Heads of Regulatory Portfolio
Salary: £79,498 - £83,299 Plus generous defined benefit Civil Service Pension
Location: Bristol or London, with regular travel to Bristol
The OfS is the statutory regulator for higher education in England. Our aim is to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers. We do so by regulating the higher education providers on our register to make sure they are delivering high quality courses and positive outcomes for their students; where they are not, we take action.
The higher education sector in England is complex and diverse and the OfS’s approach to regulation recognises this. Our new strategy signals a shift from an organisation in a start-up phase to an established regulator that understands its regulatory tools and how best to use them to shape incentives across the sector we regulate. We work to ensure that students in England enjoy higher education provision that is high quality; that their access to opportunity, success and progression is not limited by background, location or characteristics; and that providers are well and sustainably led.
As part of the continuing expansion of our regulatory work and a number of internal promotions, we are now looking for a number of vital ‘Head of’ roles within our Regulation directorate. These roles are responsible for delivering the core regulatory work in relation to a specific set of ongoing conditions of registration or for a particular aspect of the regulatory system. As a Head of Regulatory Portfolio, you can expect to be leading a team delivering case work, monitoring the compliance of providers, and developing our approach to assessment, monitoring and compliance in one or more of:
* TEF
* Condition B3
* Transformation: including taking forward actions from the Public Bodies Review (Fit for the Future: Independent Review of the Office for Students - GOV.UK) and corresponding activities
Key to success in these roles will be your ability to understand and interpret complex regulatory and legal frameworks, regardless of whether or not you have previous experience working in a regulator, in order to reach fair, evidence-based judgements on complex issues. You will be equally adept at quickly adapting to working within higher education and able to learn and understand the key issues and challenges facing the sector. You will be people focused, committed to our mission of driving positive outcomes for students, and able to work at pace within complex and ambiguous environments. Regardless of the focus of your portfolio, you will be an experienced leader of people and able to demonstrate an ability to motivate, develop and deliver exceptional results through people across an organisation. You will understand the role and value of a regulator and, regardless of your professional background, show an understanding of how effective regulation works in practice. How we do things is as important to us as what we do and your approach will be underpinned by our values of Ambition, Openness, Learning and Diversity.
We are interested in hearing from candidates with experience of working in relevant roles in the higher education sector, as well those who have experience of other regulators or regulated environments. This is an exciting time to join a rapidly transforming organisation that works to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers.
Working for us
The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.
We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
Working arrangements
Flexibility is important to the OfS, as we recognise that it can enable people to work more effectively. A set of organisation-wide principles shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This would usually mean working from the office for two to three days in a typical week.
Closing date for applications is 23:55 on Sunday 15 December 2024.
To apply, please visit our website via the button below.
We will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application after 6 January 2025.
Candidates through to the next stage will be tasked with a written exercise to be completed by 19 January 2025.
The final stage will be an interview either week beginning 27 January or 3 February 2025.
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