Head of Regulatory Reporting and Statistics
Salary: £68,568 - £75,298 per annum (Grade 15)
Contract type: Full-time (36.5 hours per week), Permanent

The challenge:
At WJEC, we contribute to our education communities by providing trusted qualifications and specialist
support, to allow our learners the opportunity to reach their full potential. This is a fantastic opportunity
to be part of an organisation that both encourages and enhances the minds of tomorrow.

The role:
As Head of Regulatory Reporting & Statistics at WJEC, you’ll lead the teams responsible for technical
aspects relating to our standards, data reporting, and research activities across both General and
Vocational qualifications. You will represent WJEC at JCQ and key regulatory forums relating to data
sharing/reporting; ensuring our voice is heard and that our data submissions are a benchmark for quality
and reliability.

In this leadership role, you’ll oversee the production, validation, and timely delivery of all regulatory
statistical outputs as well as cohort-level provisional and final results. You’ll contribute to key
department activities within the annual awarding cycle, developing and managing robust processes that
support awarding decisions and the issuing of results, all aligned to WJEC’s wider strategic vision. You’ll
work closely with other awarding organisations, contribute to collective standards activity, and provide
expert advice on research, technical, and statistical issues.

The person:
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has great interpersonal skills and invokes credibility
and trust from a range of stakeholders in difficult or conflicting circumstances. They’ll have leadership
experience and be able to demonstrate good people-management skills. Notable experience in statistics
and/or a similar data quality assurance role will be key. Welsh language skills are not essential but the
willingness to learn is always valued.

Our benefits
We operate a hybrid working model, enabling the successful candidate to split their time between WJEC
offices and working at home, subject to business need. As such, applications are invited from individuals
across the UK but please note that regular working from our Cardiff offices will be required – whilst
flexibility can be discussed, this team currently attend the office, on average, 4 days per month.

If you would like to know more about the position or about working for WJEC, please contact our HR
team (HR@wjec.co.uk) who would be more than happy to speak to you. Please visit our website to
download a copy of the job description and application form.

Closing date: 08:00, Monday 22 September 2025
Interviews are anticipated to be held in person, on Monday 06 October 2025

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Department:

Section:

Head of Regulatory Reporting and Statistics

Qualifications and Assessment

Standards & Research

Responsible to:

Assistant Director: Standards and Research

Grade:

Location:

Main purpose of Job:

15

Western Avenue / Hybrid

The Head of Regulatory Reporting and Statistics is responsible for overseeing the production and validation of all
scheduled and ad-hoc statistical outputs for General and Vocational regulatory reports. They are also
responsible for provisional and final cohort level results outputs. They contribute to the on-going work of the
Standards & Research team, including involvement in the annual awarding cycle, collaborating in collective
activity with other awarding organisations, advising on research and statistical/technical issues and using
appropriate data handling systems to deliver timely information including relevant statistical analyses.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Regulatory reporting

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To ensure that data returns to regulators are produced, quality assured and delivered on time and in line
with regulatory requirements (Condition B4). As well as assuring relevant processes are adequately
documented.

To represent WJEC at JCQ and regulatory meetings relating to data sharing and reporting.

To lead the internal Regulatory Data Issues Group, promoting excellent cross-team collaboration to
ensure effective data provision for regulatory reporting.

Awarding and Standards

•  Working with the Head of Research & Statistical Analysis, manage WJEC’s engagement on technical
and statistical matters relevant to regulatory initiatives relating to setting and maintaining the standards
of qualifications, including in the context of qualification reform.

•  Working with the Head of Research & Statistical Analysis, ensure that the statistical and technical
materials required to award in line with WJEC’s plans and regulatory requirements are produced,
and quality assured in full.

•  Agree and sign off awarding outcomes, with subject officers and Chairs of Examiners, on time and in line

with regulatory requirements.

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Leading and Managing

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To oversee the process and staff producing and quality assuring the work, including setting objectives,
monitoring and recording progress.

•  Manage and mentor a technical team, providing guidance, support, and professional development

opportunities.

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Other

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To be responsible for performance management of team members including managing probation/PMR,
setting objectives and supporting their delivery.

Inspire and support continuous improvement opportunities relevant to the department.

To deputise for the Assistant Director: Standards & Research.

To liaise with external agencies such as JCQ, other awarding bodies and regulators and to represent
WJEC on working panels and meetings.

To understand and comply with all WJEC policies and procedures detailed in the Staff Handbook; in
particular, ensuring you understand your role and responsibilities in relation to Safeguarding, Information
Security, GDPR, Confidentiality, Welsh language and Health, Safety and Environment.

•  Participate actively in supporting the principles and practice of equality of opportunity as laid down in

WJEC’s Equality & Diversity Policy, embedding ED&I into all projects, policies and practices.

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To be a pro-active team-member, contributing positively to meetings and projects in support of WJEC
aims and objectives.

To engage in personal and professional development activities relevant to the role.

To undertake other duties, as required, which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

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Person Specification

Job Title:

Head of Regulatory Reporting and Statistics

Department:

Standards & Research

Highly Desirable criteria are the optimum skills and experience the applicant will ideally have. Desirable criteria
are those which would add value to the job if present, and also include potential for growth and development
into the role.

Skills and Abilities

Highly desirable

•  Organisation skills: Ability to define, organise, prioritise and complete a varied set of tasks, for oneself

and for the team, accounting for changes in business priorities and resource requirements.

•  An eye for detail and ability to work accurately with data: Able to create and oversee the application of
validation rules, quality controls, and/or quality assurance processes which ensure the veracity of all
outputs, and identify and resolve data consistency and other issues, which emerge through the
production of statistics.

•  Communication skills: including oral, written and presentation. Able to interpret statistical and/or

complex matters for a range of audiences and act as a point for consultation in designing data capture
and retrieval systems.

•  Project coordination skills: the ability to plan clearly, assess resource requirements for programmes of

work accurately, identify risks and appropriate mitigations and respond to changing requirements calmly
and coherently, prioritising where necessary.

Desirable

•  Enhanced IT Skills, with the ability to use specialist statistical software (eg Stata, R, SPSS, SAS) and

write code.

•  Ability to work through the medium of Welsh

Knowledge

Highly desirable

•  Knowledge of the processes required to produce high-quality, accurate, statistics for a variety of

audiences.

•  An understanding of submitting data to regulators.

Desirable

•  Knowledge of the UK examination systems.

Experience

Highly desirable

•  Experience of leading and managing staff; delegating work, monitoring performance and providing

pastoral care for a team.

•  A thorough background in statistics with experience running data-analysis projects for a range of

audiences and/or publications.

Desirable

•  Experience of producing and quality assuring statistics and application of quantitative methods in other

contexts.

•  Experience of working in an organisation with regulatory, political and other external pressures
•  Evidenced contribution to the development of policies, procedures and/or guidance documents

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Training / Qualifications

Highly desirable

•  Honours degree or equivalent qualification/professional experience, with substantive mathematics

and/or quantitative analysis methods.

Desirable

•  Postgraduate qualification which included substantive use of mathematics and/or quantitative analysis

methods.

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Telerau ac Amodau Gwasanaeth / Terms and Conditions of Service

Teitl y Swydd /
Job Title:

Pennaeth Adrodd Rheoleiddiol ac Ystadegau /
Head of Regulatory Reporting and Statistics

Cyflog /
Salary:

£68,568 - £75,198 y flwyddyn (pro-rata lle y bo'n gymwys) /
per annum (pro-rata where relevant)

Gradd /
Grade:

15

Gwyliau Blynyddol /
Annual Leave:

25 diwrnod (182.5 awr) y flwyddyn. Mae CBAC hefyd yn darparu 16 diwrnod (116.8 awr) i
gyfrif am Wyliau Cyhoeddus a chyfnodau Cau CBAC (gwyliau ychwanegol). Mae'r
lwfansau hyn yn cael eu haddasu ar gyfer staff sy'n gweithio'n rhan-amser neu batrymau
gweithio cywasgedig.

25 days (182.5 hours) per annum. WJEC also provides 16 days (116.8 hours) to account for
Bank Holidays and WJEC Closure periods (Additional leave). These allowances are adjusted for
staff who work part-time or compressed working patterns.

Pensiwn /
Pension:

Mae gofynion y Cynllun Pensiwn Llywodraeth Leol yn berthnasol.

The provision of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) applies.

Math o Gytundeb / Contract Type:

Oriau Gwaith / Working Hours:
☒  Llawn-amser / Full-time

Hyd y Contract / Length of Contract:
☒  Parhaol / Permanent

☐  Rhan-amser / Part-time

☐  Tymor penodol / Fixed-term

Nifer yr oriau yr wythnos /
No. of hrs per week:

36.5

Dyddiad gorffen arfaethedig /
Planned end date:
Rheswm dros y cyfnod penodol /
Reason for fixed-term:

Arall / Other:

Cyfnodau prysur llwyth gwaith /
Workload Peaks:

Gorffennaf-Awst yn flynyddol / July-August annually

Dull Ymgeisio / Method of Application:

Dylid anfon ffurflenni wedi’u llenwi ar e-bost at AD@cbac.co.uk erbyn 08:00, dydd Llun 22 Medi 2025.
Rhagwelir cynnal cyfweliadau wyneb yn wyneb, ar dydd Llun 06 Hydref 2025.

Completed forms should be sent by email to HR@wjec.co.uk by 08:00, Monday 22 September 2025.
Interviews are anticipated to be held in person, on Monday 06 October 2025.

Author: Line Manager/HR (RS/FS)

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