blended LOCATION London or Birmingham or Manchester
Are you a Higher Education Lecturer in Computing looking for a role within a dynamic organisation, where you can be proud and feel rewarded watching our students succeed?
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing and expanding campus. We are student centric and very passionate about our contribution to our students' future ………come join us!
Your focus: As Lecturer, you will be responsible for our students' progression and academic achievement up to level 7 (postgraduate). Planning, preparing, teaching modules both online and in the classroom using our innovative delivery methods and cutting-edge curriculum. You will provide guidance and support to our students with your knowledge and expertise, powering each student's potential.
Bring your experience: Applicants should have suitable and relative experience in teaching general programming (e.g., Python) and with at least one speciality such as Cloud Computing or Web Development or Mobile Development or HCI/UX Networking or IOT or Cyber Security or Data Science or Big Data or DBMS or Relational Programming or Artificial Intelligence or Knowledge Engineering or Deep Learning or Information Systems. Must hold a Masters degree or higher in Computer Science/IT or related subject areas. A teaching qualification and HEA membership would be distinct advantageous.
Significant experience in face-to-face teaching of higher education students in classes of varying sizes within a subject area taught by the faculty is required.
Ability to demonstrate hands-on technical competencies is essential.

What we can give you:
Access to innovative delivery methods, and exciting course material.
Chance to work with like-minded educational enthusiasts; able to share and learn delivery best practice and industry leading knowledge.
Receive specialist coaching and support from your education leaders.
A little more about QA:
Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.

Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

#lecturer
#computing
#computerscience
#python
#masters
#birmingham
#IND01
IND01

Financial Accountant, QA Higher Education, Leeds City Centre
Hybrid Working (2 days per week in the office)
Fulltime, Permanent Opportunity

Are you a fully qualified experienced Financial Accountant, perhaps currently in practice now looking for a move into industry OR perhaps you are a Financial Accountant in industry looking for a new opportunity within a vibrant, rewarding and growing business, where you can develop further?

What's your focus: (please click through to read the full job description)
As Financial Accountant you will be responsible for the QA Higher Education's Financial Reporting and financial controls including group and subsidiary statutory accounts, and JV statutory accounts, VAT return submission, corporation tax submission, internal controls and other regulatory reporting.
You will manage our financial controls and regulatory reporting, here's some of the responsibilities for our role, please click through to the JD to read in more detail.
Oversee the timely production of annual group, subsidiary and JV statutory accounts.
Manage interim and year end audit process for group and the JVs.
Ensure VAT and corporation tax submissions are accurate, paid and filed on time.
Ensure any other regulatory reporting is accurate and submitted on time.
Assist with the preparation and review of balance sheet recs and other tasks as required.
Assisting with the preparation and review of working capital reporting including variance analysis.
Review and maintain accounting policies and procedures documents to ensure current and in line with relevant accounting standards.
Research and advise on any new accounting standards and regulatory reporting to ensure compliance including drafting policies, procedures and implementing controls for these.
Ensure appropriate financial controls are in place and functioning effectively. Review any issues arising and draft and implement mitigating controls and procedures for all areas of accounting and reporting.
Assist with any changes to group structure such as incorporation of new entities to ensure these are structured correctly and bank accounts and systems are in place in a timely manner for their operation.
Reports to other parties as required.

Bring your experience:
Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA).
Previous experience in a role with accounting, compliance and auditing responsibilities.
Evidence of having monitored financial and operating processes and controls and provided recommendations for improvement.
Experience of managing the year end audit process.
Previous VAT and corporation tax experience.
Sound knowledge of IFRS, accounting principles, procedures and controls.
Experience with creating financial statements.
Sound knowledge of VAT and corporation tax and experience of having prepared returns for these.

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#hybrid
#kpmg
#deloitte
#BDO
#grantthornton
#Bakertilly
#EY
#CroweLLP
What we can give you:
Naturally we have company benefits and various perks for you.
We will give you the opportunity to work with the market-leading learning organisation.
A competitive salary of course, to reward the hard work you will bring.
A little more about QA Higher Education: Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA Higher Education is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.
Apply now - here's how! Simply hit the apply button.
Equal Opportunities At QA Higher Education, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

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Learning Support Specialist
Home Based
Competitive salary and benefits

The role
In this role you will offer guidance and support to neurodiverse or disabled learners on our programmes to enable them to achieve their aspirations and goals. You will deliver effective teaching, learning and support to learners for qualifications and their individual needs

The responsibilities

• Create individual support plans tailored to learner's individual needs, considering the results of initial & diagnostic assessments.
• Motivate, enable and drive learners to achieve their goals through outstanding teaching and learning
• Deliver learning and evidence progression to meet the targets set for the learner
• Deliver engaging and creative learning to meet the needs of the learner
• Provide continuous and effective Information, Advice & Guidance to learners
• Provide pastoral support to learners as required to aid engagement & achievement of their goals
• Deliver and facilitate teaching, learning and support that encourages accelerated and autonomous learning
• Support the learning process through the development of learning resources.
• Engage and coach the learner's Employer/Mentor to provide adequate support and guidance
• Complete detailed documentation to evidence the need for Learning Support Funding
• Work collaboratively with and provide accurate updates to the appropriate delivery colleagues and support the timely achievement of the qualification
• Monitor learner's welfare, health and safety in the workplace upskilling learner's knowledge regarding
• Safeguarding, British Values, Prevent and Equality & Diversity

Your experience and skills

• Experience of and a proven track record of working with SEND learners
• Proven track record of consistently exceeding targets
• Knowledge and/or experience in delivering Safeguarding

Your qualifications

• Educated at degree level or equivalent experience
• Teaching qualification preferred but not essential

About QA:
At QA, we believe the future belongs to organisations that are able to learn, master and apply new skills at pace and scale. As the largest tech training company in the UK and the fastest-growing in the US, we partner with 96% of the FTSE and most of the Fortune 500. We have served over 4,000 customers and 1+ million learners since 1985.

We believe skills alone aren't enough, but need to be applied back to the business in order to effect change. We do this through tailored learning programmes that connect learning across an organisation's siloes, create continuity for learners, and feature collaborative, cohort-based modalities to apply skills at pace and at scale. Our unique end-to-end learning solution draws from deep expertise across apprenticeships and instructor-led training, and self-paced learning.

QA is headquartered in London and New York.
Learn more at QA.com

Down time

Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.

How we'll help with finance matters

In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth

Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!
You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.

Safeguarding Statement
QA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults with care and support needs. We hold the expectation that all staff share this commitment in creating a safe and inclusive environment and as an organization, we comply with relevant legislation and best practices in safeguarding and safe recruitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on successful applicants including:

• an enhanced disclosure check
• Child Barring list check
• qualification checks
• online checks
• medical fitness
• identity and right to work

All applicants will be required to provide two references covering the previous three years and a Criminal Declaration form must be completed and returned ahead of interview.


If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:
Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form - we'll be in touch with the next steps if successful
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SALES ENGINEER
London/Hybrid
Competitive salary base + Commission

Our sales team shares our business success story with organisation's around the world and highlights the added value we give to align Sales and Marketing.

As a Sales Engineer at QA, you will play an essential role within the business and hugely impact its growth. Reporting directly into the Director of Sales Enablement and Solutions, you will be providing world-class pre-sales support for our enterprise sales team.

Your Responsibilities

• Enthusiastically lead prospective customers to the expected business outcomes of our platform.
• Deliver outstanding product demonstrations through powerful storytelling and articulation of how our software provides value to customers
• Promote our platform at events such as AWS reinvent, Microsoft Ignite, etc.
• Continuously strive for improvement in all skill areas and maintain up-to-date knowledge regarding our solution as well as industry trends and technologies.
• Work closely with sales partners to qualify, drive opportunities and determine sales motions within accounts.
• Collaborate with multiple internal teams such as product management, engineering, customer success and marketing.
• Be passionate about sales engineering and working with customers.

About you

• Experience with selling and delivering SaaS products to enterprise operations teams
• Experience of working with SALESFORCE combined with AWS, GCP or MS Azure
• Ability to work directly with customers with a strong commitment to their success
• Strong presentation skills, including live product demos and technical pitches
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including a dynamic and engaging presentation style that inspires confidence
• Open-minded, positive attitude, and the ability to work with a sense of urgency
• Ability to travel within the local Region

What we can offer you

• Competitive salary with a quarterly MBOs
• Budget for professional development
• 5 weeks paid vacation per year, with the option to purchase a sixth week
• Great company culture and work environment
• Highly skilled teammates and lots of opportunities for growth and development

At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place
Down time

Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.

Personal growth

Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!
You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content on a variety of tech and business topics.

Our people

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family.

We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.


#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-TH1 #LI-hybrid

Financial Accountant, QA Higher Education, Leeds City Centre
Hybrid Working (2 days per week in the office)
Fulltime, Permanent Opportunity

Are you a fully qualified experienced Financial Accountant, perhaps currently in practice now looking for a move into industry OR perhaps you are a Financial Accountant in industry looking for a new opportunity within a vibrant, rewarding and growing business, where you can develop further?

What's your focus: (please click through to read the full job description)
As Financial Accountant you will be responsible for the QA Higher Education's Financial Reporting and financial controls including group and subsidiary statutory accounts, and JV statutory accounts, VAT return submission, corporation tax submission, internal controls and other regulatory reporting.
You will manage our financial controls and regulatory reporting, here's some of the responsibilities for our role, please click through to the JD to read in more detail.
Oversee the timely production of annual group, subsidiary and JV statutory accounts.
Manage interim and year end audit process for group and the JVs.
Ensure VAT and corporation tax submissions are accurate, paid and filed on time.
Ensure any other regulatory reporting is accurate and submitted on time.
Assist with the preparation and review of balance sheet recs and other tasks as required.
Assisting with the preparation and review of working capital reporting including variance analysis.
Review and maintain accounting policies and procedures documents to ensure current and in line with relevant accounting standards.
Research and advise on any new accounting standards and regulatory reporting to ensure compliance including drafting policies, procedures and implementing controls for these.
Ensure appropriate financial controls are in place and functioning effectively. Review any issues arising and draft and implement mitigating controls and procedures for all areas of accounting and reporting.
Assist with any changes to group structure such as incorporation of new entities to ensure these are structured correctly and bank accounts and systems are in place in a timely manner for their operation.
Reports to other parties as required.

Bring your experience:
Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA).
Previous experience in a role with accounting, compliance and auditing responsibilities.
Evidence of having monitored financial and operating processes and controls and provided recommendations for improvement.
Experience of managing the year end audit process.
Previous VAT and corporation tax experience.
Sound knowledge of IFRS, accounting principles, procedures and controls.
Experience with creating financial statements.
Sound knowledge of VAT and corporation tax and experience of having prepared returns for these.

What we can give you:
Naturally we have company benefits and various perks for you.
We will give you the opportunity to work with the market-leading learning organisation.
A competitive salary of course, to reward the hard work you will bring.
A little more about QA Higher Education: Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA Higher Education is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.
Apply now - here's how! Simply hit the apply button.
Equal Opportunities At QA Higher Education, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

#acca
#aca
#financialaccountant
#leeds
#LifeAtQA
#hybrid
#kpmg
#deloitte
#BDO
#grantthornton
#Bakertilly
#EY
#CroweLLP

Mental Health Practitioner to Students within Higher Education
Birmingham, Fulltime & Permanent Role
Hybrid Working Monday - Friday 9-5.30pm 3 days on campus, 2 days at home
Do you have experience of supporting and guiding students in need of advice, information or help? Are you calm, collected and reassuring when faced with a crisis? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
About our role: As Mental Health Practitioner (and in collaboration the welfare team, disability teams and student relations team), you will have the experience and knowledge to contribute to the delivery and development of a range of services including individual, managing a caseload, and sometimes group work, to provide a professional advisory service for staff and students, internal or external referral, and curation of psycho-educational or self-help resources.
As Mental Health Practitioner you will assist and support the Clinical Lead in promoting, developing, and maintaining a safe and ethical wellbeing service within QA Higher Education.
This will include looking at key times throughout the academic year and proactively planning and organising events and interventions to promote wellbeing activities.
Our role is Monday to Friday business hours with very occasional evening work (6pm finish).
Here's a flavour of what's involved: (click through to read the JD)
Manage a caseload of undergraduate and postgraduate students with mental
health difficulties and/or disabilities, delivering focused therapeutic interventions both in person and remotely, and co-ordinating support across a range of services to optimise their student experience. Provide targeted support where appropriate at periods of transition e.g. pre-entry, suspense and placements.
Establish effective working relationships with external service providers, (GPs, specialist mental health services, social care), to facilitate students' access appropriate medical support. Promote timely, effective information sharing and collaborative working.
Support in the delivery of all welfare services, this can be on campus, via the phone or email.
Provide urgent triage, assessment and robust, collaborative risk management interventions to students experiencing a mental health crisis, referring to and liaising with internal and external service providers as appropriate.
Provide comprehensive mental health assessments to students presenting with significant mental health needs and provide appropriate advice, signposting and referral on to additional services.

#wellbeing
#mentalhealth
#studentwelfare
#mentalhealth
#studentsupport
#studentguidance
#birmingham
Bring your experience:
Experience in supporting clients with complex mental health difficulties in a multi-agency context.
Experience of delivering targeted, evidence-based mental health interventions.
Experience in working in Higher Education. Desirable
Experience of delivering group interventions. Desirable
Evidence of relevant continuing professional development/training in the field of mental health/therapeutic interventions
Practical working knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to all protected characteristics and a sound grasp of the legal aspects of supporting disabled students
Understanding of the SEND Code of Practice 2015. Desirable
Current professional registration in the field of mental health relevant to this role (NMC or HCPC registration) Desirable
Degree level qualification or equivalent.
About QA Higher Education
QA Higher Education works in partnership with seven UK universities, colleges, and education specialists in the UK, to recruit, market and deliver a range of education programmes to international and domestic students, from foundation level to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
At QA Higher Education, we are absolutely committed to breaking down barriers, eliminating discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities so that diversity can flourish here. One of our core values is that 'our Diversity makes us stronger' - we recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences bring valuable perspectives and enhance the way we work at QA. As a market leader in the digital education, it's our duty to drive diversity and inclusion not only for ourselves, but also the wider industry, the clients we serve and the communities in which we work.
Equal Opportunities At QAHE, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

Lecturer in Psychology
QA Higher Education Birmingham OR Manchester
F2F and Online teaching - fulltime and sessional hours available
Are you an experienced Higher Education Lecturer in Psychology looking for a flexible contract within a dynamic organisation, where you can be proud and feel rewarded watching our students succeed?
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing and expanding campus. We are student centric and very passionate about our contribution to our student's future ………come join us!
Your focus: As a Lecturer, you will be responsible for our students' progression and academic achievement up to level 7. Planning, preparing, teaching modules both online and in the classroom using our innovative delivery methods and cutting edge curriculum. Providing guidance and support to our students …….your knowledge, powering each students potential.
Bring your experience: Applicants should have suitable and relative experience in teaching the different strands of Psychology as well as having relevant qualifications and knowledge of the BPS. HEA membership would be a distinct advantage.
What we can give you:
Access to free QA training courses to continue your personal development
Time off to support the charities you love
Access to innovative delivery methods, and exciting course material
Chance to work with like-minded educational enthusiasts; able to share and learn delivery best practice and industry leading knowledge
Receive specialist coaching and support from your education leaders
A little more about QA:
Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.
Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

#highereducation
#lecturer
#psychology
#manchester
#birmingham
#masters
#phd

Project Manager
Remote
Permanent - 37.5 hrs per week

We are specialists in technology - providing a comprehensive suite of talent and training services helping individuals and companies to be winners in the digital revolution. Over 290,000 people learned with us last year!

We deliver services to over 5,000 corporate clients, representing a significant portion of the FTSE 250. We have leading practices in agile, cyber security, cloud and DevOps - as well as many other technology specialisms.

We specialise in the people side of technology transformation - our training programmes help businesses to upskill or reskill their existing employees and our talent services are used to identify, recruit and skill-up diverse technology talent - we deliver 70% of the UK's cloud training and are a Microsoft Gold delivery partner.

Your Role:
This purpose of this hands on, highly operational, client focused role is to work alongside the Senior Project Manager to scope, plan and manage the successful delivery of large and complex face to face, virtual and digital learning and engagement programmes

Working on behalf of one of QA's key clients you will be responsible for ensuring that your programme achieves its objectives within agreed timescales and budget whilst ensuring that quality measures are continually adhered to.

Responsibilities:

• Manage operational risk within sensible parameters of QA Project and QA Business needs.
• Working alongside the Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for the successful delivery of large complex learning and engagement programmes in line with the plan and budget.
• Work closely with client Stakeholders and Solution Architect to scope the objectives, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, assumptions, risks and quality acceptance criteria.
• Support programme specific resourcing through clear role(s) definition, recruitment and quality assurance.

Skills & Qualification:

• Project Management experience is essential due to the scale and complexity of the programmes
• Fully familiar with project lifecycle and methodologies and hold a Prince 2 Practitioner or similar industry recognised qualification
• Experience of complex scheduling
• Experience of resource management
• Experience of effectively managing or mitigating against risk
• Excellent document writing skills
• Stakeholder management at a senior level
• Our salaries are competitive and will be discussed as part of the selection process.

What's in it for me?

On top of this, receive QA's outstanding benefits package:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 3 dedicated study days
• Access to 1500+ courses (worth up to £3K each!)
• Medicash - cashback for dentist/physio etc.
• Free virtual GP appointments
• 2 charity/volunteer days
• £500 referral scheme
• A superb Gymflex scheme (ask us about this!)
• Our own BenefitsHub to receive loads of discounts

Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.

How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!

You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.


Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.

If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can email me: - happy to help!

Cloud Test/Exam Designer
Remote/Home Based UK
Full time, 37.5 hrs per week



Job purpose:
You will join QA as Assessment Specialist working within our Content team. Reporting to our Senior Assessments Manager, this person will play a pivotal role in ensuring our assessments remain the top in the industry.

You might be experienced in running your own blog in relation to one of or all of the CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES we mention?

You will have a strong technical expertise in the CLOUD Technologies of Azure, AWS and GCP.

• Experience of Containerisation, Kubernetes, GEN AI, Zero Day Threats, Test Lab design.

The role and what you will be doing:

• You will be ideally well versed in CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES including Azure, AWS, GCP etc and have an enthusiasm for commenting on or developing insights into new technical advancements and changes.
• Write clear, accurate, and relevant assessments for QA enterprise training, including but not limited to: certification preparation exams across multiple cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud.
• Write/create role-based skill assessments for a wide variety of current IT roles including Solution Architect, Software Developer, or DevOps Engineer.
• Create both pre and post assessments which are formative and summative exams to assess learner progress through a sequence of modular training resources.
• Coordinate with Content team members to outline quiz development priorities on a set schedule and adapt to evolving priorities based on changing IT market trends, cloud and software technology and/or enterprise training priorities.
• Collaborate with the content team and engineering team members to design new assessment types.
• Content Management:
• Review and update existing quiz library to maintain currency with cloud platforms and QA courses
• Integrate content management tasks, such as reviews and updates, into work schedule while continuing development of new content

A little about QA:

At QA, our mission is powering people's potential.

We believe the answer to closing the digital skills gap lies with the people organisations already have and the talent we can bring for the future.

We're experts in reskilling, upskilling, apprenticeships, and other talent needs for leading enterprises and public sector organisations in the UK and we're proud to work with some of the world's biggest brands including the BBC, AWS, Google, Deloitte, JP Morgan as well as small organisations to give them the competitive edge in the digital world of today. Our bespoke and customisable training methods, learning programmes and talent acquisition solutions cover all digital requirements including emerging and in-demand tech skills to transform the workforce and fuel the success of businesses.

Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.


How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!

You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.


Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.

If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can email me: - happy to help!

#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-TH1 #LI-hybrid #hiring

Assessment Development Specialist - Test/Exam Designer
Remote/Home Based UK
Full time, 37.5 hrs per week

Job purpose:
You will join QA as Assessment Specialist working within our Content team. Reporting to our Senior Assessments Manager, this person will play a pivotal role in ensuring our assessments remain the top in the industry.

You might be experienced in running your own blog in relation to one of or all of the CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES we mention?

The role and what you will be doing:

• You will be ideally well versed in CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES including Azure, AWS, GCP etc and have an enthusiasm for commenting on or developing insights into new technical advancements and changes.
• Write clear, accurate, and relevant assessments for QA enterprise training, including but not limited to: certification preparation exams across multiple cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud.
• Write/create role-based skill assessments for a wide variety of current IT roles including Solution Architect, Software Developer, or DevOps Engineer.
• Create both pre and post assessments which are formative and summative exams to assess learner progress through a sequence of modular training resources.
• Coordinate with Content team members to outline quiz development priorities on a set schedule and adapt to evolving priorities based on changing IT market trends, cloud and software technology and/or enterprise training priorities.
• Collaborate with the content team and engineering team members to design new assessment types.

Content Management:
Review and update existing quiz library to maintain currency with cloud platforms and QA courses
Integrate content management tasks, such as reviews and updates, into work schedule while continuing development of new content

A little about QA:

At QA, our mission is powering people's potential.

We believe the answer to closing the digital skills gap lies with the people organisations already have and the talent we can bring for the future.

We're experts in reskilling, upskilling, apprenticeships, and other talent needs for leading enterprises and public sector organisations in the UK and we're proud to work with some of the world's biggest brands including the BBC, AWS, Google, Deloitte, JP Morgan as well as small organisations to give them the competitive edge in the digital world of today. Our bespoke and customisable training methods, learning programmes and talent acquisition solutions cover all digital requirements including emerging and in-demand tech skills to transform the workforce and fuel the success of businesses.

Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.

How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!

You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.


Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.

If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can email me: - happy to help!

#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-TH1 #LI-hybrid #hiring

Assessment Development Specialist - Test/Exam Designer
Remote/Home Based UK
Full time, 37.5 hrs per week

Job purpose:
You will join QA as Assessment Specialist working within our Content team. Reporting to our Senior Assessments Manager, this person will play a pivotal role in ensuring our assessments remain the top in the industry.

You might be experienced in running your own blog in relation to one of or all of the CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES we mention?

The role and what you will be doing:

• You will be ideally well versed in CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES including Azure, AWS, GCP etc and have an enthusiasm for commenting on or developing insights into new technical advancements and changes.
• Write clear, accurate, and relevant assessments for QA enterprise training, including but not limited to: certification preparation exams across multiple cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud.
• Write/create role-based skill assessments for a wide variety of current IT roles including Solution Architect, Software Developer, or DevOps Engineer.
• Create both pre and post assessments which are formative and summative exams to assess learner progress through a sequence of modular training resources.
• Coordinate with Content team members to outline quiz development priorities on a set schedule and adapt to evolving priorities based on changing IT market trends, cloud and software technology and/or enterprise training priorities.
• Collaborate with the content team and engineering team members to design new assessment types.

Content Management:
Review and update existing quiz library to maintain currency with cloud platforms and QA courses
Integrate content management tasks, such as reviews and updates, into work schedule while continuing development of new content

A little about QA:

At QA, our mission is powering people's potential.

We believe the answer to closing the digital skills gap lies with the people organisations already have and the talent we can bring for the future.

We're experts in reskilling, upskilling, apprenticeships, and other talent needs for leading enterprises and public sector organisations in the UK and we're proud to work with some of the world's biggest brands including the BBC, AWS, Google, Deloitte, JP Morgan as well as small organisations to give them the competitive edge in the digital world of today. Our bespoke and customisable training methods, learning programmes and talent acquisition solutions cover all digital requirements including emerging and in-demand tech skills to transform the workforce and fuel the success of businesses.

Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.


How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!

You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skill set or learn new things.

Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.

If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can email me: - happy to help!

#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-TH1 #LI-hybrid #hiring

Finance Business Analyst, QA Higher Education, Leeds City Centre
Hybrid Working (3 days at home, can offer flexible working hours)
Fulltime, Permanent Opportunity

As a fully qualified Accountant you will work within our Finance team and be instrumental in helping to meet our key business objectives. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management accounting processes, ensuring monthly reporting procedures and deadlines are achieved. You will have a flair and inquisitive mind to track, report and measure the data, have a commercial background to help explain the story behind the numbers and the ability to challenge the business to ensure sound decisions are being made. This is a newly created role so you have the chance to make it your own and it will evolve over time.

What's your focus: (please click through to read the full job description)
Assist with the preparation of the monthly management accounts, supporting data and reporting including calculation of the monthly revenue and direct costs.
Assist with the preparation of the monthly KPI reporting pack including the variance analysis.
Provide meaningful commercial commentary on variances and suggestions on ways to improve KPI performance.
Work with MA team to ensure KPI's are correctly reflected in accounting system and new KPI's can be tracked accurately.
Assist with working capital analysis and reporting including providing meaningful insight into drivers of variances and ways to improve forecasting of the balance sheet.
Support the Financial Controller with Short term Cashflow Forecasting.
Maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations including deferred income and bad debt.
Calculation of the deferred income and bad debt true ups each intake end and the related KPI phasing.
Build withdrawals curves to aid future forecasting and provisioning in this area.
Business partner with internal stakeholders including the Income Team, Agents payables Registry, FP&A to validate data.

Bring your experience:
Fully qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA accountant.
Previous experience in a similar role with management accounting responsibilities.
Good commercial insight
Experience business partnering
Experience building management reports.
Experience working on multiple projects at once and to tight deadlines.
Sound knowledge of accounting principles, compliance and auditing.
Advanced working knowledge of Excel.

What we can give you:
Naturally we have company benefits and various perks for you.
We will give you the opportunity to work with the market-leading learning organisation.
A competitive salary of course, to reward the hard work you will bring.

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A little more about QA Higher Education: Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA Higher Education is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.

Apply now - here's how! Simply hit the apply button.
Equal Opportunities At QA Higher Education, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

Senior Funding Compliance Specialist (Apprenticeship)
Location: Remote

Closing date Monday 2nd September 2024

The Senior Funding Compliance Specialist role reports into the Compliance Manager and will operate as a senior funding and data specialist within the team supporting with day to day compliance and ILR data management activities. They will also be responsible for leading on all funding and ILR data queries and the management of The Apprenticeship Service (TAS/DAS) data mismatches (Dlocks).

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing compliance checks and ILR data for starts, withdrawals, breaks, gateways, achievements and other changes of circumstances.
• Pro-actively tracking key activities and producing reports/dashboard where required
• Dealing with complex funding and ILR data queries to identify issues and work with stakeholders to achieve timely resolution
• Providing advice and guidance to internal colleagues on funding rules and learner compliance queries.
• Providing technical support and guidance on queries associated with The Apprenticeship Service (TAS/DAS) for both external employers and internal colleagues.
• Managing and reporting on data mismatches (Dlocks) and working with internal stakeholders to resolve in a timely manner
• Running ILR submissions and working with ESFA produced ILR reports (Submit Learner Data portal)
• Managing and monitoring data queries highlighted within the Funding Rules Monitoring (FRM) reports

About you:

• Experience of working with apprenticeship funding and ILR data within a large DfE funded apprenticeship provision
• In-depth knowledge of the apprenticeship funding rules, ILR data and audit requirements
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of The Apprenticeship Service (TAS/DAS) and managing Dlocks
• Working knowledge of MIS systems preferably Maytas, Bud and Aptem or similar ILR system
• Exceptional analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to work with large complex data with confidence
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and able to multi-task and effectively prioritise work load
• Work independently on own initiative

On top of the salary you'll receive QA's outstanding benefits package:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days per year
• 3 dedicated study days with access to 1500+ courses (worth up to £3K each!)
• Medicash - cashback for dentist/physio etc.
• Free virtual GP appointments
• 2 charity or volunteer days
• Generous referral scheme
• A superb Gymflex scheme (ask us about this!)
• Our Benefits Hub with loads of high street discounts + more!

At QA, we celebrate difference. We have a relaxed dress code and a friendly vibe with a lot of wonderful social and digital groups (from photography to gardening and everything in between). We team you up with a buddy to help get you acquainted with your new colleagues when you start.

We welcome applications from any and every background and we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a Disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, do you require. To apply, click and fill in our easy to fill application form with your CV. Want a chat before you apply? Find me on LinkedIn - Tim Heaney or email me: - happy to help!

A little more about QA:

QA is one of the largest learning services organisations in the UK, developing skills and capabilities for everyone from apprentices to business leaders.
Headquartered in London, but with a nationwide network of state-of-the-art training centres, QA Group is comprised of four fast-growing divisions- Learning, Apprenticeships, Consulting and Higher Education- all of which deliver innovative and cutting edge skills solutions to UK organisations.

Apply now - here's how! Simply hit the APPLY Here button.
but if you want to know more or have any questions, please email

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Administrator for our Compliance Higher Education Team
QA Higher Education London OR Birmingham based.
Hybrid working, Fulltime Maternity Contract (12 months)
Are you a recent graduate or an administrator looking for a new challenge in a rewarding higher education business. Ideally you will have administration experience within the education sector (preferred) or within a busy back-office function where organisation, attention to detail and communication are key.
About our role: As Compliance Officer you will be responsible for processing CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) requests for partner institutions, checking the applicant documentation and maintaining accurate records in line with the University's and UKVI requirements, ensuring that a student-focused service is delivered to all applicants.
Good IT, Word and Excel skills a MUST
Here's a flavour of what's involved: (training provided, click the link to read the full JD)
Process CAS requests for University Partners from high and low risk regions.
Conduct financial and compliance checks for all CAS requests.
Check CAS statements for errors, requesting sponsor notes as required.
Format CAS statement and send to student.
Conduct Compliance Interviews
Ensure the data on CAS Shield is correct Escalate complex cases to the CAS.
Collate data for intake reviews to streamline and improve the CAS process.
Contact applicants directly to request missing documents needed to request a CAS Monitor the QAHE CAS shared email inbox.
Assist Admissions officers with QAHE Compliance queries.
Attend compliance meetings with partner institutions as and when required.

Bring your experience:
Previous experience in administration.
Experience of multi-tasking and delivery to agreed timescale.
Ability to deal with high volume of data.
Ability to perform repetitive tasks.
Attention to detail.
Excellent verbal communication skills and ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to work with tight deadlines Efficient with using Microsoft office, Teams, Excel
A little more about us:. QAHE is a private UK higher education provider working in partnership with universities, colleges and education specialists in the UK to recruit, market and deliver a range of programmes from foundation level to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. We currently teach over 2,000 students from all over the world, graduating over 800 students in 2016 and providing over 25,000 hours of teaching per year across five UK locations.
Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.
We look forward to hearing from you!

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#CAS
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