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Standards Developer
CITB
36,000 - 44,000 per year
Remote
Full-time
10th November 2025

2145 - Standards Developer

2 year(s) 0 month(s)

Role:  Standards Developer

Location: Home-based

Occasional travel to Peterborough or Inchinnan offices – During the 3-month probation period intensive role training will be required onsite at one of the office locations, this may involve ad hoc overnight stays for up to 3 days

Hours of Work: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Contract: Fixed-Term 24-month Contract

Salary Range: £36,000 – £44,000

Grade: SC2

Target Salary: £ 42,642

 

About this role

Join CITB as a Standards Developer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the UK construction workforce. This is your opportunity to influence national standards and qualifications that ensure the industry remains skilled, competent, and inclusive. You’ll be part of a dynamic team driving innovation and excellence in training and development across the sector.

The role forms part of a larger team of Standards Developers who are responsible for the creation, development, and maintenance of a range of standards that underpin competence-based qualifications, including, but not limited to: Competence Frameworks, National Occupational Standards and Training Standards

Whether you're passionate about education, construction, or making a lasting impact, this role offers a unique blend of strategic influence, stakeholder engagement, and technical development.

 

What you’ll be doing

 

Project ManagementAs a Standards Developer you will need strong Project Management skills ensuring that all elements of the project delivery including planning, monitoring and reporting against timescales, objectives, budget, and quality are delivered.

Standard Development and Maintenance
You will manage the life cycle of all standards including development, maintenance, and withdrawal of Short Duration Training Standards, National Occupational Standards, Competence Frameworks etc.

Stakeholder Engagement
You will organise, promote, facilitate, and chair National Working Groups made up from competent industry stakeholders to consult, design and develop new and existing standards of all types.

Product Knowledge and Sector Awareness
You will gain a complete understanding of the requirements of standards development for both regulated and unregulated standards.

 

Your Experience:

Essential:

  • Educated to A’ Level or equivalent/experience.
  • Project Management Qualification (Prince 2 or APM or APM Foundation).
  • Demonstrable experience and/or knowledge of the current education and skills landscape in construction, including qualifications, skills, and competence within the construction industry at all levels.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to enable persuading, influencing and negotiating.
  • Intermediate user skills in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Visio.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a quality management system e.g. BS/EN/ISO9001.
  • Previous experience working with key stakeholders within the construction sector.
  • Technical writing experience.
  • Knowledge of qualifications and apprenticeship design and structure across all home nations.

Special Conditions/Other Requirements:

  • The post may require some working of non-standard hours as workload dictates.
  • Occasional travel and overnight stay may be required as part of working group meetings.
  • Carrying out additional duties as shall from time to time be required as workload dictates.

 

For full details, please refer to the Role Profile.

 

What You’ll Get in Return: 

  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 days Christmas shutdown
  • Generous pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
  • Life assurance (4x salary)
  • 2 paid volunteering days per year
  • 24/7 GP Services
  • Professional development & funded training qualifications
  • Employee Assistance Programme — because your wellbeing matters
  • A team that respects you, your trade, and your time-served knowledge

 

About CITB: 

CITB aims to lead the construction sector by example to ensure fairness, inclusion and respect for all. We seek to develop an organisation which reflects Britain’s diverse population, and our main objective is to create a culture that enables our customers to strive towards an organisational community that is reflective of today’s society.

 

Closing Date 

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis; therefore, early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.

For general queries regarding your application, please contact our customer contact services CITB-recruitment-enquiries@gov.sscl.com or 0345 241 5364.

For general queries regarding your application, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at careers@citb.co.uk

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