Sessional Assessor

Early Years Alliance; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent early years educational organization is seeking freelance assessors to deliver high-quality training programs across England. Candidates should hold relevant vocational and teaching qualifications and be confident in supporting learners' English and maths skills. This role involves delivering virtual sessions, conducting assessments, and travel for workplace support. Flexible hours and home-based work make it an excellent opportunity for experienced assessors committed to maintaining teaching standards.

Benefits

28 pro-rata days annual leave

Employer contribution pension scheme

Access to Employee Assistant Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must hold an accepted vocational assessor qualification.
• Teaching qualification required.
• Confident in supporting learners with English and maths.
• Own transport required and willing to travel.

Responsibilities

• Deliver virtual classroom sessions and assess learner work.
• Conduct workplace assessments and support the endpoint assessment process.
• Inspire and motivate learners to achieve qualifications.
• Plan and teach effective learning in various environments.

Skills

Vocational assessor qualification

Teaching qualification

Confidence in supporting English and maths

Use of ICT in teaching

Flexibility in teamwork

Education

Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Cert Ed / L3 AET / L4 CET / L5 DET

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Early Years Assessors – Nationwide

The Early Years Alliance is the largest early years membership organisation and voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England. An educational charity, the Alliance represents the interests of over 14,000 member settings who deliver care and learning to over 800,000 families every year.

The Alliance provides early years qualifications and apprenticeships across England and we are looking for freelance assessors to support us to deliver our training programmes.

We are seeking enthusiastic and passionate assessors to deliver our high‑quality early years training, including Apprenticeships, standalone qualifications and professional development programmes. We are looking for experienced assessors with up‑to‑date knowledge of the National Occupational Standards in Child Care and the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, who are keen to ensure our teaching programme remains of the highest quality and continues to produce excellent early years educators.

Support and benefits

• 28 pro‑rata days annual leave
• Employer and employee contribution pension scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistant Programme (EAP), which includes 24/7 helpline access
• Regular access to internal and external learning and development opportunities.

Main duties

• Successful candidates will be responsible for delivering virtual classroom sessions, assessing learner work and providing constructive feedback.
• Travelling to complete workplace assessments, employer/learner 12‑week reviews and supporting the endpoint assessment process for apprentice learners will also form part of this role.

Other duties

• To deliver training that inspires and motivates learners to achieve their personal and career objectives and qualifications.
• To plan and teach effective learning for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment, including in virtual classrooms, face‑to‑face and in workplaces.
• To assess with fairness and integrity, ensuring that learners receive constructive and timely feedback so that they know and understand what they have achieved and what they must do to further improve.
• Maintaining own occupational CPD annually.
• Attending update meetings / standardisation / CPD as needed.

Essential criteria

• Hold an accepted vocational assessor qualification, e.g. A1 or Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement.
• Hold a teaching qualification, e.g. Cert Ed, L3 AET, L4 CET, L5 DET.
• Be confident supporting learners to develop their English and maths skills, including functional skills.
• Have own transport and be willing to travel.
• Be confident in the use of ICT to promote and support teaching, learning and assessment.
• Be confident using Teams and Microsoft.
• Be able to maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills in the subject/vocational area, and aware of the needs and concerns of employers, reasonable distances to undertake workplace assessment and monitoring visits.
• Be flexible and able to work as part of a team.

Hours per week: As and when required

Location: Nationwide – Homebased

Interview date: To be confirmed