Job Title: Digital Assessment Technologist
Department: Business Support
Salary: £31,607 to £32,453 per annum
Job Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), Permanent
You will be responsible for administering the college’s digital assessment and adaptive learning technology, ensuring staff and students are supported to achieve effective integration. This is a blended role which brings together digital expertise with excellent administrative skills. As a Digital Assessment Technologist, you will provide support across a range of schools for qualifications such as T-Level and V-Level, whilst becoming the college expert in software such as Read/Write along with JCQ/awarding organisation requirements.
You will play a key role and will work closely with the college’s Exams, IT and ALS teams to deliver the college’s digital assessment strategy.
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Creating appropriate technical support and guidance materials for staff and students in a range of formats for both adaptive technology and assessment platforms such as Read/Write.
- Deliver training and awareness sessions to staff and students to promote excellence in the normal way of working with adaptive technologies, including creating the relevant material, scheduling and associated administration.
- Communicate with colleagues regarding the features of approved adaptive technology, promoting the use and supporting staff and students when required to ensure it is effectively utilised.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical or user related issues to digital assessment.
- Complying with all legislative requirements including accessibility, data protection and college policy.
- Become the college expert in digital assessment, including detailed knowledge of the qualification specification and specific requirements of delivering a JCQ compliant assessment.
- To manage the secure recording, upload and download of assessment material in compliance with GDPR, JCQ and awarding organisation requirements, in particular you will support with TLevel and future VLevel assessment requirements.
- Maintain and annual calendar of digital assessment activity, ensuring time and resource is effectively managed.
- Create and manage user logons for digital assessment platforms, ensuring strict policy and deadlines are adhered to.
- Participate in the development of the college’s digital assessment strategy by providing innovative solutions and staying informed of emerging trends in assistive learning technology.
- Escalate incidents of suspected malpractice to the Exams Officer and senior leadership.
- To work closely with the college’s Exams Officers, IT Technicians, Learning Support and Curriculum colleagues to deliver an excellent student experience for assessment technology.
- To consistently demonstrate excellent communications skills and a customer focused approach, with the highest level of customer service.
- To contribute fully to the mission and values statement of the College ensuring its effective implementation in all aspects of College life.
- Other duties as directed by your line manager.
Essential Criteria
- Excellent IT knowledge and experience of supporting with customer facing software
- Significant experience of supporting stakeholders with digital technology
- Experience of analysing and interpreting data
- Experience of delivering training to varied audiences, using a various delivery methods.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Excellent administrative skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Ability to use own initiative and self-motivated
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working with JCQ compliance
- Experience of working with adaptive learning technology
Please Note
This role may close earlier than the advertised deadline if we receive sufficient applications. Early submission is strongly encouraged.
Why Join The City of Liverpool College?
As a valued member of our College community, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, dedicated wellbeing support, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth and development.
Here are some of the benefits available to you:
Generous holiday allowance
Up to 30 days annual holiday allowance, plus 1 wellbeing day. You’ll also benefit from 5 to 7 days statutory closure and 2 further days closure at Easter.
Pension Scheme
You'll be part of the Aviva pension scheme, with contributions of up to 10%.
Employee Benefits Platform
As part of your role, you’ll have access to the COLC Employee Benefits Platform, a one-stop hub for a wide range of perks designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance, and everyday savings. You’ll be able to access discounts at major supermarkets, fashion and lifestyle retailers, tech stores, travel providers, and more. You’ll also benefit from the Cycle to Work Scheme, cinema and leisure discounts and tech and home appliance discounts, with the option of spreading the cost through salary sacrifice. The platform is part of our commitment to supporting you in every aspect of your working life – and beyond.
Health and Wellbeing
As part of our commitment to supporting your health and wellbeing, all employees have access to the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a completely confidential support service available 24/7, 365 days a year. Whether you’re facing personal challenges, looking for advice, or simply need someone to talk to, Health Assured is here to help. Through Health Assured, you can access a 24/7 confidential helpline, face to face, online or telephone counselling, as well as structured support for a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationships, bereavement, legal and financial concerns.
You'll also have access to the online wellbeing portal, a secure, user-friendly platform offering a wide range of self-help resources, health assessments, articles, and guidance covering emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing, and to the Wisdom App, which offers mood trackers and wellbeing tools, meditation guides, fitness videos, and self-help modules
as well as daily wellbeing tips.
Medicash Scheme
Access to Medicash health plans – supporting you and your family with enhanced access to treatment, wellbeing services, and expert care whenever you need it. We also offer free flu vaccinations to help keep you feeling your best all year round.
Life Assurance
We offer life assurance to give you and your family added peace of mind — with a benefit of up to three times your annual salary payable in the event of death in service.
Travel
We offer interest-free loans to help you buy annual travel passes from Merseytravel and Merseyrail. That means you can enjoy the savings of up to two months' free travel—without having to cover the full cost upfront. It’s all about making your commute more affordable and less stressful.
Flexible Working
We offer flexible working options depending on business need to support our employee's work-life balance.
Professional Development
We’re passionate about helping you thrive, offering a mix of formal and informal professional development opportunities—designed to sharpen your skills, expand your knowledge, and accelerate your career.
College Benefits
Our excellent sports and fitness facilities can be used free of charge by staff. You can also access a range of discounted hair and beauty treatments at our Academy and Graduate Hair & Beauty Salons, and a staff discount at our Academy Restaurant.
About The City of Liverpool College
The City of Liverpool College is a leading education provider for almost 12,000 students across the Liverpool City Region, from ages 16 and up.
Our passion for nurturing talent and personal approach to teaching makes sure all our students are fully equipped to realise their potential and be empowered to live out their career ambitions.
We believe in opportunity for all and offer access to both academic and vocational courses. From GCSE to degree level, our students achieve some of the highest exam results in the region.
As a recognised leader in skills and education, we are proud to have been named the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 2024 Skills Provider of the Year, a testament to our deep-rooted commitment to delivering outstanding education that meets the needs of our students and the regional economy. We are also a proud member of the Chartered Institution for Further Education, reinforcing our position as a centre of excellence within the sector. Our recent Ofsted inspection rated us ‘Outstanding’ for Adult Provision and Personal Development, highlighting our dedication to providing life-changing education that empowers learners at every stage of their journey.
Our Mission
To provide high quality skills and education by delivering opportunities for growth to all people and businesses of the Liverpool City Region.
Our Goals
- Deliver world class skills in business
- Provide an outstanding learning and student experience
- Develop the talent for sustainable employment
Safeguarding Our Students
The City of Liverpool College is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare our learners, and all staff will require an Enhanced DBS check.
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