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Do you have substantial automotive-sector experience and a strong understanding of qualifications, apprenticeships or technical competence?

Would you like to shape the professional standards that support recognition, credibility and career progression across the automotive profession?

TPP Recruitment is partnering with a leading professional body to recruit a Professional Standards and Recognition Manager. This is a high-profile opportunity to lead professional standards, competency frameworks and recognition pathways for the automotive sector.

Your automotive experience will be essential. You will bring practical knowledge of automotive qualifications, apprenticeships, training or workforce competence, enabling you to ensure standards remain credible as technologies and skills continue to evolve.

Salary: £45,000 per annum
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Hertford, Hertfordshire
Working arrangements: Hybrid, three office days and two home-working days
Working pattern: Full-time, Monday to Friday
About the Organisation
This established professional body supports standards, skills and professional recognition across the automotive sector. It works with members, employers, training providers and industry stakeholders to strengthen competence, ethical practice and career development.

The organisation is reviewing its membership and recognition model as the sector adapts to developments including artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and hydrogen technologies. You will join at an important point of change, with genuine scope to challenge existing arrangements and recommend improvements.

About the Role
As Professional Standards and Recognition Manager, you will own and continually improve professional standards, codes of conduct, competency benchmarks, grading pathways and CPD assurance. You will assess whether current frameworks remain fit for purpose and ensure they reflect automotive practice, employer needs and professional expectations.

You will act as a trusted authority on standards and recognition, connecting members, frontline services, centres and internal specialists. This role has no direct line-management responsibility, so you will need the credibility and judgement to influence across teams and stakeholder groups.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and review automotive professional standards, competence frameworks and codes of conduct
• Set credible industry benchmarks aligned with employer needs, qualifications, apprenticeships and evolving technologies
• Manage professional grading, recognition, accreditation and certification pathways
• Oversee assessment, moderation, quality assurance and audit processes for recognition decisions
• Monitor and assure continuing professional development activity and compliance
• Maintain grading policies and ensure decisions are fair, transparent, consistent and evidence-based
• Provide expert guidance to members, employers, centres and internal teams
• Support governance, ethical conduct and standards-related investigations where required
• Build relationships with employers, regulators, educational institutions and professional stakeholders

Skills/Experience required
To succeed as Professional Standards and Recognition Manager, you will need:

• Significant and current experience within the automotive sector
• Experience developing or delivering automotive qualifications, apprenticeships, training or competence-based frameworks
• A strong understanding of automotive workforce skills, technical competence and changing industry requirements
• Experience of assessment, quality assurance, accreditation or professional standards
• The ability to interpret policy, standards and ethical frameworks and apply them consistently
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills and the confidence to operate as a subject-matter authority
• Strong written communication, professional judgement and attention to detail
• A degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience

Experience of membership grading, chartered status, CPD frameworks, governance panels or disciplinary processes would be advantageous, but automotive-sector expertise is the essential requirement.


To apply
To apply for this Professional Standards and Recognition Manager opportunity, please submit your CV (tailored covering letter or supporting statement explaining how your automotive experience aligns with the role is optional).


Interview process

• Two-stage interview process
• First stage focused on technical capability, followed by a meeting with senior stakeholders

Deadline for applications

• Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so early application is encouraged.

A note about AI: We recognise that AI can be a useful tool when preparing for your interview or assessment. Authenticity matters, so while you are welcome to use AI to help you prepare, AI tools should not be used to generate or provide answers during a live interview or assessment. We want to hear about your own experience, skills and motivations in your own voice.

We are committed to an inclusive and equitable recruitment process and want every candidate to have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, abilities and potential. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to make the process as accessible as possible.