The Quality Assurance Lead of the Examination and Assessment Committee is part of the senior clinical leadership team within examinations at the RCOG.
The Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for upholding the high standard of the MRCOG and DRCOG reviewing all examination papers, reviewing the performance of assessments and developing and implementing QA strategies across the exams.
The Quality Assurance Lead is expected to attend all Examination and Assessment committee meetings which are held four times per year (three face to face, one remote meeting). They are also expected to attend all London diets of the Clinical Assessment (four days per year), examination wash-up and other meetings as required.
UK Fellows and Members are eligible to apply for this position.
The appointment will be made by application and interview.
Please see the role description, person specifications, and other information at the bottom of the page.
How to apply
To apply, please complete the form via the button below, where you will also have to upload a brief CV on one page of A4.
Should you have any additional enquiries please email committee.vacancies@rcog.org.uk.
Application deadline: Wednesday 21 January 2026
Interview date: tbc
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Role description
Quality Assurance Lead, Examination and Assessment Committee
- Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee, RCOG
- Education Board, RCOG
- President and Council, RCOG
This appointment is for a three-year term, beginning in May 2026.
The Quality Assurance Lead of the Examination and Assessment Committee is part of the senior clinical leadership team within examinations at the RCOG. The Quality Assurance Lead will have the following particular areas of responsibility:
- Proof-reading the DRCOG, MRCOG Part 1, MRCOG Part 2 and MRCOG Part 3 examinations
- Advising chairs of the examination sub-committees on improving question quality and standardisation
- Leading the initial responses to the psychometric analysis of examination papers before results are released
- Chairing the Exam Board meetings and lessons learnt meetings after examinations
- Developing and implementing QA strategies to ensure clinical and lay examiner standardisation within centres and between centres
- Monitoring examiner performance and advising the Examination Department on actions required to mitigate any identified issues
- Deputising for the chair of the Examinations and Assessment Committee, when required
- Supporting the Part 3 Sub Committee chair in the recruitment and training of examiners when required
- Chairing Examination Task and Finish Groups, when required
Person specification
Essential
- FRCOG/MRCOG
- Currently practising in the UK
- Registered with a licence to practise with GMC or Irish Medical Council, in good standing
- Included on the GMC Specialist register and CCT
- Member of the College’s Panel of Membership examiners
- Member (or past member) of one of the Examination Sub-Committees
- Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and assessment
- Active or previous participation in the writing of relevant types of examination questions
- Evidence of Equality and Diversity training within previous two years
Essential
- Able to maintain confidentiality and security
- Punctuality and ability to complete tasks by prescribed deadlines
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the objectives and targets aligned to the Examination and Assessment Committee and RCOG Goals and Visions.
Desirable
- Attention to detail
- Flexibility
- Collaborative working
- Leadership experience
- Experience of chairing an Examinations Committee
- Understanding of Quality Assurance and Quality Management paradigms
- Understanding of question analysis
- Understanding of question writing pedagogy
- Understanding of unconscious bias and equality and diversity issues
- Insight to statistical exam modelling
- Insight to reasonable adjustment and differential attainment in exams
CPD information
Information about the RCOG CPD Framework can be found here.
Committee Chair/Member/Course Convenors and Organisers
If within your committee role or work as course convenor or organiser you gain knowledge which enhances patient care or leadership and technical skills (including, for example, giving presentations, teaching sessions or mock examining) credits can be claimed as an ‘Experiential Learning Event’.
CPD users can now freely select and record the number of credits for all their CPD activities. For Experiential Learning Events, a Reflection is required to claim the selected credits. In addition, 1 or 2 credits can be claimed for an action following the learning (1 credit for a simple action, 2 credits for a complex action). To claim credits for an action, the individual needs to demonstrate how they have applied their learning to their practice, the service they provide and/or the potential impact of the learning.
For those who prefer to follow RCOG recommendations, the CPD Framework still provides a suggested number of credits that can be claimed for different CPD activities.
Further information can be found in the RCOG CPD Framework document.
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