[Hiring] Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) – Health & Social Care @Itecskills

Role Description

To lead, motivate and develop a team of Assessors to improve the quality of delivery across all learning programmes, ensuring high quality teaching, learning and assessment for all learners.

• Responsible for ensuring the company’s Internal Quality Assurance processes are rigorous and lead to continuous improvement, improved learner satisfaction and success rates across the team.
• Responsible for motivating and developing a team of Assessors to ensure learners have a positive learning experience, KPIs are achieved and supervising how our assessors plan, practice and review.
• Responsible for developing a team of Assessors to improve the quality of delivery across all learning programmes.
• To ensure whole framework expectations and advise assessors on appropriate actions.
• Monitor and report on assessor performance to the Lead IQA and working in partnership with the Performance Manager, supporting development planning and implementing targeted improvement plans where necessary.
• Ensure Assessors are engaging with workplace employer throughout the learning experience.
• Responsible for managing sampling and verification activities to improve the progression and achievement of learners.
• Responsible for ensuring that all IQA activities continually meet the needs of the learners, exceed the requirements of Awarding Organisations, MEDR Estyn and Itec.
• Accountable for ensuring Assessors embed the cross-cutting themes of Safeguarding/Prevent, ESDGC, Wales the Language and Culture, Equality & Diversity and Health & Safety/Well-being.
• Responsible for completing IQA reports, clearly, well written and with sufficient detail to support and improve performance.
• Participate in and/or manage EQA visits to ensure the visit schedule is adhered to, all portfolios requested are presented and meet the standards resulting in a positive visit.

Qualifications

• Assessor and IQA qualification
• Relevant occupational competence
• Experience of delivering training and support
• Full driving licence with use of own vehicle
• In depth knowledge of Apprenticeship programmes including framework requirements, IQA processes and assessment methods
• In depth knowledge of Awarding Organisation requirements
• In depth knowledge of Estyn Inspection requirements

Requirements

• Experience and a proven track record of leading a team of IQAs (Desirable)
• Experience of co-ordinating EQA visits (Desirable)
• Been actively involved in an Estyn Inspection (Desirable)

Benefits

• 30 days of annual leave (rising with length of service)
• A health care scheme
• 35 hours of working week
• Discounts for retail and gym membership
• A profit-sharing scheme
• Life insurance
• Employee of the month awards
• Length of service recognition
• And much more.