Learner Support Compliance & Standards Lead

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The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment — recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd ‑ place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

The post-holder will report to the Head of Learning Support:
Compliance, Quality and Specialist Support and be responsible for the maintenance and monitoring of the compliance and quality assurance systems in line with relevant regulatory bodies and legislative codes of practice associated with Learning Support across all provision types at The Sheffield College.

The post-holder will be responsible for completing audits and samples on the provision of learning support and sharing findings which provide assurance regarding compliance with processes and funding regulations.

The post-holder will line-manage the Inclusion and Learning Support Advisors, leading them to support delivery staff to develop and successfully implement inclusive teaching and learning and Individual Support Plans for appropriate students. The postholder will help drive a culture where assessment of need is robust, timely and informs each student’s normal way of working which in turn leads to the implementation of exam access arrangements.

• Ensure all provision types, including sub-contracted provision, remain compliant with college policy and procedures related to learning support
• Generate reports and analysis of matters relating to learning support compliance and standards that support the Head of Learning Support:
  Compliance, Quality and Specialist Support with providing assurances to the college’s Executive Leadership team regarding the provision of learning support.
• Support delivery staff to continuously develop inclusive teaching and learning practice across the college through the team of Inclusion and Learning Support Advisors
• Support the development of processes to provide needs-led Individual Support Plans for all students who require one.
• Providing assurance that exam access arrangements are accurate and robust having been informed an assessment of need and by the student’s normal way of working.

The Learning Support Compliance and Standards Lead will be responsible for issues of regulatory compliance and quality, and their implementation, throughout The Sheffield College (TSC).

The Learning Support Compliance and Standards Lead will maintain awareness of good practise in relation to learning support as it applies to the delivery of all provision types, to ensure awareness of all relevant legislation, funding requirements, policies and procedures as related to the operation and integrity of learning support delivered by TSC.

• Providing support to the Head of Learning Support:
  Compliance, Quality and Specialist Support to ensure arrangements for meeting regulatory obligations are in accordance with the conditions issued by funding bodies
• Pro-actively identifying, anticipating and managing all issues with potential to cause an adverse effect
• Investigation of any irregularities threatening the integrity of the delivery of learning support and ensure timely notification and reporting to Head of Learning Support:
  Compliance, Quality and Specialist Support
• To support and advise Vice Principals, Assistant Principals, Academy Directors, Heads of School, Sector Directors, Head of Data Services and Exams and Heads of Quality Improvement on all issues relating to compliance within the delivery of learning support.

• Sample compliance of learning support against college policy and procedures, ensuring it meets funding body requirements
• Prepare reports to provide lines of enquiry which feed into Quality Review processes and/or reports that provide assurance to the Executive Leadership Team
• Managing internal audits as may be agreed with the Executive Leadership Team
• Work with managers in reviewing and updating learning support policies and procedures ensuring regulatory compliance…