Quality & Compliance Director
Total Package: Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 + Benefits
Closing date: Sat 28th Feb 2026
Hours: 35.00
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Hybrid
Department: Quality
Job Description
As Quality & Compliance Director, you will provide strategic leadership across quality, compliance and curriculum agenda for Busy Bees Education and Training, ensuring apprentices achieve outstanding outcomes through a high-quality, safe and inspiring learning experience. Your leadership will be central to sustaining regulatory confidence, driving continuous improvement and reinforcing our reputation as a pioneering leader in Early Years apprenticeships.
You will act as the lead nominee for all regulated Further Education inspections, Funding Assurance reviews and Awarding Body activity. As Lead Designated Safeguarding Officer, you will set and embed a culture that prioritises safeguarding, wellbeing and inclusion for all learners and team members.
You will ensure robust, effective quality systems and processes are in place to meet regulatory, contractual and stakeholder expectations, supporting excellent learner experiences and strong business performance.
The Ideal Candidate
You will be an experienced and credible Quality & Compliance Director with a strong track record of leading apprenticeship provision through successful Ofsted inspections and funding audits. You will bring expert knowledge of apprenticeship funding rules, regulatory frameworks and quality assurance, alongside the strategic capability to design and embed ambitious, high-impact curriculum. Strategic yet hands-on, you will confidently drive continuous improvement, lead self-assessment and quality planning, and influence senior leaders and operational teams to deliver consistently high-quality, compliant provision.
Experience:
• Senior leadership experience within Quality & Compliance in education and training.
• Expert knowledge of the UK apprenticeship market and funding rules.
• Proven success as a nominee in Ofsted inspections under the Education inspection Framework.
• Strong experience of implementing pioneering curriculum design, blended delivery models and quality improvement.
• In-depth knowledge of safeguarding, prevent Duty, health and safety and statutory compliance.
Skills and Competencies:
• Leadership & Management: Inspires and leads high-performing, geographically dispersed teams.
• Planning and Organising: Manages complex priorities with strong attention to detail.
• Strong Communicator: Communicates clearly, professionally and with authority at all levels.
• Relationship Building and Networking: Builds effective partnerships across regulators, employers and internal teams.
Personal Attributes:
• Values-led, credible quality leader with a passion for apprenticeships and safeguarding.
• High levels of integrity, accountability and resilience. • Empathetic, inclusive and confident in challenging constructively.
• Adaptable, proactive and committed to continuous professional development.
Other:
• Enhanced DBS clearance (or equivalent) required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal record check (enhanced DBS or equivalent)
• Flexibility to travel nationally and work outside standard hours where required.
