Assessment Production Officer

Association of Accounting Technicians; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional membership body for accountants in the City of London is seeking an Assessment Production Officer. This role focuses on delivering high-quality assessments and requires knowledge of assessment operational delivery. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and be highly organized. The position offers hybrid working, excellent benefits, and aims to create an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Hybrid working opportunities

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Great pension scheme and life assurance

Health cash plan

Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave

Qualifications

• Knowledge of assessment and/or education or training.
• Understanding and application of assessment principles across various platforms.
• Experience using Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality assessments in line with agreed standards.
• Act as a subject matter expert for assessment delivery processes.
• Plan and manage assessment activities, ensuring resource coordination.

Skills

Knowledge of assessment and/or education or training

Understanding of assessment principles

Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

At AAT it’s our mission to make it possible for more people to experience the opportunities a career in finance brings, through our accessible qualifications and supportive community.

We are the UK’s leading qualification and professional membership body for vocational accountants. We pride ourselves on providing practical qualificationsthat meet the needs of both employers and employees, as well as products and services to support our members and customers throughout their careers.

Term: Permanent

Location: We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.

What exactly will you be doing?

As an Assessment Production Officer, you will play a key role as a subject matter expert, using your strong knowledge of assessment operational delivery requirements to maintain and deliver high quality assessments. You will ensure all assessments meet agreed standards, quality, processes, and targets, while also complying with internal expectations and external regulatory requirements. Working at the heart of our assessment production function, you will help uphold excellence, accuracy and consistency across our assessments.

Major objectives

The major objectives for the role are:

• Deliver high quality assessments in line with agreed standards and targets, ensuring full compliance with internal guidelines and external regulatory requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert, applying strong knowledgeof assessment operational delivery requirementsto maintain established assessment processes and achieve both internal and external quality expectations, including those set by regulatory bodies.
• Support continuous improvement by contributing to the enhancement of assessment production processes and practices.
• Plan and manage assessment activities, ensuring all necessary resources and timelines are effectively coordinated.
• Work collaboratively with the Assessment Production Manager and Qualification Developers to ensure smooth handover and transition of new assessments into business as usual (BAU).

What are we looking for?

• Knowledge/experience of assessment and/or education or training.
• Understanding and application of assessment principles across various platforms.
• Awareness of current trends in education, training and assessment is desirable.
• Experience of using Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proven ability to produce accurate documents with excellent proofreading skills.
• Confident problem solver who works independently and meets deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and customer interaction skills.
• Highly organised with strong time management and attention to detail.
• Effective team player with strong interpersonal and relation-building skills.

What are the benefits?

At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:

• Hybrid working and opportunities for further flexible working.
• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
• Great pension scheme, life assurance, and critical illness cover.
• Health cash plan.
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.
• Regular wellbeing initiatives.
• Cycle2Work scheme and much more.

Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 1 December 2025 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.

It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2023 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.

We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.

Come and help us to make AAT an even better place to work!

Interested?

To apply please upload a copy of your CV and fill your application online.