Company: The Ascentis Group
Location: Lancaster
Posted: May 10th, 2026
Starting Salary: £36,849 per annum
Job Type: Permanent, full-time
Working pattern: 35 hours per week across Monday to Friday. Flexible working options will be considered - minimum 2 days in office are required and Fridays are company-wide wfh days.
We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our efficient, supportive, and innovative Compliance and Quality Assurance Team. You will manage quality assurance systems and activities working to maintain and enhance the standards of our Access to Higher Education Diploma, Ofqual, CCEA and Qualifications Wales Regulated Provision.
Quality Assurance Managers are tasked to ensure the delivery and assessment of our provision remains consistent and standardised to guarantee reliable and fair results. You will be supportive to our centres and ensure they adhere to the regulatory requirements.
As part of the role you will be required to produce detailed reports for both centres and internal committee meetings. You will be required to manage our External Quality Assurers, providing ongoing support and training to allow them to successfully perform their role.
Please refer to the full job description for a list of job duties and all the attributes required for the role which can be found here.
Closing date: 22 May 2026
Interview date: 1 June 2026
This job may meet the eligibility requirements to qualify for visa sponsorship. Please contact people@ascentis.co.uk with any questions pertaining to sponsorship for this role.
We reserve the right to close the job vacancy early if we find an appointable candidate or receive a high volume of applicants.
Ascentis is one of the UK’s leading educational charity organisations, encompassing an awarding organisation and a provider of dyslexia intervention software. We are based in Lancaster but have a national reach and hold top positions in all areas we operate within.
We are market leading in the education sector and the specialist areas we operate within, maintaining the #1 provision for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and Access in the UK.
Ascentis is made up of brilliant people, unique in terms of background, personality, characteristics, experience and skill. We value our people for the differences they bring to the table and believe this diversity is powerful. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.