[Hiring] Moderators - Education and Early Years @NCFE

Role Description

We're excited to be looking for Visiting Moderators to join our External Quality Assurance team on a flexible worker contract for the following qualification: T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Early Years.

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.

As part of these visiting moderation roles, travel will be required within business hours during the moderation window which takes place February to May.

• Visiting providers to observe students and assessors to carry out moderation in line with our quality assurance policies and following up with further remote moderation.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Subject expertise in Early Years / Education qualified to Level 3 or above.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering Early Years, Supporting Teaching & Learning, or Education qualifications.
• Up-to-date CPD demonstrating occupational competence in Early Years and/or Assisting Teaching.
• 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.

Benefits

• Flexible workforce providing supportive quality assurance.
• Choose how to fit your work around personal and professional commitments.
• Full training and materials provided to complete duties in line with NCFE requirements.
• Ability to take on flexible worker contract alongside other work without the need to be registered as self-employed.

How to apply

Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.

Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV and answer the associated application questions.

Closing Date: Monday 9 November 2026

Interview Date: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

If successful in your application, we will ask you to attend a talent discovery session on Tuesday 17 November 17:00 - 18:30 which will provide you with the opportunity to:

• Understand more about the role.
• Engage with key staff and other applicants.
• Gain further insight into the qualification and assessment methods.

You’ll also be asked to complete a short task post session to also allow us to evaluate your suitability for the role.

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.