Quality Lead (Adult Education Service)

Drive Quality Through Collaboration and Creativity

The Service & Team:

Cornwall Adult Education is evolving, andwe'reseeking a Quality Lead who thrives on partnership, creativity, and collaborative improvement.

Cornwall Adult Education is a key part of Cornwall Council's offer to residents, providinghigh quality, accessible, and engaging learning opportunities for adults across the county. The service delivers both accredited and non-accredited programmes-from essential skills such as English, maths, and digital literacy to leisure, community learning, creative subjects, and pathways into further study or employment. Its mission is centred on helping adults gain the skills, confidence, and qualifications they need to progress in life and work, offering flexible, affordable provision in safe, welcoming environments. As aCouncil runprovider within a newly devolved adult skills system, Cornwall Adult Education plays a vital role in meeting local priorities, supporting workforce development, and ensuring learners can accesshigh qualityeducation close to home.The service has a strongtrack record, including a 'Good' Ofsted rating in 2024.

The Role:

You will shape how quality is understood and delivered across diverse teams, working closely with colleagues to build a culture of excellence. If you enjoy co-designing solutions, leading positive change, and shaping a role as the service grows-this is a rare opportunity to do exactly that.

AsQuality Lead,you'llplay a pivotal leadership role in ensuring the Adult Education Service delivers outstanding learning experiences across Cornwall.You'llleadthe development and implementation of a robust,service widequality assurance framework that meets Ofsted, funding body, andawarding organisationrequirements.

Working closely with the Adult Education Service Manager and the Data Team,you willdrive a culture of continuous improvement through the effective use of data, internal audit, and strategic quality planning.Youact as the Ofsted nominee, lead inspection readiness activity, and oversee compliance across all curriculum areas and subcontracted provision.

You willalso manage a team of quality professionals and collaborate with tutors, assessors, curriculum leads and operational teams to embed high-quality teaching, learning and assessment. Responsibilities include defining KPIs, quality metrics and cycles; leading on OTLA and RARPA processes; ensuring Matrix accreditation; benchmarking performance; and producing strategic quality reports for senior leaders and governance boards.

This position will be subject to a basic criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern:

Thisis a fullyear-roundpositionfor 37 hours a weekandis offeredwith hybrid working arrangements.

Whatyou'llneed to succeed:

You are an experienced quality professional with strong technicalexpertiseand a passion for improving learner outcomes. You bring:

• Strong knowledge of adult education quality frameworks, Ofsted requirements andawarding bodystandards.
• Confidence using data and performance systems to analyse trends and drive improvement.
• Experience leading quality assurance activity, including inspection readiness, internalauditsand compliance.
• The ability to design and implement effective QA frameworks, KPIs and quality cycles.
• Strong analytical, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to provide constructive challenge.
• Experience supporting or managing quality teams and developing CPD for tutors and assessors.
• A collaborative, organisedapproachand a genuine commitment to deliveringhigh qualitylearning for Cornwall's communities.

This is a key role for someone with deep knowledge of adult education quality assurance, strong analytical skills, excellent communication and leadership capabilities, and experience drivingservice wideimprovement.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

Whatyou'llget in return:

Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performingCounciland a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes theoptionfor extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential topurchaseadditionalleave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contactLiz Myhill, Cornwall Adult Education Service Manager, ,.

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as 'Application' on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here -The application process .

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have beensubmitted, please if you have any queries or requireassistancewith your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be foundhere -flexible working options .

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, youngpeopleand adults at risk.It'sa vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

• Job Identification
• Posting Date 04/02/2026, 01:59 PM
• Apply Before 04/26/2026, 10:59 PM
• Locations Chy Trevail, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2FR, GB
• Job Type/Contract Type Permanent
• Available Hours 37
• Interview Dates 5th May 2026
• Advertised Salary Range £46,356 - £55,272