Letter from Sally Gosling – IPReg, Head of Education Review

Dear Candidate,

I’m delighted that you have expressed an interest in applying for the role of Education Policy Associate for IPReg’s education review. I hope this recruitment pack gives you the information you need to understand the role requirements and what undertaking the role  would involve. More information on IPReg’s role, functions and activities can be found on our website: https://ipreg.org.uk/.

This is an exciting time to join the IPReg executive team. Our education review is an ambitious project that will launch in the spring of 2025. This follows a concerted period of scoping its purpose and areas of focus and planning how it will be progressed as a project. The review will form a substantial, phased project undertaken in strong collaboration with stakeholders.

The Education Policy Associate will make a significant contribution to how the project is run and to the delivery of its intended outputs and outcomes. Each role will contribute to how we take a robust, evidence-informed approach to key topics, including those to do with equality, diversity and inclusion; how we draw on best practice in professional education and assessment and ensure rigour in our project management and reporting processes; and how we secure and enable stakeholder input and feedback across the life of the project.       

The role will provide the opportunity to develop your career in a regulatory and legal services context and to work as part of a small, friendly and high-functioning executive team. You should be keen to take the next stage in developing your career in education policy. You should be looking to build on and to apply the knowledge, skills and experience you have gained to date in professional regulation and/or the higher education sector, including in relation to quality assurance processes. You should have strong skills in managing, analysing and presenting data and information and in producing briefing materials and progress reports. You should enjoy coordinating and contributing to stakeholder engagement activity, both online and in person.     

This role is full-time and will be offered as a fixed-term, two-year contract. You can find all the details on how to apply further along in this brief. If you have any further questions about the role once you have read this candidate brief, please contact Thewlis Graham via email: applications@thewlisgraham.com for a confidential conversation with Sarah Thewlis.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Yours faithfully,

Sally Gosling

IPReg Head of Education Review