Location : Remote-based with occasional travel for meetings and observations Hours : 36.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Salary: up to £34,000 per annum We are looking to recruit a Quality Improvement Coach who is an IQAqualified professional with strong expertise across Early Years and Teaching Assistant qualifications. The ideal candidate will bring a solid background in quality assurance and a deep understanding of sector requirements to support continuous improvement across teaching, learning, and assessment. As our Quality Improvement Coach, you will be the quality expert and champion of continuous improvement across the learner journey. Working closely with Personal Tutors, Operations Managers and wider teams, you'll provide practical coaching, insightful feedback and data-driven solutions that raise standards and improve outcomes. This is a highly influential role where your work will directly impact the quality of teaching, learner progress, success rates and inspection readiness - helping Shaping Lives deliver on its mission every day. What you'll be doing .Driving continuous quality improvement through Learner Experience Reviews (LERs) and curriculum deep dives aligned to the Education Inspection Framework (EIF). Coaching and supporting Personal Tutors through observations, 1-1s, mentoring, CPD and sharing best practice. Designing and delivering impactful CPD sessions across Early Years and the wider business. Conducting formative and summative sampling of learner portfolios and leading standardisation activities. Supporting new Personal Tutors through their first 3 months in post. Collaborating with Operations, EPA, Portfolio & Product teams to improve delivery, materials and learner outcomes. Analysing learner, employer and performance data (including Power BI) to identify risks and drive improvement. Contributing to the Self-Assessment Report (SAR) and Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). Supporting success rates, QAR improvement and learners approaching or exceeding planned end dates. Promoting safeguarding, GDPR compliance and a culture of integrity and excellence What we're looking for. Proven experience within a quality function in the apprenticeships sector. Strong knowledge of Ofsted and the Education Inspection Framework (EIF). Occupational competence and qualifications in Early Years. Experience coaching, mentoring and developing others to achieve high standards. A track record of using quality improvement principles to positively impact learner outcomes Qualifications required:. GCSE English and Maths (A-C) or equivalent. Level 5 Early Years qualifications. Level 3 Teaching qualification (AET/PTLLS or equivalent). Level 3 Assessor qualification (TAQA/CAVA/A1 or equivalent). Level 4 Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) qualification The ideal candidate will have proven experience in: Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Level 3 Early Years Educator Level 3 Teaching Assistant Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner Experience in delivering or supporting: Level 5 Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA). Level 5 SENCO (or a willingness to complete the Level 5 SENCO qualification) We have a number of benefits available and all colleagues benefit from our standard benefits including;. Generous Annual Leave of 21 days, increasing with length of service, plus a holiday purchase scheme. 3 Paragon Days for our operational December closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays. Enjoy an additional day off to celebrate your birthday. Up to 3 days of paid leave for volunteering opportunities and corporate conscience initiatives. Perkbox: Access to a wide range of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools. Recognition and Long Service Awards: Celebrating the milestones and contributions of our colleagues We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role. To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team. Shaping Lives is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.