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CAVA is recruiting for three Director vacancies on our Board. If you share our values and passion for social mobility through lifelong learning, we would love to hear from you.

We have the following vacancy on our CAVA Board:

• FE Council of Members representative (internal applicants only)

• External representative (open to anyone outside of CAVA members)

• Student representative (open to former CAVA Access to HE students)

The roles have the following responsibilities:

• Ensure the effective governance of CAVA, in line with regulatory and legal compliance.

• Ensure CAVA’s compliance with QAA’s licensing agreement and licensing criteria.

• Contribute actively to the organisation’s strategic direction and resource management.

• Work collaboratively with fellow representatives on the CAVA Board, QuAD, Council of Members, and CAVA staff to achieve the purpose, aims, and values of CAVA.

We are seeking applicants with the following

• Experience of management and strategic planning (apart from the student representative)

• Enthusiasm and commitment to CAVA aims and values, and passion for lifelong learning

We would love to hear from you. You can find more information in our recruitment pack here. Please complete the CAVA application form and email it along with your CV to Emily Ross, CAVA CEO, via e.ross@cava.ac.uk.

CAVA is recruiting for four vacancies on our Quality and Academic Development Committee (QuAD). If you share our values and passion for social mobility through lifelong learning, we would love to hear from you.

CAVA QuAD responsibilities include:

• procedures associated with the granting or withdrawal of approval of Access to HE Diplomas and courses and outcomes of such activity

• the assurance of quality, standards and enhancement on CAVA’s recognised Access to HE Diplomas

• monitoring and assurance of the academic standards achieved by students

We are seeking applicants with experience in EITHER

• Quality assurance and quality systems management in further and/or higher education

OR

• Academic planning and course development in further and/or higher education

We would love to hear from you. You can find more information in our recruitment pack here. Please complete the CAVA application form and email it along with your CV to Emily Ross, CAVA CEO, via e.ross@cava.ac.uk.

We are always looking for new external moderators to join our team to ensure the high quality of our Access to HE Diplomas.

Our external moderators benefit from:

• Induction and updates on Access to HE regulation and guidance

• Briefing and support on external moderation processes and procedures

• An opportunity to network and share good practice with others

If you have:

• Relevant teaching and assessment experience and/or qualifications in adult, further or higher education

• A commitment to the aims and values of Access to HE Diplomas

• Current subject knowledge for the area of moderating responsibility, at level 3 or higher

• Experience in moderation and quality assurance processes

• Experience in Access to HE, either in further education or higher education

Then we would love to hear from you. Please send an expression of interest letter and CV to our Quality and Operations Officer, Jacky Kelly, to start the conversation. You can email her on j.kelly@cava.ac.uk or call her on 01223 302148.

We are always looking for subject experts to join our validation panels, which are held throughout the academic year. Our validation panels scrutinise our Diplomas to ensure our Access to HE courses provide our students with a high-quality learning experience.

Our validation panel members benefit from:

• Induction on Access to HE regulation and guidance

• Briefing and support ahead of a validation panel

• An opportunity to network and share good practice with others

If you have:

• Experience in the deliver and assessment of Access to HE Diplomas

• Current subject and curriculum knowledge at level 3

• Experience in the delivery of higher education programmes, which receive progressing Access to HE students

• Expertise in the admissions requirements for higher education progression routes

Then we would love to hear from you. Please send an expression of interest letter and CV to our Quality Manager, Barbara Hughes, to start the conversation. You can email her on b.hughes@cava.ac.uk or call her on 01223 302148.