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Join the team

At CAVA, we are driven by our values and passion for Access to Higher Education Diplomas. We work closely as a staff team with our external moderators and the subject experts that sit on our validation panels to quality assure and validate Diplomas that provide our students with the highest quality teaching and best outcomes. We look forward to welcoming you to the CAVA team. 

Join us

CEO

We are now seeking a new CEO to take CAVA forward to its next stage of development. We are looking for a leader who shares our passion, possesses excellent strategic and operational skills, and has a proven track record of inspiring positive change.

The key functions of the role are:

  • Lead, develop, and manage CAVA in line with QAA licensing requirements and business best practice
  • Annual operational, financial, and strategic planning through Board and Committees
  • Lead on three-year strategic planning and translating strategic aims into annual operational plans

The CEO will also be expected to:

  • Promote and adhere to CAVA’s organisational values
  • Promote and implement all CAVA policies, particularly those which refer to employment law; health
    and safety; equality, diversity, and inclusion; and corporate social responsibility
  • Participate in CAVA programmes of staff appraisal and continuing professional development
  • Comply with the requirements for the UK General Data Protection Regulations
  • Any other duties appropriate to the role and deemed necessary for the effective operation of CAVA.

You can find more information about the role in the recruitment pack

If you share our values and passion for social mobility through lifelong learning, we would love to hear from you. Please email ceorecruitment@cava.ac.uk to receive the application form for the vacancy.

Opportunities to join our external moderator team

We are always looking for new external moderators to join our team to ensure the high quality of our Access to HE Diplomas.

Our external moderators benefit from:

  • Induction and updates on Access to HE regulation and guidance
  • Briefing and support on external moderation processes and procedures
  • An opportunity to network and share good practice with others

If you have:

  • Relevant teaching and assessment experience and/or qualifications in adult, further or higher education
  • A commitment to the aims and values of Access to HE Diplomas
  • Current subject knowledge for the area of moderating responsibility, at level 3 or higher
  • Experience in moderation and quality assurance processes
  • Experience in Access to HE, either in further education or higher education

Then we would love to hear from you. Please send an expression of interest letter and CV to our Quality and Operations Officer, Jacky Kelly, to start the conversation. You can email her on j.kelly@cava.ac.uk or call her on 01223 302148.

Opportunities to join our validation panels

We are always looking for subject experts to join our validation panels, which are held throughout the academic year. Our validation panels scrutinise our Diplomas to ensure our Access to HE courses provide our students with a high-quality learning experience.

Our validation panel members benefit from:

  • Induction on Access to HE regulation and guidance
  • Briefing and support ahead of a validation panel
  • An opportunity to network and share good practice with others

If you have:

  • Experience in the deliver and assessment of Access to HE Diplomas
  • Current subject and curriculum knowledge at level 3
  • Experience in the delivery of higher education programmes, which receive progressing Access to HE students
  • Expertise in the admissions requirements for higher education progression routes

Then we would love to hear from you. Please send an expression of interest letter and CV to our Quality Manager, Barbara Hughes, to start the conversation. You can email her on b.hughes@cava.ac.uk or call her on 01223 302148.

Team stories

External Moderator

Seeing the Access curriculum in full detail allowed me to appreciate the knowledge and skills of the students joining us through the Access route. Being an external moderator (EM) for CAVA has also opened new opportunities to be involved in course approval and re-validation panels. Developing my knowledge of QA at another organisation made me more aware of the processes we use and has made me more critical of the way we carry out and document our efforts. I would encourage academic staff, to consider an EM role with CAVA.

Validation panel member

There has been a thoroughness of academic rigour in sustaining the very highest of standards expected through the CAVA validation process, and a consistency in application of the regulations and procedures acknowledged throughout the interaction with the college, its tutors and managers and CAVA. I commend all involved in the completion of this Validation Review process and thank CAVA for all the support given to me in the role of Chair for the final outcome.