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Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.\nLocation: Hendon\nAre you passionate about maintaining high standards in police training and ensuring assessments are fair, robust, and credible? We are looking for an experienced and motivated Lead Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) to drive excellence across our assessment and quality assurance practices.\nAbout the role\nAs the Lead IQA, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for internal quality assurance across our police training programmes. You will ensure all assessment activity aligns with College of Policing requirements, awarding body standards, and our own internal quality frameworks.\nThis role is central to safeguarding the integrity of assessment decisions that underpin operational competence. You will oversee the end-to-end quality cycle, support standardisation, and provide expert guidance to assessors and IQAs across Learning & Development.\nKey responsibilities\nLead, plan, and coordinate internal quality assurance activity across police training programmes.\nEnsure full compliance with College of Policing standards, qualification specifications, and relevant awarding body requirements.\nDrive consistency, fairness, and accuracy in assessment decision-making.\nMaintain internal quality frameworks and implement continuous improvements to IQA processes.\nProvide expert support, coaching, and CPD to assessors and internal quality assurers.\nLead standardisation activities to promote shared understanding of assessment criteria and expectations.\nProduce high-quality reports and evidence to support audits, inspections, and external quality assurance visits.\nChampion a culture of quality, integrity, and learner-centred practice within the Learning & Development function.\nWhy join us?\nThis is a highly impactful role where your work directly contributes to the capability, competence, and professionalism of our operational workforce. You’ll be part of a committed team that values high standards, collaboration, and continuous development.\nAdditional Information\nThis role does not attract Shift Disturbance Allowance. If you are currently in a shift-working role, SDA should cease upon appointment to this job.\nHow to apply\nTo begin your career at the Met, please click the \"apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.\nCompleted applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 13th October 2026.\nOnce received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.\nFollowing application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.\nwww.metpolicecareers.co.uk\n\nEssential For The Role\n\n>\nAbout you\nYou will bring extensive experience in quality assurance within a regulated training environment, ideally within policing or public safety. You will be confident leading others, shaping high-quality assessment practice, and ensuring decisions are valid, consistent, and fully compliant with relevant standards.\nKnowledge\nStrong understanding of College of Policing frameworks, apprenticeship standards, and regulated qualifications.\nExcellent working knowledge of quality assurance processes and regulatory compliance, including Ofqual and awarding organisation requirements.\nCommitted to upholding professional standards, ethics, and the core values of policing.\nSkills\nProven ability to provide supportive, constructive feedback to assessors and IQAs, driving high standards of delivery.\nHigh level of attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge, and collaborate across a wide range of stakeholders.\nProficient in the use of digital assessment and e-portfolio platforms (e.g., OneFile, Smart Assessor) and Microsoft Office tools.\nQualifications\nRecognised IQA qualification (e.g., Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice).\nRelevant assessor qualification (e.g., CAVA, A1, D32/33).\nExperience\nExtensive experience in assessing and quality assuring vocational qualifications, ideally within a policing or public safety context.\nExperience planning, delivering, and evaluating CPD and standardisation activities for assessment staff.\nPlease note: Applicants must hold a recognised IQA qualification and have significant experience of carrying out internal quality assurance activity as both will form part of the sifting criteria.\n\nAdditional Information\n\n>\n\nCVF Staff Band.pdf - 971KB\nOpens in a new window\n\n data-instance=\"1\"\ndata-section_id=\"152630\"\nclass=\" form_section hform_label_pos_left\"\n>\n\n id=\"form_95eaaf02-7edd-46c9-b138-5e79e3750572_label_264059_1\"\nclass=\"form_row form_label hform_label \"\n>\nDisability Confident Statement\nThe Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.\nAs a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.\nThe Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. 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