Company: The Nursing and Midwifery Council
Location: City of Westminster
Posted: May 2nd, 2026
Application Deadline: 12 May 2026
Department: Education and Standards
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London, Portland Place
Reporting To: Melaine Coward
Compensation: £67,087 - £80,150 / year
Within Education, our primary function is to ensure that education programmes across the UK consistently prepare professionals to deliver safe, effective, and kind care. We do this by setting clear standards, approving education programmes, and providing ongoing quality assurance and monitoring to uphold public protection.
As Head of Education Solutions, you will provide strategic leadership and accountability for the digital systems, data, and management information that underpin education regulation across the NMC.
You will ensure that education standards, approval processes, and quality assurance and monitoring activity are enabled through robust, user‑centred digital systems, high‑quality data, and a clear end‑to‑end operating model. Acting as a key horizontal link across Education and Standards functions, you will translate regulatory and operational needs into effective digital products, meaningful data insight, and sustainable service design.
While this role does not carry professional or statutory decision‑making authority, it is critical in ensuring that professional judgement and regulatory decisions are consistently supported by reliable systems, trusted data, and proportionate, auditable operating models. Your work will directly influence how effectively education regulation is delivered and experienced by internal teams and external stakeholders.
London: £72,135 - £80,150
Edinburgh: £67,087 – £74,541
Please note that this role requires you to review and work with sensitive and distressing material relating to fitness to practice cases and you will be given the appropriate support to deal with this material.
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.
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‑rate office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
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.
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.
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.
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