AHEP Quality and Standards SIG Deputy Coordinator Role (voluntary)

About the SIG: The Quality and Standards SIG aims to bring together anyone in a professional services role with a professional specialism, remit, or interest in setting, monitoring, and enhancing academic quality and standards. This includes the following: • Academic quality policy and/or governance; • Attendance and engagement; • Assessment and feedback; • Programme/Course/Module Development; • Collaborative Provision; • Committee Officering, e.g. academic boards, quality & standards committees, and a wide range of panels; • Competition and Markets Authority compliance; • Continuous/Annual Monitoring and Review and action plans; • Course/Module health data, dashboards, and reporting; • Degree Apprenticeships; • External Examining; • Office for Students registration and degree awarding powers requirements; • Professional, statutory, and regulatory body (PSRB) requirements; • Professional partnerships; • Research ethics; • Resolutions, e.g. (non-)academic misconduct, appeals, complaints, extensions, mitigating circumstances, sexual violence and misconduct; • Sector bodies, networking, and CPD opportunities; • Student representation and voice; • Survey design, delivery, reporting, and action plans; and more! Whether your work feeds directly into: • strategic decision making; • working with internal academic, professional services, and student leads at various levels across your institution; • working with external leads (e.g. External Examiners, OfS/PSRB links, QAA, IHE, partner institutions, etc.); and/or • a broad interest in the sector’s direction of travel Our hope is that this Group will offer useful opportunities to: – Expand your knowledge – Explore new and innovative ideas; – Discuss and trouble-shoot sector developments; – Share and benefit from lessons learned; – Raise your institutional and professional profile; and – Showcase good practice. This SIG is a collaborative and inclusive space, which currently has over 400 members from a wide range of institutions, countries, and job titles/specialisms. Purpose: As the Quality and Standards SIG Deputy Coordinator, you will be involved in: – Representing AHEP and its values within your institution and networks; – Identifying sector trends, trajectories, and areas of interest; – Organizing and hosting (largely) online sessions tailored for the SIG members; – Liaising with guest speakers, delivering case studies, and leading discussions; – Sharing best practice with Quality and Standards SIG members through platforms such as the LinkedIn Quality and Standards SIG page; and – If interested, working with the Lead Coordinator to deliver conference presentations, co-author articles for publication, peer support initiatives, etc. Location: Remote (with discounted places available at AHEP events such as the AHEP Annual Conference) Salary: Volunteer Closing Date: Friday, 14 February How to apply: Please supply an up-to-date CV and a cover letter of no more than one page / 750 words detailing your commitment to the SIG and how you would showcase this within your role as a coordinator. Please specify the SIG and the role that you are applying for within your application. For further guidance on the roles, responsibilities and benefits of being a SIG Coordinator, please read our SIG Handbook. If you have any further questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact hello@ahep.ac.uk.