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Implementing revalidation, the biggest change in medical regulation in 150 years.

Responsible for portfolio and programme office management, programme planning, embedding best practice across policy teams, recruitment, matrix managing up to 40 people, budget management up to £6 million annual, business planning, OGC reviews. Scope includes Qualifications and Credit Framework (national framework for learners aged 14-90), Employer.

Responsible for managing 2 people, £100k budget, negotiating policy with national education agencies, commissioning consultancy work, working with partners in higher education, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.Achievements include agreeing Credit Principles for Higher Education with QAA and other partner bodies, agreeing higher education workplan with.

Responsible for managing Joint Forum for Higher Levels with QAA, 1 direct report, accreditation policy for higher levels qualifications, developing Apprenticeships policy with LSC and DfES, developing foundation degrees policy, representing QCA on Tomlinson 14-19 Apprenticeships Sub Group. Achievements include agreement of revised priorities and workplan.

Responsible for managing team of 4, £300k budget, identifying and negotiating qualification projects with sector specialists, commissioning consultancy work across a dozen sectors, including Health, Transport and Engineering, managed Joint Rationalisation Task Group (Chair Ian McAllister, CEO Ford UK).Achievements include establishing revised sector boards.

Responsible for rationalising IT qualifications to meet employer and learner needs, negotiating with sectors and awarding bodies, approval of bodies against regulatory criteria to award in the National Qualifications Framework, liaison with national agencies including DTi, UFi and BECTA, representing QCA at the ITCE Skills Strategy Group (subgroup of the.

Responsible for accrediting IT qualifications for adults, managing projects to review occupational standards, relationship management with sector bodies. Achievements include completion of review of occupational standards across 3 conflicting sector bodies, supported the successful establishment and management of IT Sector Advisory Group.

Scrutiny, technical commentary, data preparation for occupational standards and NVQs from awarding bodies.

Liaison with tutors and students, maintaining course records, organising one-day summer school event, in order to provide service to adult and retired learners.

Ensuring accuracy of patient data, locating medical records using tracking system.

Testing software, producing fault reports and replication procedures, to improve financial trading product for Reuters.

Producing reports on social policy, liaison with Council and local voluntary sector, training and briefing advisers.