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Quality Assurance and Assessment Specialist

Employer
British Transport Police
Location
Learning & Development Centre - Spring House (Highbury & Islington)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
3 Aug 2021

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Policing
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

British Transport Police is recruiting for Quality Assurance and Assessment Specialist to be based from our Learning and Development Centre in Highbury and Islington, on a Permanent basis. The salary for this position is £34,274.06 plus £2,634 London allowance. British Transport Police (BTP) is the national police force for Britain's rail network. Every day we ensure the safety and security of over six million passengers and railway staff throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

Purpose of the Role:

The post exists to provide quality assurance of all training programmes and Trainers, as well as the development of training capability across BTP, to ensure that the highest quality training possible is provided by the L&D department and that external standards are met.

As a Quality Assurance and Assessment Specialist your principal accountabilities will include:

  • Implementing and maintaining external quality assurance frameworks
  • Quality assure new and existing training packages both internally and externally
  • Provide training, ongoing development and assessment of trainers to ensure that they have the skills and necessary qualifications to adequately perform their roles.
The successful Quality Assurance and Assessment Specialist will be required to evidence the following skills/experience:

  • Certificate to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS) qualification or equivalent nationally recognised Teaching/Training qualification at Level 4
  • Assessor award at Level 3 (or equivalent qualification)
  • Experience of working within a quality assurance role and training delivery
  • Effective organisation, communication and management skills
  • Good stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to carry out training needs analysis

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

If you are interested in applying to this role then please do not delay. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

  • Salary £34,274.06 plus£2,634 London Allowance per annum
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Competitive Pension Scheme
  • Benefits bespoke to BTP.

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a 'Competent' rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period for the current substantive posting.

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is September 2021. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team - recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk



Company

British Transport Police is unique. We are a national police force, working closely with the rail industry to ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year across the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

Our job is to keep the travelling public and people who work on the railway safe from harm. Our aim is to ensure people get home safe, secure and on time every day. It’s a massive task. And it demands huge amounts of talent and determination to succeed.

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Telephone
0121 634 5630

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