Internal Quality Assessor
Cardiff
Salary - £30,000 to £35,000 DOE
Permanent
Full Time hours
PEM1120
Our client is looking for an Internal Quality Assessor to join their team in Cardiff.
Essential
•Full driving licence with use of own vehicle
•Assessor and IQA qualification
•Relevant occupational competence (Health and Social Care)
•Experience of delivering training and support
Desirable
•Experience and a proven track record of leading a team of IQAs
•Experience of co-ordinating EQA visits
•Been actively involved in an Estyn Inspection
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Responsible for motivating and developing a team of Assessors to ensure learners have a positive learning experience and KPIs are achieved
•Responsible for developing a team of Assessors to improve the quality of delivery across all learning programmes
•Responsible for managing sampling and verification activities to improve the progression and achievement of learners
•Responsible for ensuring that all IQA activities continually meet the needs of the learners
•Manage an ongoing cycle of standardisation meetings for Assessors to ensure best practice is shared across all sectors
•Manage delivery models and other resources to embed a consistent and standardised approach to delivery
•Accountable for ensuring literacy and numeracy are embedded throughout the learning programme
•Accountable for ensuing Assessors embed the cross cutting themes of Safeguarding/Prevent, ESDGC, Wales the Language and Culture, Equality & Diversity and Health & Safety/Well-being
•Complete regular sampling of Assessor activity to ensure consistency across the team
•Ensure sampling is completed and turned around within the timescales set
•Know and understand what profiles are planned each month, planning to ensure the profiles are achieved.
•Monitor closely the ‘panel process’ to ensure all portfolios are accounted for
•Responsible for completing IQA reports, clearly, well written and with sufficient detailed to support and improve performance
•Participate in and/or manage EQA visits to ensure the visit schedule is adhered to, all portfolios requested are presented and meet the standards resulting in a positive visit
•Responsible for managing, planning and completing IQA observations of Assessors to ensure the IQA strategy is met
•Accountable for coaching and developing Assessors ensuring they are ‘excellent’ in their grading
•Ensure Assessors are supported, trained and developed with particular focus on those that are unqualified and those that have been graded ‘adequate or unsatisfactory’
•Ensure all staff are aware of developments in their occupational sector by way of self-study and research and CPD logs / records maintained
•Support the Quality Assurance Manager by identifying improvements to the IQA strategy through a processes of review to improve delivery and success rates
•Aid in the development of new qualifications and gain centre/scheme approval when necessary
•Accountable for the development of resources and learning materials to support a wide range of vocational and learning needs.
•Develop current processes to ensure continuous improvement in the delivery of all qualifications to meet KPIs and exceed success rate targets
•Maintain knowledge and adherence to Work Based Learning Professional Standards, Education Workforce Code of Practice and company’s Code of Conduct
If this Internal Quality Assessor position is of interest, please send your CV to us today.