External Quality Assurer (EQA) | Energy & Environment Awards

Peridot Partners; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A training organisation in the UK seeks an External Quality Assurer (EQA) to ensure compliance and drive improvement across training centres. The role involves managing audits, providing guidance to training providers, and fostering high standards. Ideal candidates will have a recognized EQA or IQA qualification and experience in vocational education. The position offers home-based flexibility with travel to various centres and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Performance bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience within the vocational education or training sector.
• Experience as an External Quality Assurer or Internal Quality Assurer.
• Ability to manage or carry out training-related audits.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with approval criteria at centre and training programme level.
• Carry out approvals and audits, assigning risk ratings.
• Provide guidance before and after approval to help centres meet requirements.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Relationship building

Technical competence

IT skills

Education

Recognised qualification in EQA or IQA

Tools

Microsoft Office

Quartz

Job description

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External Quality Assurer (EQA) Energy & Environment Awards

Assure compliance, support centres and drive continuous improvement by becoming an External Quality Assurer within EUSR, the sector's register of skills and industry recognised training programmes.

• Location: Home-based, with regular travel to centres based in the Northeast or South of England

Who we are

Recently established, Energy & Environment Awards is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Energy & Utility Skills Group and an Ofqual regulated awarding organisation. With a focus on the energy and utilities sector, we deliver apprenticeship end point assessments, regulated qualifications, and EUSR – the sector’s register of skills and industry recognised training programmes.

These services are essential to ensuring that the workforce across the energy, water and waste management and other vital sectors has the technical competence and confidence to operate safely, efficiently and sustainably.

In EUSR, we provide the Register of training and skills for the Utilities sector by developing and assuring training programmes and assessments. Through rigorous quality assurance processes with a focus on safety, we provide peace of mind that our industry-wide programmes meet employer needs.

Our dedicated Quality Assurance team oversees approvals and ongoing monitoring of all our training providers and trainers delivering our schemes, ensuring the outcomes are reliable and consistent.

About the role

As an External Quality Assurer (EQA), you will be centre-facing, working directly with our Approved Providers and Trainers to ensure compliance with our approval criteria at both centre and training programme level. You will carry out approvals and audits in line with internal quality assurance processes, assigning risk ratings, keeping accurate records, and producing detailed and professional reports.

This is also a relationship-focused role. You will provide information, advice and guidance before and after approval, helping centres to understand and meet requirements, and supporting them in creating action or improvement plans where needed. By sharing best practice and encouraging a culture of continuous improvement, you will ensure that high standards are maintained across all centres.

The role offers variety and influence. You will have the opportunity to identify and promote additional schemes or endorsed programmes that could benefit centres, while also feeding back intelligence to improve our own schemes, processes, and policies. Representing the Quality Assurance team at provider networks, trainer approval workshops, and events, you will work collaboratively across Registration Services and with other internal teams such as Product Management, Client Management, Sales and Marketing, ensuring our schemes and services remain fit for purpose.

Who we are looking for

You will bring recent experience within the vocational education or training sector, ideally as an External Quality Assurer with an awarding or professional body, or as an Internal Quality Assurer within a training provider or college.

You will hold a recognised qualification in EQA or IQA and have demonstrable experience of managing or carrying out training-related audits. Additional training or teaching qualifications would be an advantage.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential. You will be confident in establishing positive relationships with centres, writing clear and persuasive approval, audit and monitoring reports, and presenting information in a professional and engaging way.

You will be highly organised, able to plan ahead while adapting to changing circumstances, and comfortable working under your own initiative.

As much of our data is held within Quartz, you will need excellent IT skills and proven experience of using systems such as Microsoft Office and learner registration platforms. Experience of working directly with Quartz would be desirable.

Above all, you will be proactive, collaborative, and motivated to uphold the highest standards of quality assurance, while adding real value for the centres you support.

• Company pension scheme
• Performance bonus scheme

For further information about the role or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:

If you would like to know more about this role please contact Polly Mortimer

Energy & Environment Awards is a newly established, Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation, created to meet the evolving needs of the energy and utilities sector. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy & Utility Skills, the organisation has been built on a foundation of industry expertise, employer collaboration, and a clear vision: to be the assessment and qualification partner of choice for a critical and fast-evolving sector.

The organisation is responsible for delivering high-quality end-point assessments (EPA) for apprenticeships, regulated qualifications, and managing EUSR – the sector’s register of skills and industry-recognised training programmes. These services are essential to ensuring that the workforce across energy, water, waste management and other vital sectors has the technical competence and confidence to operate safely, efficiently and sustainably.

As a new entity, Energy & Environment Awards benefits from the strong governance, infrastructure and networks of its parent company while carving out its own identity. It brings fresh energy to the market, with ambitions to grow in scope and impact, enhancing the quality and relevance of qualifications in the green and digital transition.

EUSR

Energy & Utility Skills Register (EUSR) is an online register that records the training, qualifications, and authorisations of individuals working within the energy and utilities sectors. Everyone completing one of our schemes is issued a unique EUSR ID number and photo ID card detailing their qualifications and endorsements. This system provides individuals and employers with a clear and comprehensive record of skills, ensuring compliance and quality across the workforce.

About Energy & Utility Skills

Energy & Utility Skills is a trusted voice and strategic partner for the UK’s energy and utilities industries. The group works closely with employers, government, regulators, and training providers to ensure the sector attracts, develops, and retains a safe and sustainable workforce. Their focus spans everything from workforce resilience and skills assurance to industry collaboration and policy influence.

As the originator and ongoing supporter of Energy & Environment Awards, Energy & Utility Skills provides strategic oversight, deep industry knowledge, and a mission-driven focus on excellence in technical education. Together, the two organisations are addressing key sector challenges, including ageing workforces, net-zero targets, and digital skills shortages.

At the heart of both organisations is a shared commitment to improving the pipeline of skilled individuals entering and progressing within the sector, ensuring that the UK’s most essential industries are equipped for the future.

Our values

Together

We are stronger, collaborating internally and externally to deliver success as one high-performance team.

Credible

As specialists, we are trusted to provide thought leadership, the skills voice for Industry and skills solutions for energy and utility industries.

Making a positive difference

A great place to work, we individually and collectively play a key role in shaping a greener world.

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Timetable

Closing date: 9 a.m. Friday 10th October 2025
Candidates informed of outcome: Wednesday 15th October 2025
Interviews:w/c Monday 20th October 2025

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