Quality Consultant Vet

**POSITION NUMBER**

3733
- **DEPARTMENT**

Strategy Performance and Growth Group
- **ROLE TYPE**

Non-teaching
- **JOB TYPE**

Full time
- **CONTRACT**

Ongoing
- **LOCATION**

Preston
- **APPLICATIONS CLOSE**

23 November 2023**QUALITY CONSULTANT VET**:

- **Annual Salary $98,585 - $107,392 + Superannuation**:

- **MP offer Flexible Working, this role is based out of our Preston Campus.**:

- **We are close to public transport and provide secure onsite parking, onsite Café & restaurant with a gym facility, hair salon & we are only a short walk to Preston market.**

**About the Organisation**:
Melbourne Polytechnic is a learning organisation that has been delivering vocational training since 1912. Learning at Melbourne Polytechnic is a unique experience with an applied focus. delivered by teachers with real-world experience and expertise.

At Melbourne Polytechnic we are committed to providing high quality, innovative, applied and future focused, purposeful education and training to students, industry and communities. Our teachers are passionate and established in their professions and look guide students in theirs. We know that circumstances can create barriers to learning, so we offer our students personalised pathways, flexible study options and learning support.

**About the Role**:
The Quality Consultant Vocational Education and Training (VET) works within the Academic Quality Directorate as a key member of a small team, providing high level advice and support to the Institute in relation to continuous improvement across Foundation and VET courses.

This role will be required to work across multi-Directorates, assisting the Manager Academic Quality & Compliance to provide a whole of Institute view as to how academic quality and compliance matters are managed, in relation to VET and Foundation. The role will be required to identify and respond to quality improvement opportunities in learning and teaching, developing systemic solutions to implement improvements in practice in academic teams. The role will also work closely with the Curriculum Unit, Professional Teaching Practice Unit, Organisational Development, Academic Registry and other support teams across the Institute to drive academic quality and ensure compliance.

**Duties**:

- Support quality and compliance processes to meet regulatory compliance, both onshore and offshore, for the delivery of VET and Foundation programs and timeframes.
- Support the governance requirements linked to the development of continuous improvement practices and processes for academic quality to ensure regulatory compliance is maintained within the Academic Operations workforce.
- Liaise with stakeholders across the Institute to provide high level advice and build organisational capabilities to enable staff to meet regulatory standards and requirements.
- Support the development of an annual internal review cycle, and support independent reviews around quality and compliance, validating information from Academic Operations and other quality function teams, acting as an escalation point to mitigate identified issues.

**Skills and Experience Required**:

- A current Working With Children Check Card (Employee).
- A Degree in relevant field, TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or equivalent and proven experience in quality within VET context including, audits, risk identification and management, and external compliance requirements, AQF, AQTF, ASQA, VRQA, ESOS and HESG.
- Demonstrated experience in quality assurance with proven expertise and current working knowledge of **Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) **and the **Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015** requirements.
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects in education settings with diverse stakeholders, including ability to support groups of staff to solve problems and implement change.

**How to Apply**:

- Current CV
- Cover Letter

**_ Recruitment Agencies _**:
Please be aware for us to engage with you, we require internal pre-approval and you must be on the State Purchasing Contract (for Victorian government common use goods and services). We will engage with you and your agency once we have the approvals.

**_ Diversity and Inclusion _**:

- Melbourne Polytechnic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation, by ensuring that children and young people are protected from abuse or harm. _