Quality and Risk Business Partner
RemoteNew Zealand
Job Summary
Oversee quality assurance, assessment, and risk practices across faculties and campuses by providing practical guidance to academic and operational leaders. Identify gaps in assessment and moderation, develop remediation plans, and support teams in embedding sustainable quality practices aligned with NZQA requirements. Contribute to self-assessment activities and wider quality initiatives to strengthen organisational performance while balancing assurance with coaching and capability building. This fixed-term, 12-month role supports New Zealand's largest Category Two PTE in advancing educational outcomes for learners across creative, tourism, and healthcare sectors.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in the New Zealand tertiary education sector
- Strong experience in quality assurance, academic quality, programme management, assessment, moderation or regulatory compliance
- Practical experience with pre- and post-assessment moderation and reviewing the quality of assessment practice
- A strong understanding of NZQA requirements and the New Zealand tertiary regulatory environment
- Experience identifying quality or compliance gaps and developing practical improvement or remediation plans
- Strong relationship-building, influencing and communication skills
- Confidence using evidence and data to support sound decision-making
- A tertiary qualification in any discipline
Desired Qualifications
- ideally within a PTE, ITP, wānanga, university or multi-campus provider
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