Registration Standards Specialist
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,500 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Plus benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge or London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JR114 |
Summary
We are currently looking for a Registration Standards Specialist to join our Accreditation and Careers team. In this role you will be responsible for overseeing the advancement of professional practice in relation to the specialist registers, maintaining standards and linking the specialist registers to members’ continuing professional development.
Responsibilities:
- Managing applications for specialist qualifications and registrations with responsibility for quality control and ensuring applicants receive an excellent experience.
- Representing Royal Society of Chemistry on collaborative projects, examination panels and working with external partners to develop the specialist registers and ensure standards are maintained
- Managing the professional body aspect of the specialist registers.
- Engaging and persuading senior stakeholders in order to guide policy and the strategic development of the professional registers.
- Project managing the specialist registers with a view to developing new opportunities within the community.
- This work will involve an in-depth and specialist knowledge of the specialist registers, specifically, Qualified Persons for the Pharmaceutical Industry (QP), Mastership of Chemical Analysis (MChemA), Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach), Chartered Scientist (CSci) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).
Main requirements:
- a degree in the chemical sciences or equivalent.
- Be (or eligible to be) a Member (MRSC) and Chartered Chemist (CChem).
- Have consolidated their knowledge of science and developed professional key skills through postgraduate employment.
- Demonstrate project management experience.
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of continuing professional development.
- Possess excellent communication skills.
You will also be expected to:
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of qualifying standards in the chemical sciences.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the range of organisations that employ chemical scientists.
- Be able to apply their knowledge critically and demonstrate an ability to evaluate data relating to education and training in an accurate and equitable manner.
- Interact and network competently with colleagues, members, employers of chemists and peers at other professional bodies.
- Manage strategic projects that enhance qualifying standards (and any associated budget).
- Manage and drive forward opportunities for improvement to established processes and procedures.
- Guide external bodies (e.g. licensing bodies, companies) on how their education and training provision can map across to Royal Society of Chemistry qualifying standards.
- Develop strong relationships with external organisations and bodies involved with the professional registers and specialist qualifications.
- Recognise opportunities to link chartered status to professional registers.
At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate.
Although you will be contractually based at our Cambridge office or London office, however we are currently embracing hybrid working, and therefore you will have the opportunity to also work mostly from a UK location other than this, as agreed with your line manager. Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend our Cambridge or London office around once a week and at east once a month our Cambridge office. Please be aware that occasional national travel (around 2-3 times a year) will be required.
Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.
At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@rsc.org or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
Responsibilities:
- Managing applications for specialist qualifications and registrations with responsibility for quality control and ensuring applicants receive an excellent experience.
- Representing Royal Society of Chemistry on collaborative projects, examination panels and working with external partners to develop the specialist registers and ensure standards are maintained
- Managing the professional body aspect of the specialist registers.
- Engaging and persuading senior stakeholders in order to guide policy and the strategic development of the professional registers.
- Project managing the specialist registers with a view to developing new opportunities within the community.
- This work will involve an in-depth and specialist knowledge of the specialist registers, specifically, Qualified Persons for the Pharmaceutical Industry (QP), Mastership of Chemical Analysis (MChemA), Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach), Chartered Scientist (CSci) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).
Main requirements:
- a degree in the chemical sciences or equivalent.
- Be (or eligible to be) a Member (MRSC) and Chartered Chemist (CChem).
- Have consolidated their knowledge of science and developed professional key skills through postgraduate employment.
- Demonstrate project management experience.
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of continuing professional development.
- Possess excellent communication skills.
You will also be expected to:
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of qualifying standards in the chemical sciences.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the range of organisations that employ chemical scientists.
- Be able to apply their knowledge critically and demonstrate an ability to evaluate data relating to education and training in an accurate and equitable manner.
- Interact and network competently with colleagues, members, employers of chemists and peers at other professional bodies.
- Manage strategic projects that enhance qualifying standards (and any associated budget).
- Manage and drive forward opportunities for improvement to established processes and procedures.
- Guide external bodies (e.g. licensing bodies, companies) on how their education and training provision can map across to Royal Society of Chemistry qualifying standards.
- Develop strong relationships with external organisations and bodies involved with the professional registers and specialist qualifications.
- Recognise opportunities to link chartered status to professional registers.
At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate.
Although you will be contractually based at our Cambridge office or London office, however we are currently embracing hybrid working, and therefore you will have the opportunity to also work mostly from a UK location other than this, as agreed with your line manager. Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend our Cambridge or London office around once a week and at east once a month our Cambridge office. Please be aware that occasional national travel (around 2-3 times a year) will be required.
Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.
At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@rsc.org or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.