Company Description
This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an essential role in the UK’s tertiary education sector.
QAA is the UK’s independent quality body for tertiary education, and our purpose is to ensure that students and learners experience the highest possible quality of education. We have changed to meet the evolving needs of a sector that has undergone reform across all nations of the UK.
We are the UK’s authority on quality and standards, acting as custodian on behalf of the sector of reference points including the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, Subject Benchmark Statements, and the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications.
Throughout the UK we are the trusted partner of governments and funding bodies. In Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, we work in collaboration with the sector to meet the needs of each nation. In England, our highly successful membership programme provides a rich source of resources to strategic leads, quality specialists and students and learners alike. Globally we are recognised as one of the world's leading quality bodies and support the UK sector as it welcomes international students and extends its reach through transnational education.
We are a world-leading quality agency with unmatched experience of providing impartial regulatory and collaborative quality assurance and enhancement. We support universities and colleges in working with students and learners, governments, funders and regulatory bodies to evidence and enhance the excellent quality and high standards of the education they provide.
We are a remote first organisation and encourage day-to-day flexibility. It’s important to us that our working environment enables us to deliver our services in a way and location that provides the best outcomes for our stakeholders and customers and meets their expectations. Alongside this we want individuals and teams to feel empowered to work where, when, and how they want, providing that business needs are met.
Position
As an Account Manager at QAA, you’ll play a key role in shaping and growing our commercial partnerships. You’ll work closely with our Customer Engagement team to identify opportunities with existing customers, develop proposals that create value, and strengthen how they experience and perceive QAA.
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, offering a great opportunity to make an impact and gain valuable experience within our organisation. The role is offered within a set salary band, in line with our commitment to fairness and consistency. Please note that we are unable to offer salaries outside this band.
Requirements
We are looking for someone who can confidently establish strong and trusted relationships with stakeholder, customer and sponsors to understand their challenges and objectives, and we can provide unique solutions to their needs.
You’ll need experience of working within a business-to-business customer facing environment in a sales or business development role, with a track record of consistently hitting sales targets and delivery high levels of customer service.
If you have a passion for generating revenue and growth through strong successful commercial partnerships, we want to hear from you!
Benefits
Remote working Paid annual leave Paid sick leave Professional development support Employee assistance programme (EAP) Pension scheme Paid volunteering leave
Other information
Position: Account Manager (England)
Location: We offer employees the opportunity to work flexibly from home, providing it is within the UK.
Job type: Full-time, 12 month fixed term contract
Hours: 35 hours per week, flexible working available
Band: 6
Salary: £50,000 - £67,000 per annum, dependent upon knowledge, skills and experience, plus excellent benefits
Closing date: 23 October 2025
The closing date for applications is Thursday 23 October so please do not hesitate to apply. If you are interested in the vacancy do not hesitate to apply; based on response rate and calibre of applications we may close this vacancy early.
To apply, please create a profile on our recruitment portal and submit your CV with a covering letter outlining your experience. Only applications which include a CV, and a cover letter will be considered for the role.
QAA recognises the positive benefits of equity, diversity and inclusion. Our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for all to feel respected, free to be themselves no matter what their identity or background, and able to give their best. We value the differences that a variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills brings and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants to apply and join us.
If you have not heard from QAA within three weeks of the closing date for this vacancy, then your application has not been successful. Please be aware that we are unable to provide feedback on individual job applications.