Accreditation Manager

Job role: Accreditation Manager
Location: Bracknell/Hybrid
Department: Education
Working hours: Full time (36 hours per week)
Contract type: Permanent 

About Us

Would it inspire you to see the tangible impact of your work on the world? To work for an organisation that is committed to making a positive difference for people everywhere? If so, we could be the organisation for you. We are the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the world's largest and most influential professional body for construction management and leadership.

About the role

As Accreditation manager, you will manage the development and implementation of the Institute’s accreditation process in the UK and internationally. You will also manage the development of the Education Frameworks and CIOB certifications.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing CIOB’s accreditation process from initial enquiry through to approval, establishing and maintaining links with programme leaders and academics.
• Manage and assess accreditation applications and institutional suitability from submission to decision stage.
• Manage training of accreditation panel members, tenure arrangements and succession
• Act as secretary to the Accreditation Panel, to include scheduling and organising the bi-annual Accreditation Panel meetings, planning the agenda and updating the Panel with relevant Accreditation and other CIOB matters.
• Attend Accreditation Visits in the UK and overseas acting as the CIOB representative promoting excellence and the CIOB values.
• Provide advice and guidance to potential candidates interested in the certifications scheme and the Building Surveying Section
• Coach and develop the HE and Certificates Co-ordinator, ensuring they have the required levels of skill, behaviour and knowledge.
   

About You

The ideal candidate will have/ be:

• Experience of vocational and higher education, this is essential
• Experience of managing systems of quality assurance, such as Accreditation or Certification schemes.
• Ability to plan and organise systems, procedures and processes in either an educational or membership setting.
• Good time management skills with the ability to prioritise workloads
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to demonstrate communicating with diverse stakeholders to deliver customer service externally/internally
• Able to work on own initiative, organize and prioritise own workload and ability to work with deadlines in sometimes pressurised environments.
• Confident presenter and speaker with experience in delivering training or workshops
• Understanding of competence-based assessment practices.

Why Work for Us?

We can offer you not only the opportunity to make a real difference with the work you do, but the chance to do that in a friendly, flexible and welcoming working environment, where we’ll show you that we’re committed to your personal wellbeing and to your development within your role.

We’ll offer you a fantastic range of benefits – from access to a great pension scheme through to a variety of health and wellbeing schemes; and we’ll make sure that you’re constantly learning throughout your time with us. We hold a Silver Investors in People Award – which we really hope will show you our commitment to you as an employer. 

How Do I Apply?

If you wish to apply, please submit a full CV and covering letter by email to [email protected].

Please note that we may consider applications as they are submitted and therefore you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.