Subject Support Manager - History

• locations
• AQA Manchester

• time type
• Full time

• posted on
• Posted Today

• time left to apply
• End Date: October 13, 2025 (10 days left to apply)

• job requisition id
• R7051

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s our people who make this happen.

Subject Support Manager – History and Politics

Permanent

Manchester: £41,500 - £47,000

Milton Keynes: £43,000 - £49,000

Hybrid: one day in the office per week plus extensive national travel including overnight stays

Be part of a subject area that’s expected to be at the forefront of curriculum reform, where your passion for History and Politics can shape how over 100,000 GCSE and 20,000 A-level students experience the subject — and help AQA maintain its leading position in the GCSE and A Level market.

If you're ready to take your passion for History beyond the classroom and influence how thousands of students experience the subject, this is your opportunity to make a national impact.

About the roleThis role is ideal for teachers looking to broaden their impact, or for those who have moved beyond classroom teaching—perhaps into EdTech, CPD, or other education-focused sectors—and now want to influence education more broadly through AQA.

Purpose

Working in a wider Subject Support team of 30 that is continuing to grow, you’ll support teachers in delivering qualifications across History and Politics. Drawing on your assessment and curriculum knowledge, you’ll help shape how our qualifications are delivered in classrooms. This role plays a key part in preparing for curriculum reform and influencing national education beyond individual schools. You’ll also help position AQA as the board of choice for History and Politics, building on our strong market share in the subject.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Representing AQA and delivering key subject messages to external audiences.
• Supporting schools, centres, and teachers with subject-related queries, and planning and delivering our History specifications.
• Engaging with teachers both face-to-face and online to support continuous improvement and subject confidence.
• Building strong relationships with subject stakeholders and using insights to shape future developments.
• Gathering and analysing data and customer feedback using relevant tools to inform decisions and improve delivery.
• Collaborating with internal teams such as Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Events to ensure alignment and smooth delivery.

What's in it for you

• This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on education while growing your career.
• Exposure to impactful work influencing national education.
• Opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Flexible working arrangements with a focus on work-life balance.
• A 35-hour working week with 25 days annual leave, rising with service, plus bank holidays and extra closure days around Christmas
• AQA’s inclusive and values-led culture.

Diversity and inclusion statement

At AQA, we are committed to fostering a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes equity and inclusion. We believe that a diverse team brings richer perspectives and drives better outcomes. Our ED&I strategy ensures that everyone—regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, or background—is valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. We actively promote inclusive language, avoid stereotypes, and strive for representation across all dimensions of diversity. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and lived experiences.

Application process

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter.

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm, 12th October 2025.

The selection process includes CV screening, a presentation, and interviews conducted via Teams and face-to-face in late October. Offers will be timed to align with October half-term resignation periods.

Please note that an Enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate.

Contact and further information

If you’ve got questions about the role or just want to get a feel for what it’s like to work at AQA, we’d love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to Emily Taper – Recruitment Lead at AQA. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

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Full Job Description

Summary

The focus will be supporting customers and selling our qualifications through subject expertise, to retain and grow our market share. You will also be responsible for using your subject expertise to provide internal consultancy plus building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders where needed.

The role will require extensive national travel to represent AQA, deliver to customers and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.Landscape:

• To understand the educational landscape particularly within your subject area.

• To understand and engage with the strategic priorities of AQA and its evolving structure.

Activities:

Achieve challenging goals and milestones for delivery of your subject(s).

Contribute to planning, monitoring, and delivering Customer and Product priorities for your subject(s) Eg) contribute to the creation, monitoring and delivery of subject focused annual plans

Use relevant systems, reports and dashboards to support and record delivery for your subject to meet delivery targets.

Lead and support projects or workstreams within Customer and Product which are of a commensurate level to your role, maximising development opportunities.

Engage with key stakeholders to support planning and delivery of priorities e.g., Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Customer Training and Events.

Contribute to effective identification and management of risks and dependencies.

Ensure your work supports continuous improvement in process and delivery, to improve customer experience and satisfaction.

Collaborate with other teams to help reduce failure demand from customers e.g improved first contact resolution of customer enquiries.

Promote customer centricity, be an advocate for the customer across the business and provide subject based customer insight.

Be a brand advocate for AQA with customers and associates.

Represent the team, subject, and Customer & Product as part of wider organisational projects and priorities.

Contribute to business wide processes where needed to support customer facing activity eg) incident management and awarding.

Responsible for the engagement and management of associates to support delivery to customers within your subject(s) in line with the AQA associate strategy.

Engage with and influence subject level stakeholders such as subject associations and learned societies to build advocacy and support and to provide both stakeholder and customer insight to inform current and future developments eg, At times of reform

Present at stakeholder events in collaboration with the Product Management team, in line with the product growth strategy, in order to influence stakeholder views and decisions to ensure AQA is seen as the board of choice for the subject.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

An excellent understanding of the subject, specifications, and current pedagogy

Excellent communication and presentation skills in line with AQA brand and tone of voice

Former teaching experience or ability to demonstrate credibility with teachers

Leadership skills including stakeholder engagement and collaborative working

Influencing and brand advocacy

Organisation, planning, and prioritisation skills

A continuous improvement mindset

A big picture mindset

The ability to have robust conversations with customers and stakeholders, own and deliver corporate messages

Ability use relevant data to inform effective delivery and support monitoring of impact to customers

Modelling of organisational values and behaviours

An understanding of AQA’s assessment products, processes and practices relevant to your subject(s)

About Us

AQA is an independent charity that sets and marks over half of all GCSEs and A-levels in the UK every year. Our purpose is to advance education by helping students and teachers to realise their potential. As part of AQA, you’ll very quickly appreciate the determination and unwavering passion to deliver this goal in everything we do. To help drive these ambitions, AQA invests in the development of its people by offering a range of professional development and learning opportunities leading to over 50% of our permanent roles being filled internally.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you have any requirements for reasonable adjustments in relation to the application, interview or the prospective job, please contact Faye Harrison (she/her) at fharrison@aqa.org.uk or on

07813 724161. We are asking for this information to make the process as equitable as possible for each candidate. Please note that Faye will not be able to assist you with enquiries regarding Temporary vacancies or non-recruitment enquiries. If you have query regarding Temporary vacancies, please contact:

temprecruit@aqa.org.uk

Smart Working

We’re operating a smart working model. This allows for our colleagues to work from two days a week in one of our offices across England.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

AQA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone - regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, or background - is valued, respected, and supported to thrive.

Conflict of Interest

Please note that due to the confidential nature of our work, we are unable to employ people for our temporary roles who are currently a candidate for Key Stage 4 and 5 public examinations.

Safeguarding

AQA is committed to the safeguarding of children and adults at risk. We’re dedicated to reducing the risk of employing or contracting any person intent on abusing their position of trust, along with identifying and responding to any incident of alleged abuse from its employees or associates fairly and swiftly.

For more information on safeguarding at AQA please visit the AQA website here. 

Contact

Temporary roles: temprecruit@aqa.org.uk
Permanent and Fixed Term roles: opportunities@aqa.org.uk