Moderators - Health and Social Care

NCFE; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Training provided

Job summary

NCFE is recruiting Moderators for its External Quality Assurance team on a flexible remote contract. The role supports moderation of the Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Social Care, ensuring fair and consistent centre assessment in line with national standards.

Applicants should have health and social care expertise and experience in teaching, assessing, or quality assurance. Training will be provided, with moderation windows from March 2027 and core activity April–August 2027.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Health & Social Care at Level 3 or above.
• Experience teaching, assessing, internal quality assuring and/or moderating qualifications.
• Strong knowledge of assessment and QA processes.
• Excellent written communication and report writing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct moderation activities in line with awarding organisation and regulatory requirements.
• Attend standardisation and team meetings as required.
• Review centre marking to ensure accurate and consistent assessment decisions.
• Produce clear, timely moderation reports within SLAs.
• Plan and manage moderation activity for allocated centres per sampling and QA requirements.
• Identify development areas and share best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Health & Social Care

Moderation

Quality Assurance

Assessment

Teaching experience

Education

Level 3+ Health & Social Care

Job description

Overview

Flexible Worker Contract

Location: Remote

About the role

We're looking for Moderators to join our External Quality Assurance team on a flexible worker contract for the following qualification:

Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Social Care

As a Moderator, you'll play a key role in ensuring that centres assess learners fairly, accurately and consistently. You'll review centre-marked work, apply quality assurance principles, and provide clear, constructive feedback to ensure national standards are maintained.

We’re keen to hear from individuals with a strong background in health and social care, with experience of teaching and/or assessing learners in this subject area. You may currently work, or have previously worked, as a Health and Social Care Teacher, Health and Social Care Lecturer or Health and Social Care Assessor.

Whilst this is a flexible worker role, we require a reasonable level of commitment throughout the moderation window. Moderation activities begin in March 2027 where you will be expected to attend one of our Annual Training sessions. The primary moderation period will be between April and August 2027, during which your engagement will be most critical.

How you’ll make an impact

• Conducting moderation activities in line with awarding organisation and regulatory requirements
• Attending standardisation and team meetings as required
• Reviewing centre marking to ensure assessment decisions are accurate, consistent and meet required standards
• Producing clear, accurate and timely moderation reports within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Planning and managing moderation activity for allocated centres in line with sampling strategies and quality assurance requirements
• Supporting continuous improvement by identifying areas for development and sharing best practice
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the qualification, assessment requirements and your subject-specialist area

We'd love to hear from you if you offer the following:

• A relevant qualification at Level 3 or above in health and social care or a closely related subject area
• Current or recent occupational experience working within the health and social sector
• Experience of teaching, assessing, internal quality assuring and/or moderating vocational or academic qualifications
• Strong knowledge of assessment and quality assurance processes
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• A commitment to maintaining high standards and delivering a positive experience for centres

Why work as a flexible worker for NCFE?

Our flexible workforce provides supportive quality assurance to ensure that learners taking NCFE qualifications are getting the best education possible. If you become a flexible worker with us, you’ll choose how to fit your work around your other personal and professional commitments – making this a great opportunity to make a difference in a way that suits you.

You’ll receive full training and the materials, tools or equipment needed to ensure you’re able to complete your duties in line with NCFE requirements, with the ability to take on flexible worker contract alongside other work, without the need to be registered as self‑employed.

All applicants will be expected to adhere to NCFE’s behavioural framework and to uphold our core values.

Shape real change with an NCFE career

Imagine a career where your contributions affect not only what people learn, but the way that learningis developed and delivered.

With over 170 years of education experience our core purpose remains at the heart of the organisation – to promote and advance learning to create a fairer, more inclusive society, making sure no learner is left behind.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement

We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.

We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.

Application Deadline

Closing Date: Wednesday 2 December 2026

Interview Date: Ongoing

Interview Details: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. If your application is shortlisted, we’ll contact you to complete a short task.