The National College is launching its latest Strategy for 2022-2027, in Autumn 2022.

Founded in 1951, the National College of Ireland (NCI) is a not-for-profit third level education institution with charitable status. The Mission of the College is to change lives through education. Located in Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), the College offers circa 120 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and micro-credential qualifications in the disciplines of business, computing, education, and psychology, which are validated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). Many of these programmes also benefits from Professional Body accreditation from the Teaching Council, the Psychological Society of Ireland, CIPD, various Accounting bodies, and more.

The College actively participates in Government funded initiatives such as Springboard and ICT Skills and actively supports the Government’s drive to increase participation in Apprenticeships. 

Reporting to:     

Director of Quality and Institutional Effectiveness

Key Relationships:

• Director of Quality and Institutional Effectiveness
• Registrar
• Executive Group Members
• Deans, Vice-Deans, Director of the Centre for Education and Lifelong Learning (CELL)
• Programme Directors
• NCI Academic Operations Team
• Student Registry units, and the Student Support and Welfare team
• The International Office.
• Student’s Union President and VP Academic Affairs.
• QQI

Key Responsibilities:

1. Implement the agreed NCI framework for academic programme lifecycle management, running an effective Programme Lifecycle Management Executive Sub-Group and supporting the Schools, CELL and relevant support units to move successfully through the stages of programme proposal, development, approval, annual monitoring, change and review and re-validation/re-accreditation;

2. Support the Director to develop and manage NCI’s dynamic academic programme QQI revalidation and Professional Body re-accreditation schedule;

3. Provide analytical support for qualitative and quantitative data and information that provides indicators about the quality of NCI’s programmes and modules;

4. Draft qualitative discussion papers and reports on Quality Assurance and Enhancement topics and present these, as needed, to various NCI groups and committees;

5. Train, and supervise staff at more junior grades, as needed, on internal NCI administrative, finance and student systems and on QQI’s Programme validation system and other 3rd party platforms, as needed.

6. Support the Director to implement key Quality Assurance tools relating to learners and the student voice, particularly systematic Programme and Module learner surveys and report on the outputs and outcomes at module, programme and College level

7. Support the wider NCI team to prepare, roll-out, report and follow-up on student survey.ie as it relates to NCI learners

Key Requirements: 

• An honour’s degree; 
• A postgraduate qualification that includes education and training in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and reporting is desirable, though not mandatory;
• A minimum of three years’ experience working in Irish higher education in a professional support capacity;
• Relevant and demonstrable experience of administration in a complex and fast-paced Higher Education environment, related to the delivery of academic programmes and to quality assurance and/or enhancement activities quality in that context;
• An understanding of the Irish Higher Education landscape and the role of Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), in particular, and its policies;
• Proven experience of maintaining accuracy and integrity in data management processes (qualitative and quantitative) and applying data governance controls;
• Proven ability to build trust and effective partnerships and collaborate with a range of colleagues internally and externally;
• Demonstrated ability to meet fixed internal and external submission requirements and deadlines;
• Experience in providing analysis and reports to inform decision-making at a programme, school and/or institutional level. 

Salary: 

Senior Specialist/Supervisory Band (€41,412 – 62,121)

Annual Leave: 

24 days per annum

Contract: 

 Specific Purpose Contract - 13-month

Hours: 

Full time  

Application process: 

Internal applicants only 

We would like to assure you that protecting confidentiality is our number one priority. You can expect that all enquires, applications and all aspects of the proceedings are treated as strictly confidential and are not disclosed to anyone, outside those directly involved in that aspect of the process.

Candidates' Obligations

In submitting a completed Curriculum Vitae and supporting documentation, candidates are declaring:

• That all the particulars furnished in their application are true and correct without omission and that they are aware of the qualifications and particulars for this position.
• That to the best of their knowledge that there is nothing in relation to their conduct, character or personal background of any nature that would adversely affect the position of trust in which they would be placed by virtue of this appointment.
• Their irrevocable consent to NCI making such enquiries as deemed necessary in respect of their suitability for the post in respect of which their application is made.
• Their acceptance and confirmation of the entitlement of NCI, as appropriate to, reject their application, or to terminate their employment (in the event of a contract of employment having been entered into on foot of this competition) if they have omitted to furnish NCI with any information relevant to their application or their continued employment or where they have made any false statement or misrepresentation relevant to this application or their continuing employment with the College. 

Candidates should note that they may be required to submit documentary evidence in support of any particulars given by them in their application for the post.

Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2014 as amended

Data collected for the purposes of recruitment activities

NCI conducts recruitment processes to fill vacancies within the college. When applying for these competitions applicants are asked to submit a range of documents, e.g., a completed application form, CV and/or a personal statement or cover letter. For the purposes of recruitment activities, we will not collect any personal data that we do not need to assess your candidature for a role with us.

Legal Basis for Processing

NCI ’s legal basis for the processing of this data is a combination of individual consent, contractual necessity and legal obligations.

Withdrawal of Consent

Applicants can withdraw their consent for the processing of their personal data at any time by notifying the College. It is important to note that withdrawal of consent prior to the completion of the process will be considered as a withdrawal of the application.

What we do with your data

People who are directly employed by NCI and are based in Ireland process all the personal data collected for both recruitment and HR purposes.

Shortlisting

HR draft up the shortlisting documents and provide the initial screening to determine if a person meets the essential criteria of the competition. A shortlisting panel is generally made up of two senior grade staff members from the relevant department for which the role is being recruited.

Sharing of your data

Where you have been successfully shortlisted for a post, each interview panel member will be furnished with a copy of the relevant information of those who will be attending interview in order that they can review applications in advance of the interview process. All such information will be returned to NCI and shredded following the competition process. Some of the interview panel will be external interviewers, who are not employees of NCI but are engaged for the purpose and are strictly subject to the rules and policies of the College.

Access

Applicants can request and receive access to their data at any time and can request and receive a copy of this data, in electronic/transferable format.

Erasure

Applicants can request the data held be erased. In this case, the application for a position is considered withdrawn.

Rectification

Applicants can have any incorrect information corrected.

Objection / Withdraw

Applications can object to this information being processed and/or can request to withdraw from the application process

Complain

Applicants can make a complaint to our internal Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

NCI Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1

Tel (Direct): + 353 1 4498 523 ; Tel (Reception): + 353 1 4498 500

And/or make a complaint to the relevant authority

Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28

Tel: +353 (0) 761 104 800

National College of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer and is a Member of the Athena SWAN Charter. NCI is committed to serving our diverse community and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.