Education Monitoring Specialist
- Hiring from
- United Kingdom
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Posted
- Sep 29, 2026
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About the Team and what we do
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Education and Standards team sets and maintains the requirements for education, training, conduct, and performance for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates across the UK
Your role and Impact
This role will ensure the safe and effective quality assurance of programmes delivered by approved education institutions (AEIs), including approval and monitoring, in line with the NMC’s Quality Assurance Framework.
The post holder will focus on the coordination and delivery of the NMC’s education monitoring strategy. This work will ensure that all providers of NMC approved education programmes are complying with all required standards, in accordance with the Council’s statutory duties.
What you'll bring
As the Education Monitoring Specialist, you’ll be able to:
- Take leadership responsibility for the planning and delivery of defined education monitoring processes, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
- Autonomously assess information, data and intelligence while undertaking monitoring visits and other monitoring activities, undertaking in-depth analysis at pace, and making clear, evidence-based judgements about required action when concerns are identified.
- Ensure the defined monitoring process(es) you are responsible for are well governed, including timely follow up across the devolved legislatures of the UK.
- Coordinate and oversee Education Quality Assurance Officers in a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the programme monitoring process is standardised, consistent and effect.
**Please note that this role may involve UK wide travel, including occasional overnight stays where required**.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave
- Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
- Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
- Hybrid working
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Perkbox membership
- Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
- Season ticket loans
Additional Information
The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post.
Hybrid Working Policy
We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
Hybrid Working Policy
We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
Our Pay Policy
It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.
For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.
Reasonable adjustments
We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.
Screening and vetting
All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.