Essential Skills Assessor

ITEC Skills & Employment; Wales; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An employee-owned organization is seeking an Essential Skills Assessor to provide support to apprenticeship learners. The role involves delivering workshops, managing assessments, and ensuring quality standards. Ideal candidates should have experience in delivering Essential Skills Qualifications and a full driving license. This position offers a full-time, permanent contract with benefits including 30 days of annual leave and a health care scheme.

Benefits

30 days of annual leave

Health care scheme

Discounts for retail and gym membership

Profit-sharing scheme

Life insurance

Employee of the month awards

Qualifications

• Experience of Work Based Learning and Award Body practices.
• Experience of delivering Essential Skills Qualifications.
• Willingness to undergo a DBS check and EWC registration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy support.
• Manage teaching and assessment tasks, including preparation and marking.
• Engage learners and employers in qualification attainment.

Skills

Experience of Work Based Learning and Award Body practices

Experience of delivering Essential Skills Qualifications

Welsh speaking

Education

Relevant training experience and a recognised teaching or assessing qualification

Tools

Full driving license and access to a vehicle

Job description

Overview

Essential Skills Assessor

Salary banding: £24,720 - £27,800

Location: North Wales (Home-based)

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 09:00am to 16:30pm

About Us

At Itec, we put our employees at the heart of everything we do. As an employee-owned organisation, every team member plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our business. We foster a culture where each voice is heard, and every contribution is valued. We take pride in empowering individuals and businesses to thrive. Join us and become part of a company that is dedicated to your growth, well-being, and success.

About the role

Our Assessors provide comprehensive support to apprenticeship learners throughout their programme, ensuring they develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. The successful candidate will be responsible for training and assessing learners against the criteria set by the relevant awarding body for Essential Skills Wales in Literacy, Numeracy, and Digital Literacy.

Your impact

• Deliver literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy support through workshops and one-to-one sessions, ensuring learners achieve Essential Skills qualifications and meet Framework requirements.
• Register, conduct, and invigilate controlled tasks in line with awarding body requirements.
• Manage teaching and assessment tasks, including preparation, marking, and participation in standardisation events.
• Engage learners and employers in qualification attainment and skills development.
• Maintain quality standards set by internal and external quality assurers.
• Keep accurate records of assessment activities and ensure positive outcomes are documented.
• Monitor and ensure timely completion and accuracy of learner documentation.
• Deliver high-quality training programmes to assigned learners/clients.
• Travel within a regional area to assess learners in their workplaces.
• Support planning, monitoring, and achievement of performance targets.

What are we looking for?

Essential

• Experience of Work Based Learning and Award Body practices
• Experience of delivering Essential Skills Qualifications
• Full driving license and access to a vehicle
• Willingness to undergo a DBS check (cost covered by the company) and EWC registration

Desirable

• Relevant training experience and a recognised teaching or assessing qualification (e.g., A1 Assessor Award, TAQA, CAVA, or equivalent)
• Welsh speaking

What’s in it for you?

At Itec, our employees have access to several great benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (rising with length of service), a health care scheme, 35 hours of working week, discounts for retail and gym membership, a Profit-sharing scheme, life insurance, employee of the month awards, length of service recognition, and much more.

Equal opportunity and application advice

Itec operates as an equal opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and ensure equal opportunities inclusive of gender, ethnicity, disability, or other protected characteristics.

Apply early, as we may close the vacancy once we have enough suitable applicants. We encourage applicants to disclose any needs for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in their role to help create an inclusive workplace. Should you not hear from us 2 weeks after application, please assume that your application was not successful on this occasion. If you\'re passionate about developing others and making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Find out more about working with Itec.