Sustainability Visiting Moderator

eTeach UK Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

eTeach UK Limited is seeking a visiting moderator to verify the quality of centres’ practical activity provisions and to ensure documentary requirements are met. You will travel to centres, conduct visits in person, and report findings to the centre and team leader.

Training will be provided, and standardisation activities will be part of your role. The role involves coordinating visits across centres, with around 15 moderation visits per year.

Qualifications

• Relevant teaching or assessment experience within the last 3 years.
• Current or previous experience teaching within the UK education system.
• A teaching qualification or a degree related to the assessment subject.
• Be living in the UK.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Confident IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Contact centres to arrange a visit.
• Visit centres in person and follow up with a report.
• Understand monitoring process and participate in standardisation activities.
• Carry out moderation visits (approximately 15 per year).
• Be prepared for background checks and right-to-work verification.

Skills

Teaching/assessment experience

UK education system experience

IT proficiency

Ability to work under pressure

UK resident

Education

Teaching qualification or related degree

Job description

As a visiting moderator, you’ll be verifying the quality of the centre’s provision of practical activity, and the procedures for maintaining the documentary requirements. You’ll be part of a team and you’ll work closely with your team leader.

You will contact centres to arrange a visit, visit the centre in person and follow up the visit with a report to the centre. You must be UK based.

We’ll make sure you are fully trained so you understand the monitoring process and your part in it. There will also be standardisation activities to make sure you can apply the criteria consistently.

Visiting moderation is carried out throughout the year. You would generally undertake 15 moderation visits per year. We’ll quote specific details and fees when we offer you a monitoring task.

The amount of work involved will vary depending on the mode of moderation and the level of the qualification.

You would generally moderate around 15 centres with about six samples per centre. We’ll quote specific details and fees when we offer you a moderation task.

What we are looking for

Core skills and experience

Relevant teaching or assessment experience within the last 3 years. We also consider PGCE students who have completed the classroom teaching element of their course.

Current or previous experience teaching within the UK education system.

A teaching qualification or a degree related to the assessment subject

Be living in the UK

• Work well under pressure
• Use IT confidently

Details of papers/units

H082

Location requirement

UK only

Additional notes

Please note, you don’t need to be teaching the OCR specification of your subject. We would also be interested in people with current or previous experience of working for other examination boards.

Applicants will be subject to right to work and other background checks.