Quality Director

Shape the future of quality in apprenticeships for Paragon Skills.

This is not a typical Quality Director role, this is about leading transformation and delivering excellence. This is an opportunity to define, influence and elevate quality at scale across a forward-thinking apprenticeship provider driving real impact in health & social care and residential childcare, where quality isn't just measured, it changes lives.

As our Quality Director , you will sit at the heart of the organisation's strategic leadership, working directly with the CEO and Board to lead a bold transformation agenda, raise standards, and ensure we consistently deliver outstanding provision. You'll bring the credibility, insight and ambition to move beyond compliance embedding a culture where quality is lived, owned and continuously improved across every team, programme and learner journey.

What you'll be responsible for as our Quality Director:

Strategic Quality & Transformation Leadership

. Lead the quality improvement strategy aligned to transformation and sector reform

. Own and deliver SAR and QIP with measurable impact

. Ensure continuous Ofsted readiness

. Drive excellence in teaching, learning and assessment

. Maintain compliance with ESFA funding rules and safeguarding

Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement

. Lead and develop Quality teams including QICs, IQAs and safeguarding leads

. Embed best practice in teaching, learning and assessment

. Champion safeguarding excellence

. Use data to drive improvements in learner outcomes

Stakeholder & Sector Leadership

. Act as senior contact for EPAOs and awarding bodies

. Build relationships with DfE and DWP

. Represent the organisation at senior level

Performance, Governance & Insight

. Lead executive reporting on quality impact

. Monitor KPIs including QAR and Ofsted performance

. Drive a culture of continuous improvement

What our ideal candidate has:

. Director-level experience in a UK apprenticeship provider

. Strong understanding of Ofsted EIF and ESFA rules

. Proven SAR and QIP leadership

. Expertise in teaching, learning and assessment

. Experience leading high-performing teams

. A data drive sand impact focused approach

. Passionate about learner outcomes

Other element that would be advantageous for this role:

. Health and Social Care or Residential Childcare experience

- Safeguarding leadership

- Quality kite marks experience (Matrix, ISO, IIP)

Why should you apply for this role?

. Executive influence, in this role you will shape business-wide quality strategies and work closely with the CEO

. Transformation ownership you will lead large-scale change aligned to sector reform

. Drive quality across critical provision in Health and Social Care and Residential Childcare

. Lead Ofsted readiness with confidence and clarity

. End-to-end quality leadership from SAR/QIP to teaching, learning & safeguarding

. Remote based with a competitive salary

Ready to lead quality at the highest level? Apply now or contact View email address on api.occupop.com for a copy of the role job description.

We are proud to offer a suite of benefits that are handpicked for you:

•  25 days annual leave  - increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave  and corporate conscience initiatives
• Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'
• Perkbox  - a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tool
• 3% matched  Employer Pension  contribution
• In person team meetings and 1:1s
• Enhanced Maternity leave  after 2 years of service
• Income protection and Life Assurance
• Recommend a colleague  incentive schemes, where you can benefit £500 for referring great people to work with us
• CPD and training opportunities
• 4pm Friday finish  with flexible working opportunities available
• Flexible and supportive team and with a great culture
• Employee Assistance Programme , with a dedicated People Team to support all colleagues

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.