Lead Internal Quality Assurer (Quality of Education)

Job title:

Lead Internal Quality Assurer (Quality of Education)

Company:

National House-Building Council

Job description

OverviewSalary: £41,000 – £50,000 + up to 10% bonus per annumWorking Location: Home-based, Nationwide opportunityEmployment Type: Full Time, Permanent*Due to the nature of this role, a DBC background check is required, which is subject to an offer being made.Responsibilities*Please note: this is a Nationwide, home-based role where travel will be required at key times in the year between NHBC Head offices, training hubs, and external providers.As a Lead Internal Quality Assurer (Quality of Education), you will be a dynamic individual with a passion for excellence and a track record of driving impactful change with a view to raise training and education quality of standards along side continuous improvement.What we offer:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme
• Up to £7,500 regional allowance, dependent on location
• Generous pension scheme, with an employer contribution of up to 10.5%
• Life Assurance (x4 salary)
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discounts platform, including gym discounts
• 24/7 employee assistance programme supporting your mental wellbeing
• 2 days volunteer leave
• Equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents
• Payroll Giving, this allows you to make donations to your chosen charity through monthly pay deductions

What you’ll be doingAs a Lead Internal Quality Assurer, Quality of Education, you will assure a high standard of relevant assessment and teaching delivered by our teams for both apprenticeships and standalone awards. You will support your colleagues in the development and ongoing review of processes and standards to maintain Awarding Bodies approval, meet Ofsted guidelines and ESFA funding compliance.Maintaining a caseload of internal verification you will also coordinate that of others, oversee sampling plans for internal and consultant staff while completing observations and quality checks of assessment and teaching taking place, along with file checks and oversight of other compliance and quality functions as required.Responsibilities extend to:

• Provide qualitative, constructive feedback and suggested best practice following quality checks and observations to staff and their managers.
• Utilising themes and trends and completion of Training Needs Analysis to develop and deliver effective staff training development related to quality and compliance.
• Maintain training and quality improvement plans, implementing findings, monitoring long term suitability and adjusting for changes to regulatory or sector needs.
• Maintaining NHBC’s accreditations, including ESFA, OFSTED, CITB, NVQ Awarding Organisations, and other bodies as appropriate.
• Act as mentor lead for new assessors completing induction programmes and assessor / internal verifier awards.
• Supporting the management, monitoring and fair distribution of work amongst internal verifiers both on the compliance and quality team and peer to peer verification taking place throughout the department.
• Ensuring that NHBCs qualifications centre manuals and other relevant policies remain current, incorporating changes to policy or rules amendments as required.

The ideal candidate will have

• Proven experience conducting internal verification of qualifications assessment or quality of education delivery including investigation, analysis and providing feedback.
• Extensive experience in assessment delivery and/ or training delivery within construction.
• Experience with Learning Assistant ePortfolio system.
• Thorough problem solving ability and investigative approach
• Detailed knowledge of Apprenticeship Standards including End Point Assessment requirements, funding regulations and learner eligibility
• Extensive technical knowledge of house building and the governing legislative framework it works within.
• Experience working for a commercial Independent Training Provider, working with external educational organisations and regulators.
• Able to ensure compliance with Awarding Organisation/Funding agencies requirements (where applicable)
• Fully conversant with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and video conferencing with Teams, Zoom Visio, and Windows operating systems.

QualificationsRelevant assessment qualifications such as the following:

• Relevant Internal Verification qualification / certification such as D34, V1, TAQA (practical application) Level 4 award in Quality Assurance.
• Relevant construction industry qualification at level 6 EG Construction Management Degree, NVQ Site Management or Senior Site Inspection or similar.
• Relevant teaching / training qualification at level 5 or above (DTLLS / DTE or equivalent, Cert Ed, PGCE).
• Qualified Teacher Status.
• Relevant assessment qualification such as D32/33, A1 or level 3 award in Assessing competence in the workplace.
• A member of an applicable Professional Institution such as CIOB, CABE, RICS, or ability to work towards within probationary period.

Education and Qualifications

• A teaching qualification would be desirable
• A member of an applicable Professional Institution such as CIOB, CABE, RICS, or ability to work towards within the probationary period.
• DBS clearance required, subject to offer being made.

Why you should join usAt NHBC we are proud to be unique. No other organisation in our sector combines the variety of services and scale that we offer. As the market leader, our name is synonymous with new home warranty and insurance. Our people are driven by our core purpose to raise standards in housebuilding and protect homeowners.We are a modern, lifestyle and family friendly employer who are in a period of rapid growth, investing in technology, data and new ways of working. We need passionate, talented and driven people to join us on this journey.We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly. We don’t promise we can offer you exactly what you want, but we are always happy to talk flexible working.Your future with usWe have lots of fantastic examples across our business of people who are building their career with us. We are huge advocates of internal mobility and work hard to retain our best talent. We offer exceptional personal development and career progression opportunities. If you’re ambitious, driven and hard-working you will succeed with us. We’ll support you with full training, ongoing development, and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications and professional memberships.Our inclusive cultureWe are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to bring their true selves to work. We fundamentally believe in the rights of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, free from discrimination. We have active employee networks that support our colleagues and their allies, creating safe spaces for open conversations and the sharing of ideas.If you need any adjustments or additional support with your application, please let us know at

Expected salary

£41000 – 50000 per year

Location

Milton Keynes

Job date

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 04:46:04 GMT

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