Partnership and Accreditation Officer (Fixed Term)

Job Title: Partnership and Accreditation Officer (Fixed Term)

Salary: Grade 6, £36,158 per annum

FTE: Full-time, 35 hours per week (with hybrid working, 40% of time in the office)

Department: Membership & Professional Development

Team: Partnership and Accreditation Team

Employment Type: Fixed term for 6 months

Location: Leicester Office

Closing Date for Applications: Midday on Monday 05 December 2022

With over 60,000 members, The British Psychological Society is the professional body for psychologists in the UK and the largest psychology community in Europe. An exciting opportunity is available for a professional and confident individual to join our successful Partnership and Accreditation Team, working out of the society's Leicester head office. The team is busy and hard-working, with responsibility for accrediting undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in psychology delivered across the UK and with our UK university partners internationally.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to provide specialist advice and support to our partner courses and review teams. This is a strongly customer-facing role, requiring excellent interpersonal skills, confidence, and the ability to communicate effectively to different audiences including the production of formal reports.

The post holder will be expected to undertake accreditation visits across the UK as well as internationally, in addition to contributing to and leading a number of other events and meetings as required, therefore a willingness and ability to travel regularly and extensively is essential (including overnight stays).

Demonstration of impeccable time management and organisation and the ability to keep on top of multiple projects and tasks in an agile and responsive manner is key. Previous experience of quality assurance, or accreditation, or regulation in Higher Education, or within a professional body environment is essential, as is experience of writing formal reports and servicing committees.

Find out more about the role here.

How to apply

For further information about the role, please contact Patricia Lyons, Accreditation Operations Manager at [email protected].

The closing date for applications is midday on 05 December 2022.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter outlining how your knowledge, skills and experience would be suitable for this post to [email protected].

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to update you on the progress of the application until after the closing date.  If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

The British Psychological Society is committed to a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of your background or circumstances.