Total 23 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Gloucester, GL3 4AE

PA and Senior Quality Administrator to the Deputy Principal Further Education £26,924 - £29,458 per annum (depending upon experience) 37.5 hours per week Permanent
About Us:Hartpury University and Hartpury College are among the UK’s leading specialist education providers in agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing. Located in Gloucestershire, Hartpury University and Hartpury College sit side-by-side on a beautiful 360-hectare campus. We provide world-class facilities to more than 4,500 university and college-level students studying undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, A-levels and diplomas, as well as undertaking industry research. The University is rated top 10 in the UK for Teaching Quality (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023) and has 97% graduate employability, whilst the College is rated Ofsted Outstanding in all areas. A passionate and innovative business culture and exceptional support networks make Hartpury an ideal career choice. Hartpury is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We particularly welcome applicants that we are underrepresented in, including those from ethnically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQI+ communities, and those living with disabilities. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion we offer a range of inclusive policies, flexible working arrangements and a multi-faith space to support staff from different backgrounds. To find out more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity, please click here.
About the Role: • Working as part of the PA team, you will provide an efficient secretarial service to the Deputy Principal Further Education • You will co-ordinate diaries and organise meetings, ensuring the Deputy Principal Further Education is fully briefed and appropriate papers are available. • You will administer budgets, tracking expenditure and utilising relevant systems. • You will act as officer for a number of meetings, supporting associated administration duties and ensure confidentiality at all times. • You will also be required to undertake a range of project work which will include; College Prize Day. • Assist the Deputy Principal Further Education with the organisation and running of the Quality Cycle. • Coordinate the Quality Audit Cycle. • Coordinate the student trips and external speaker process.
About You: • You will demonstrate prior experience of working within a PA/Secretarial role at an executive level. • Your will demonstrate excellent administrative skills. • You will have excellent interpersonal skills, together with a positive and professional manner. Given the nature of this role, you will demonstrate excellent attention to detail and also the ability to prioritise work effectively and to work to deadlines on your own initiative. • You will need to work well individually and as part of a team. • You must have excellent customer service to communicate professionally with internal staff, students, business connections and external customers. • You will also be able to demonstrate excellent IT and organisational skills.
We offer a fantastic package of staff benefits including: • Hybrid working arrangements with blended approach of office and home working • 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays rising to 30 days with length of service • Wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme • Generous pension scheme (LGPS)• Employee Discounts Scheme • Onsite fitness facilities • Support for continuous professional development • Flexible working opportunities available • Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. Click the button below to apply online.
Click here to view the full Job Description and Person Specification The closing date for receipt of applications is 5th April 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK.

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Job title: Assistant Headteacher - Quality of Education

Location: Brookthorpe Hall School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:30am - 4:30pm

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Assistant Headteacher - Quality of Education to join our close-knit team.

About the role

The Assistant Headteacher will undertake the normal responsibilities of a teacher and be a member of the senior leadership team. They will work independently, alongside SLT to define, articulate, and implement the school’s vision and values.

The Assistant Headteacher will work in close partnership with the Senior Leadership Team, SENCo, parents, Governors and external agencies to improve, maintain and monitor high standards of the quality of education across the school.

All members of the Senior Leadership Team are expected to be flexible to ensure the most effective organisation and delivery of learning. Other specific duties and responsibilities as part of the Senior Leadership Team will be allocated once a candidate has been appointed.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain and develop the ethos, values and overall purposes of the school.
To be an excellent practitioner in the classroom, delivering great results and continuing to develop own teaching to benefit pupils and colleagues.
Exercise a key role in the strategic development of the quality of education and technology, developing a clear strategy and implementation plans.
Develop and embed a clear curriculum intent and implementation plan.
Support all staff in understanding the importance of quality first teaching and that everyone must work together to ensure that the curriculum is at the core of everything we do.
Ensure that all staff, teaching and support staff, have high expectations of what pupils can achieve and always work to ensure pupils are making the most of their learning opportunities.
Ensure that teacher subject knowledge is secure and is updated in line with new curriculum requirements
Essential

Bachelors Degree
PGCE
Evidence of continuing professional development relating to school leadership and management, and curriculum/teaching and learning
Ability to identify own learning needs and to support others in identifying their learning needs
At least 5 years successful teaching experience in the primary and secondary age range
Experience of driving whole school initiatives with proven successful outcomes
Substantial knowledge and understanding of curriculum, teaching and learning
In your application, please provide written examples of the impact of your curriculum leadership in either a middle or senior leadership capacity.

About the school

Brookthorpe Hall School is a specialist provision providing full-time specialised co-education for young people aged 7 to 16 with a range of complex needs, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviour. This may include social, emotional and mental health needs and also pupils who have been diagnosed with autism or demonstrate behaviours associated with autism.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Critical illness cover
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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Main Responsibilities and Duties: Leadership, professional standards and accountability- Ensure that patient care is delivered with care and compassion to a high standard, to ensure a positive patient experience and achievement of clinical quality standards as measured through the collection and use of relevant clinical indicators and High Impact Intervention audits.- Work to fully implement ANCC Pathway to Excellence within delegated areas of authority, ensuring successful delivery of the Trusts application and maintenance of status.- Maintain a highly visible leadership profile, undertaking quality rounds and being proactive about engaging with service areas and patients where required.- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information where there are barriers or difficulties to understanding or accepting the information: present complex information or contentious information to large groups where there may be significant barriers to acceptance, hostility or antagonism and in situations where emotions are high.- Contribute to the development of a strong and effective senior team within the Division.- Ensure that nursing and care staff are suitably qualified and competent and maintain professional registration in order to deliver safe quality patient care.- Ensure safe standards of nursing care of the highest quality are consistently delivered ensuring that all services comply with the requirements of the equality and diversity agenda, including impact assessments.- Ensure NMC and/or HCPC standards are consistently delivered against.- Lead the development of strong and effective clinical teams within all areas of responsibility across the Division.- Create an environment in which nursing and care staff feel properly valued and can practice and deliver their practice with confidence.- Ensure standards of training and mentorship for students are consistent with the requirements of the profession and that the links with the university are robust.- Lead and initiate the regular audit of the standards of patient care and ensure that any issues highlighted are regularly reported to the Director of Quality and Chief Nurse and appropriate quality groups.- Lead work on the extended scope of practice and multi-disciplinary working and evidence-based practice; ensuring education needs are appropriately identified and met.- Facilitate the delivery of all development projects within the roles remit including the implementation of the patient experience strategy.- Ensure that the services patients receive are appropriate, accessible when they need them and are delivered in a manner that respects their privacy, dignity and individuality.- Advise and appraise the Director of Quality and Chief Nurse of professional nursing and care issues within the Division.- Provide on-going support to the Director of Quality and Chief Nurse and Senior team representing them at meetings, internal and external to the Trust, as and when required.- Network locally, regionally and nationally to share best practice and benchmark services.- Ensure that nursing resource decisions within the Division have been taken with full professional advice and input to ensure that patient quality/ safety/ experience are not compromised.- Ensure public and patient involvement in the wider work of the Division.- Developing policies, both locally and cross divisionally, to support clinical care and practice, and ensuring the implementation of policies across the service. Performance management- With the divisional management team develop and ensure a culture of performance management, improvement and appraisal as a foundation for excellent organisational performance.- In partnership with the quality team and the Gloucestershire Quality and Safety Improvement Academy, lead on the implementation and development of programmes to measure the quality of services provided.- Benchmark best practice across the Trust and within the Division and adopt practice to best suit patients needs and ensure audit and improvement programmes are delivered anSd research activity supported.- Actively contribute to the Divisional and corporate performance management framework ensuring delivery of locally/corporately determined performance management targets and standards. Service improvement and Research development- Co-develop the divisional Business Plans, as appropriate ensuring that patient involvement contributes to the shape and expectations of the Divisions business plans, taking into account service needs, workforce planning, estate issues, financial constraints, commissioners priorities in terms of contracts, quality targets. Therefore, formulating longer term strategic plans with may involve uncertainty and which may impact cross-divisionally.- Support the Director of Quality and Chief Nurse with the delivery of a wider corporate nursing agenda including the development and implementation of an innovative strategy for nursing and midwifery to strengthen the nursing voice and to secure the workforce of the future.- Undertake delegated corporate, trust-wide lead for delivery of aspects of the nursing agenda as directed by the Director of Quality and Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Director of Quality. Operational planning and service delivery- Through the implementation performance management arrangements ensure objectives are cascaded and delivered through each nursing team meeting corporate targets for budget management, patient activity, infection prevention and control and quality standards.- Ensure the quality, standard and range of care provided is consistently optimised within the available resources and in line with contract requirements.- Through the provision of nursing input assist the division with the production of Specialty Business Plans and Service Specifications- Identify and provide organisational support to clinical teams and support teams enabling each to access resources efficiently and effectively.- Provide operational day to day management and leadership to senior nursing staff within the Division (Senior Matrons, Matrons and CNS). People management and development- Ensure and monitor the utilisation of the optimum use of staff to deliver safe quality patient care within agreed expenditure targets and agree with specialist staff the appropriate use of overtime, locum, Bank and Agency cover.- In consultation and under the direction of the Deputy Chief Nurse and the Deputy Director for People and Organisational Development, develop a workforce plan to include competencies required and availability of experienced staff that meets the Trust requirements and is in line with professional developments in nursing.- Improve and continually maintain staff morale by effective communication, leadership, optimism and consultation within the Division and with other services, as appropriate and in situations where the subject is highly complex and as in investigations of practice could be hostile, antagonistic or highly contentious.- Develop with the Chief of Service and Director of Operations a flexible workforce in line with national requirements capable of adapting to peaks and troughs in activity where appropriate across the Trust.- Ensure that specialties and departments benefit from the application of effective HR policies, procedures and practices for all staff, e.g., recruitment and selection, employee relations, absence management.- Ensure Individual Performance Review is cascaded to all nursing staff and providing forums for objective setting, performance review and Continuing Professional Development.- Ensure access to training and development programmes to realise the capabilities and fullest possible contribution of all staff taking into consideration the future demands upon the medical profession and other professions allied to medicine- Ensure effective arrangements for the conduct of employee relations and the maintenance and on-going improvement of communications throughout the Trust. Working collaboratively with trade unions and other external stakeholders Finance and performance management- Oversee the nursing and other clinical budgets for staff groups under professional responsibility and manage directly budgets for staff directly reporting to post holder.- Take a lead in developing Senior Nurses budgetary skills to promote ownership and delivery of local responsibilities.- Represent the needs of nursing and patient care in the business and service planning cycle and the transformation work streams and reconcile these with the needs of the service.- Promote and ensure the effective use of bank and agency nursing staff within the cluster, meeting the need to provide safe nursing standards within agreed financial targets. Promote timely and accurate feedback to the Divisional Director. - Ensure the availability to the divisional team of relevant strands of information relating to general nursing performance, contract activity and quality, and participate in agreeing strategies responding to trends.- With the Chief of Service and Director of Operations lead the effective delivery of cost improvement programmes, ensuring sufficient oversight of the quality impact assessment process. Information management and research- Encourage and facilitate audit and research as required, ensure findings are disseminated appropriately and recommendations implemented and reviewed as part of a comprehensive governance framework.- Lead and participate in the development of both Trust-wide NursingFor further information about the opportunity, please contact: Name: Margaret CoyleJob Title: Chief of Service, Surgery (PA Judith Pennycooke)Phone Number: 0300 422 5177Email address: margaret.coyle2@nhs.net judith.pennycooke@nhs.net Interview: Thursday 11th April 2024

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Skills:

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Intern / Student

Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. 

Management and professional responsibilities - To ensure that the grading of incidents is accurate and that the level of investigation is commensurate with the harm caused and likelihood of recurrence - To work within Trust policies, protocol and guidelines providing comment on new policy documents as required. - To deputise for the Senior Patient Safety and Quality Nurse as and when necessary. - To attend Directorate and Trust wide meetings relevant to risk, quality, health and safety. - Ensure personal and professional development is maintained and clinical skills are updated in order to provide high quality care in accordance with NMC guidelines - Maintain a safe working environment. - To work as a team with the other patient safety leads for the womens division to support the timely response to Datix - To work with colleagues to complete investigations if required Leadership - Promote and role model a culture of openness and responsiveness to patient views, an ethos of constructive and positive learning from mistakes within a performance-based culture among staff - A willingness to find imaginative solutions to problems, and to use information as the basis for reflection and action. Responsibilities for patients - Be able to evidence integrity in their ability to communicate with both patients, their families and staff involved in incidents evidencing excellent communication skills understanding how stressful these situations can be for all involved. - With proven leadership skills and the confidence to engage with senior personnel to investigate care issues and devise appropriate learning plans. - Identify and escalate any anomalies to Quality and Patient Safety Lead and Divisional Director of Quality and Nursing including cascading and actioning of Safety Alerts - Ensure patients who suffer harm whilst under our care, are managed in line with Being Open or Duty of Candour as indicated by level of harm - To ensure maximum learning is gained from all quality and patient safety work, and measures are taken to share this learning Contact Details If you want more information on this vacancy then please contact: Amy Shepherd (Senior Nurse for Safety and Quality) amy.shepherd2@nhs.net 0300 422 5515 or Karen Pudge (Divisional Director of Nursing W&C) 0300 422 5528

TSB Bank Plc


Job Title: Assistant Manager, IT Controls Assurance
- 6 months Fixed Term ContractFunction: Enterprise Assurance, Operational Risk Assurance
Location: Hybrid/flexible
- must be easily commutable to one of our key sitesSalary: £32,000-£40,000 plus excellent benefits
Closing Date: 13 October 23

At TSB we’re all here to give money confidence to our customers and communities. Wherever you work in TSB you can make a real difference to your career, our business, and the wider community.
Within our Enterprise Assurance function we provide management with first line assurance in operational risk areas including Technology, Cyber and Change. Some of our key activities are providing assurance through a schedule of control testing, providing management with first line risk support and reviewing attestations prepared by management.

How You'll make a difference
The IT Controls Assurance, Assistant Manager role is responsible for performing Technology and Cyber control testing and supporting Managers in the performance of assurance activities as required. The key stakeholders are Risk and Control Owners and other SMEs across CIO and other key areas of the Bank. You will make a difference in your role by performing control testing to provide management with a view that risk management activities are fully understood, within risk appetite, appropriately controlled and reported on.

What you'll bring

- Knowledge of risk management, audit or control testing.
- Experience of testing Technology and/or Cyber controls.
- Attention to detail and a focus on delivery to meet the agreed control testing plan to time and quality standards
- Use own initiative to identify and escalate areas of improvement, taking an active part in the solution.
- Supports a culture that values, recognises and generates high performance
What we offer in return

- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work/life balance
- An attractive reward and myTSB benefits package, giving you more of what matters to you
- A diverse, energising, and collaborative working environment
- A career that’s enriching and full of opportunities


So, if this sounds right up your street, come join our team, we make things happen!
We are TSB. Life Made More.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.
Gloucester Business Park or Aztec West, Bristol with the flexibility of working from home 2 days a week. Are you experienced in Export Controls or nuclear engineering?

Do you want to apply your leadership skills to lead our export controls team? If so, join us as Export Controls & Trade Sanctions Lead to work for one of the most exciting and ambitious companies within EDF, as we continue to lead the rebirth of nuclear in the UK through our HPC and Sizewell C projects. The Opportunity... We are looking for a Leader for our Export Control, and Trade Sanctions Group to ensure that EDF in the UK complies with regulatory requirements on the export of controlled goods and technologies by Nuclear Operations, HPC, Sizewell C and EDF Research & Development UK Limited. This is an exciting opportunity to work at a senior level, to develop export control policy and manage its implementation in compliance with legislation, to advise and support senior Stakeholders in licensee companies on export control and trade sanctions matters, and to manage the interface with EDF Group and the UK government, while managing a small team. Pay, benefits and culture… We offer a competitive benefits package, including a company pension scheme, a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle, and the opportunity to earn a bonus. At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed. What you’ll be doing… You will manage the delivery of nuclear export control activities for EDF in the UK’s businesses. This is a key role, given the potential consequences of license breaches, which requires strong familiarity with applicable laws and regulations, an understanding of the way in which regulation will be enforced, and the ability to influence multiple stakeholders across EDF Energy and in EDF Group in order to deliver a robust compliance environment. Who you are…
- Qualified to degree level, preferably in a legal, engineering or business discipline
- Knowledgeable about law or practices relating to export controls and international sanctions or experienced in nuclear engineering and willing to develop export controls knowledge quickly
- Able to engage and influence at a very senior level, including preparing and presenting reports to senior management.
- Someone who is managing a team currently or is ready for that next step Closing Date: 2nd Nov 2023 Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero. #EDFNuclearServices #LI-Hybrid #Gloucester #Bristol

TSB Bank Plc


Job Title: Assistant Manager, IT Controls Assurance
- 6 months Fixed Term ContractFunction: Enterprise Assurance, Operational Risk Assurance
Location: Hybrid/flexible
- must be easily commutable to one of our key sitesSalary: £32,000-£40,000 plus excellent benefits
Closing Date: 13 October 23

At TSB we’re all here to give money confidence to our customers and communities. Wherever you work in TSB you can make a real difference to your career, our business, and the wider community.
Within our Enterprise Assurance function we provide management with first line assurance in operational risk areas including Technology, Cyber and Change. Some of our key activities are providing assurance through a schedule of control testing, providing management with first line risk support and reviewing attestations prepared by management.

How You'll make a difference
The IT Controls Assurance, Assistant Manager role is responsible for performing Technology and Cyber control testing and supporting Managers in the performance of assurance activities as required. The key stakeholders are Risk and Control Owners and other SMEs across CIO and other key areas of the Bank. You will make a difference in your role by performing control testing to provide management with a view that risk management activities are fully understood, within risk appetite, appropriately controlled and reported on.

What you'll bring

- Knowledge of risk management, audit or control testing.
- Experience of testing Technology and/or Cyber controls.
- Attention to detail and a focus on delivery to meet the agreed control testing plan to time and quality standards
- Use own initiative to identify and escalate areas of improvement, taking an active part in the solution.
- Supports a culture that values, recognises and generates high performance
What we offer in return

- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work/life balance
- An attractive reward and myTSB benefits package, giving you more of what matters to you
- A diverse, energising, and collaborative working environment
- A career that’s enriching and full of opportunities


So, if this sounds right up your street, come join our team, we make things happen!
We are TSB. Life Made More.