Governance and Management of Quality Assurance

A project is currently underway to develop new structures, policies and procedures to manage the governance of quality assurance in line with the requirements of QQI’s new Core and Sectoral QA Guidelines. As new structures are developed and approved, they will be published here.

Current Structures for the Governance and Management of Quality Assurance

LOETB is governed by a Board comprising of 21 members, and the Chief Executive (CE) of LOETB is ultimately responsible for the oversight of Further Education and Training and its quality assurance policies and procedures.

The Director of Further Education and Training (FET) reports to the CE and has operational responsibility for the coordination and management of FET Services and activity, and is responsible for the planning and delivery of high quality and responsive FET provision and the governance and management of FET, as well as coordinating a FET Management Team and having responsibility for workforce planning and performance management.

The FET Management Team is made up of the Director of FET and eight managers with distinct responsibilities in relation to the FET Service – Quality, Skills, Inclusion, Pathways, Apprenticeships, Mount Lucas, and three FET Managers with responsibility for Strategic Projects. The FET Managers report directly to the Director of FET. The FET Management Team meets regularly to discuss operational and strategic issues.

The diagram below outlines the current line management / reporting structure in LOETB FET Services.