Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Overview Head of Accreditation & Standards - full time, permanent, based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London. New MHRA Academy team. Responsibilities Lead design, development, implementation and continuous improvement of an accreditation framework and standards for regulatory assessor/inspector roles. Oversee curriculum design of related technical programmes, ensuring alignment of learning materials and assessments with accreditation requirements. Build and develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to inform accreditation approach and curriculum design. Direct line management of the Accreditation Evaluator and the Curriculum Manager/Developer. Qualifications & Experience Successful candidate will have: Experienced learning background, substantial senior stakeholder engagement, leading specialist accreditation and learning projects. Experience leading from both strategic and operational perspective in a new initiative. Comfort with leading, proposing initiatives and decision making when uncertainty exists. Person Specification - Technical Relevant CIPD level 7 (or equivalent) in learning and development/assessment, or equivalent demonstrable experience. Person Specification - Experience & Technical Designing/implementing/utilising learning or accreditation pathways. Designing and commissioning learning interventions and managing them as projects to delivery. Measuring learning effectiveness and using evaluation data to continuously improve programme effectiveness. Person Specification - Strengths Problem Solver. Improver. Focussed. Motivator. Closing date: 30 January 2026