External Quality Assurer (EQA) Midlands
NOCN is seeking to recruit an External Quality Assurer (EQA) to work on a full-time permanent basis in the Midlands area.
Location:- UK Mobile Worker (Midlands area)
Salary: £36,277 – £39,279 plus annual car allowance of £5,438
Do you have experience in Construction, working in the FE sector and looking for a new challenge, have you considered working for an Awarding Organisation?
Why NOCN Group?
NOCN Group is an educational charity whose core aims are to help learners reach their potential and organisations thrive. The group includes business units specialising in regulated UK and international qualifications, End Point Assessment, assured short courses, SMART job cards, assessment services, consultancy, and research.
A career at NOCN Group offers you the chance to be part of a fast-growing, international educational non-for-profit. Plus, there’s lots of other great benefits which can be viewed on our website at: https://www.nocn.org.uk/about/careers/why-join-nocn-group/benefits/
NOCN Group has been named amongst the Best Medium-sized Organisations in the UK as one of Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work 2024 list.
Purpose and Objectives:
- Ensure that products are delivered by centres in line with NOCN requirements including the relevant regulatory conditions, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education criteria, sector body assessment strategies and product specifications.
- Ensure that each centre’s management systems including policies and procedures are applied appropriately to the delivery of all NOCN products within the centre.
- Provide a consistent service to centres by adhering to NOCN policies, procedures and guidance including the CASS Strategy.
- Support centres to achieve and maintain good and consistent practice in internal quality assurance, assessment and the conduct of examinations for all NOCN products.
- Identify and mitigate the risk of non-compliance and report malpractice to the Regulation and Compliance Team.
- Support business growth by undertaking new centre approval and the approval for existing centres to deliver new products.
- Promote a positive perception of NOCN to centres and learners.
- Carry out apprenticeships end-point assessment and internal quality assurance as requested by the Lead
- External Quality Assurer or Head of Assessment and Quality Assurance.
Key requirements and criteria:
The successful candidate will meet the following essential criteria:
- Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy or equivalent.
- Educated to Level 4 or above.
- Committed to continuing professional development.
- Construction NVQ.
- Internal quality assurance and assessor qualification.
- Experience of working in a regulated environment.
- Sufficient, relevant and current experience of at least one construction trade.
- Experience of proactively evaluating and reviewing business procedures, process and systems.
- Experience of working productively across teams.
- Sufficient knowledge and a broad understanding of construction occupational work areas.
- Willingness to travel.
The following criteria is desirable:
- External quality assurance qualification.
- Experience of undertaking external quality assurance of qualification delivery.
Application instructions:
As a proud member of both Disability Confident and Inclusive Employers standard, we celebrate and recognise the benefits of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. As such, we welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.
If this sounds like the job for you, please send your completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, CV and a covering letter, explaining why you are the best fit for the role, to: recruitment@nocn.org.uk
Please specify the role that you are applying for in the subject header of the email.
The full Job Description/Person Specification and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form can be downloaded from our website at: https://www.nocn.org.uk/about/careers/nocn-group-vacancies/external-quality-assurer-eqa-construction-midlands/
