Qualification Content Lead - Audit and Assurance
Posted 7 days ago by ACCA
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Qualification Content Lead - Audit and Assurance at ACCA is responsible for developing and overseeing the syllabus and assessments for the Audit and Assurance subject area. This role requires collaboration with the external examining team to ensure high-quality, relevant, and rigorous assessments for ACCA members. The position is full-time and operates on a flexible, digital-first approach. The successful candidate will also act as a subject matter expert and lead changes in syllabus content and examination processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Set clear syllabus and learning outcomes for the allocated subject area.
- Ensure assessments are of the highest quality and meet regulatory requirements.
- Develop assessment models considering various complex factors.
- Lead the examining team and liaise on proposed changes.
- Finalize assessments at exam panel meetings with detailed input.
- Ensure examinable documents are up to date and produce technical articles.
- Lead marking standardisation meetings after each exam session.
- Support the selection and training of external examining team members.
- Incorporate developments in the profession into syllabus content.
- Act as a subject matter expert in developing new syllabus and examination content.
Key Skills:
- Professional qualification in accounting with experience in accountancy education.
- Excellent technical understanding of Audit and Assurance syllabus.
- Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships.
- Ability to manage work volumes and meet strict deadlines.
- Proficient in word processing and Excel.
- Professionalism to represent ACCA in external meetings.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: City Of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected. We are currently recruiting for a Qualification Content Lead - Audit and Assurance on a full-time, 18-month fixed-term basis. We are flexible on the location of this role as we operate a 'digital first' approach.
QCLs lead the development of both syllabus and assessment and ensure the external examining team deliver innovative, relevant and rigorous syllabuses and assessments for ACCA future members and any additional qualifications required by existing ACCA members globally.
The Job
Reporting to the Qualification Content Manager, this role includes:
- Setting a clear and appropriate syllabus and learning outcomes for the allocated subject area to ensure that learners are well prepared to sit an assessment
- Holding ultimate responsibility for ensuring assessments are of the highest quality
- Developing assessment models for each session, recognising multiple complex factors including the content and style of the assessments, the relevance, level and syllabus coverage and consistency within assessments
- Leading other members of the examining team throughout this process and liaising on proposed changes
- Ownership of the finalisation of assessments at the exam panel meetings, providing detailed input to requirements and scenarios, to ensure each assessment meets ACCA and all regulatory requirements
- Ensuring all examinable documents are up to date and technical articles are produced to cover new legislation or other changes
- Leading marking standardisation meetings for the portfolio of exams after each exam session
- Supporting the selection of external examining team members and leading on training and feedback
- Responsibility for ensuring all developments in the profession which relate to the subject discipline, including any legislative or regulatory changes are considered and included as appropriate
- Responsibility for leading as the subject matter expert in developing new syllabus content and new examination content, leading the examining teams through change.
The Person
A professional qualification in accounting, with experience in accountancy education
Excellent technical understanding of the relevant syllabus subject (Audit and Assurance)
Strong people skills with the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues internally and externally
The ability to deal effectively with work volumes, to strict deadlines.
Particularly good word processing and Excel skills
Professionalism to act as an ambassador for ACCA in external meetings such as the Annual Tutor Conference, marking standardisation meetings and regulator meetings
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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