QA Lead - Residential Childcare Apprenticeships (Hybrid)

National Skills Agency Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

National Skills Agency Ltd is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer (QAO) to ensure high-quality training, assessment and learner support for apprentices. The role involves sampling, audits, observations and feedback to improve practice and learner outcomes.

You will work to the Ofsted inspection framework, focusing on continuous improvement, safeguarding, inclusion and progression for learners across settings. Hybrid working with travel to sites is required.

Qualifications

• Essential QA qualifications for apprenticeships across assessment and quality assurance.
• Experience delivering and quality assuring apprenticeships or related qualifications.
• Current safeguarding and Prevent training, or willingness to complete it.

Responsibilities

• Maintain risk-based sampling plans for qualifications and apprenticeship standards.
• Sample learner work and review assessment decisions, feedback and evidence quality.
• Ensure sampling referrals are recorded and resolved.
• Check learner progress, English and maths, KSBS, and gateway readiness.

Skills

QA for apprenticeships

Observation

Feedback & development

Communication

Education

Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance

Level 3 Assessor (CAVA)

Level 2 English & Maths

Job description

National Skills Agency Ltd is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer (QAO) to ensure high-quality training, assessment and learner support for apprentices. The role involves sampling, audits, observations and feedback to improve practice and learner outcomes.

You will work to the Ofsted inspection framework, focusing on continuous improvement, safeguarding, inclusion and progression for learners across settings. Hybrid working with travel to sites is required.