Head of Accreditation & Standards

General Description

Overview

Head of Accreditation & Standards – full time, permanent, based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London. New MHRA Academy team.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, implementation and continuous improvement of an accreditation framework and standards for regulatory assessor/inspector roles.
• Oversee curriculum design of related technical programmes, ensuring alignment of learning materials and assessments with accreditation requirements.
• Build and develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to inform accreditation approach and curriculum design.
• Direct line management of the Accreditation Evaluator and the Curriculum Manager/Developer.

Qualifications & Experience

Successful candidate will have:

• Experienced learning background, substantial senior stakeholder engagement, leading specialist accreditation and learning projects.
• Experience leading from both strategic and operational perspective in a new initiative.
• Comfort with leading, proposing initiatives and decision making when uncertainty exists.

Person Specification – Technical

• Relevant CIPD level 7 (or equivalent) in learning and development/assessment, or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Person Specification – Experience & Technical

• Designing/implementing/utilising learning or accreditation pathways.
• Designing and commissioning learning interventions and managing them as projects to delivery.
• Measuring learning effectiveness and using evaluation data to continuously improve programme effectiveness.

Person Specification – Strengths

• Problem Solver.
• Improver.
• Focussed.
• Motivator.

Closing date: 30 January 2026