Lead External Quality Assurer

NOCN Group; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead External Quality Assurer to join their dynamic Assessment and Quality Assurance team. This role involves ensuring compliance and promoting best practices across various centres. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in external quality assurance and team management to enhance the quality of assessments and examinations. With a commitment to equity and diversity, this forward-thinking organisation values contributions from all backgrounds. If you are passionate about quality assurance and ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience managing mobile teams to achieve high performance.
• Recent experience in external quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Support centres to maintain good quality assurance practices.
• Manage caseload of external quality assurance.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

IT Skills

Education

Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy

Level 4 or above

External Quality Assurance Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

NOCN Group is seeking to recruit a Lead External Quality Assurer to work on a permanent full-time basis as part of the Assessment and Quality Assurance team in Sheffield.

Location

Sheffield/Hybrid

Closing Date

14/5/2025

Contract

Permanent

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.

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 the awarding organisation external quality assurance function:

• Supports centres to achieve and maintain good and consistent practice in internal quality assurance, assessment and the conduct of examinations for all NOCN products.
• Identifies and mitigates the risk of non-compliance and reports malpractice to the Regulation and Compliance Team.
• Contributes to new centre approval and to the approval of existing centres to deliver new products.
• Operates in line with policies, procedures, processes, systems and guidance set by the Regulation and Compliance Team and performs consistently to a high standard.
• Promotes a positive perception of the awarding organisation to centres, learners, employers regulatory bodies and other stakeholders.
• Supports apprenticeships end-point assessment and internal quality assurance as requested by the Head of Assessment and Quality Assurance.

And:

• Manage own caseload of external quality assurance.

About you...

The successful candidate must meet the following 'must have' criteria:

• Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy or equivalent.
• Educated to Level 4 or above.
• Committed to continuing professional development.
• External quality assurance qualification.
• Experience of managing a team of mobile workers to achieve
  consistently high standards of performance.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment.
• Experience of working productively across teams.
• Recent experience of undertaking external quality assurance.
• Willingness to travel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office.

How to Apply?

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: [e-mail]

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 the link below.