Senior External Examiner—MedTech Standards & QA

Pearson PLC; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 7,000 - 11,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks an External Examiner (EE) for MedTech for England (2026) RQF to ensure national standards are achieved and upheld for HN qualifications.

The role involves monitoring sampling of assessed student work, supporting centres during sampling, and producing reports for centres and Pearson. Essential candidates have extensive HN teaching and IQA experience, with Level 6 qualifications and CPD activity.

Qualifications

• Significant teaching experience of HN within the last 10 years.
• Significant experience in delivering and assessing BTEC Higher National qualifications in the subject area.
• Hold a qualification at least at Level 6 and a full and relevant competence qualification for working in the sector.
• Participation annually in online training and standardisation and successful completion of the set standardisation activity.
• Individuals who have had a lead role for Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) and are passionate for raising and maintaining standards in HE.

Responsibilities

• Covering a defined range of programmes within a sector, the External Examiner (EE) will sampling of assessed student work.
• Provide sampling-related support and development to centres.
• Produce reports for centres and Pearson on the sampling undertaken and outcomes reached.
• Apply sanctions in consultation with the team leader where assessment outcomes do not meet standards.
• Produce targeted actions for centres to assist with remedial actions where standards are not upheld.
• Support centres to understand and implement identified actions.
• Facilitate the Senior External Examiner (SEE) in sourcing materials for training and standardisation.
• Report back to Pearson and centres following EE activity within SLAs.
• Undertake any other duties appropriate to Technical and Professional Assessment work.

Skills

Teaching HN

HN assessment

IQA lead

CPD participation

Training and standardisation

Centre support

Education

Level 6 qualification

Tools

Excel

Word processing

Job description

Pearson seeks an External Examiner (EE) for MedTech for England (2026) RQF to ensure national standards are achieved and upheld for HN qualifications.

The role involves monitoring sampling of assessed student work, supporting centres during sampling, and producing reports for centres and Pearson. Essential candidates have extensive HN teaching and IQA experience, with Level 6 qualifications and CPD activity.