Quality And Compliance Manager

Contract- Permanent 

Hours- 37 per week 

Salary- Grade H2 - £39,186 - £43,421 per annum

Our highly successful learning and employment support services; Blackpool Learning Rooms (BLR) and Positive Steps into Work, are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, high performing and experienced Quality and Compliance Manager to work across both programme areas. The post holder will develop a comprehensive quality assurance framework which will drive and improve both the performance and quality of provision that we offer.

The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of a range of quality standards including:
• OFSTED and the Education Inspection Framework (EIF)
• IPS Fidelity reviews;
• Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF):
• ISO 9001

Our programmes already deliver exceptional quality with Blackpool Learning Rooms being graded ‘Good’ in our most recent OFSTED inspection (2023) and the Positive Steps into Work Service being rated 'Good' at our last IPS Fidelity Audit and the service now holds the IPS Quality Mark from IPS Grow.
Blackpool Council offers a competitive range of benefits including:
* Flexible working options
* Generous annual leave of 26 days plus bank holidays, rising to 28 at 5 years and 32 at ten years with options to buy additional leave
* Competitive pension scheme
* Special leave for caring responsibilities
* Maternity, paternity and adoption leave above the statutory minimum
* Childcare voucher scheme and corporate leisure scheme
* Individualised professional development opportunities
* Occupational health scheme and Employee Assistance Scheme for free counselling, legal and financial advice
* Range of travel benefits: train season ticket, car sharing, cycling scheme, staff parking
* Range of employee discounts to national attractions e.g. Merlin attractions