Professional Learning Quality Lead

• Location Remote/Hybrid, REMOTE/HYB,United Kingdom
• Employee Type Fixed Term
• Manage Others Yes

The Chartered College of Teaching is currently working on a number of exciting projects, and is recruiting a Professional Learning Quality Lead to support this work. This is a fixed term position which will focus on supporting the delivery of a key strand of our work relating to teacher development, helping to embed high quality professional development across the sector. By joining our team as a Professional Learning Quality Lead, you’ll be helping us to support teachers, champion great teaching and raise the status of the profession.

The role will run until the end of December 2027 in the first instance and you must be based in the UK.

Professional Learning Quality Lead

Associate Director:
Professional Learning and Accreditation

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum (FTE) dependent on experience

Fixed term until 31st December 2027

A full working week is 35 hours. We are open to full time or part time candidates (minimum of 3.5 days per week / 0.7 FTE).

Flexible working, generous annual leave, 8.5% employer pension contribution, Paycare, individual and team professional development/learning budget.

A full list of our benefits can be found here .

Remote / Hybrid / flexible. We have a central London office but our team work from across the country and we are happy to support remote or office-based working (hybrid).

Applications close on Sunday 4th October.

Interview will consist of a task and competency-based interview and these are currently planned to take place w/c 12th October 2026 but we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may interview and close the role earlier if a suitable applicant is identified.

The Professional Learning Quality Lead will play a key role in supporting our work around teacher development, helping to embed high quality standards for teacher professional learning across the education sector.

Drawing on their deep understanding of teacher development, the Professional Learning Quality Lead will lead on a number of internal and external projects, working with colleagues and sector stakeholders to develop and launch a CPD quality framework. They will deliver training, develop resources and carry out quality assurance activities to support the successful implementation of the framework in schools, colleges and sector organisations.

Alongside this, they will support the delivery of the Chartered College of Teaching’s wider professional development offer, developing and reviewing materials and delivering training that is aligned to agreed quality standards, helping to support teacher and school development and career progression.

This would be an ideal opportunity for anyone who is passionate about teacher development and who wants to use their knowledge to build expertise and shape quality standards across the sector.

You will lead on the development and implementation of a new CPD quality framework, which will include:

• Initial development and testing of an evidence-informed framework for CPD quality
• Seeking input from experts and key stakeholders via a range of consultation activities (e.g. advisory groups, focus groups, surveys)
• Developing effective processes to quality assure CPD in line with the newly developed framework, underpinned by robust policies and governance processes
• Developing and delivering training and implementation resources to support the rollout of the framework, helping to ensure the framework is understood and applied consistently
• Working with partner organisations to quality assure their…