Electric Internal Quality Assurer
Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum
Location: Manchester
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Access Training is looking for an experienced Internal Quality Assurer to support the quality, consistency and compliance of assessment across our trade training provision.
The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating assessment practice to ensure that awarding body standards are met and maintained. This includes sampling assessment decisions, reviewing assessor performance, supporting assessor development and ensuring assessment records are accurate, complete and audit-ready.
This is a key quality assurance role within the business. It would suit someone with strong occupational knowledge, a structured approach to compliance, and the confidence to support, guide and challenge assessors where required.
Key responsibilities
- Plan, complete and record internal quality assurance activity in line with awarding body requirements and internal quality assurance procedures.
- Monitor, review, and evaluate assessment processes and practices to ensure quality standards are maintained.
- Sample assessment decisions to ensure they are valid, reliable, fair, consistent and supported by appropriate evidence.
- Check that assessment decisions are made against the correct criteria and in line with qualification requirements.
- Track learner progress and ensure assessments are planned, prepared, and completed in line with agreed quality-assurance timelines.
- Provide clear written and verbal feedback to assessors following sampling and quality assurance activity.
- Identify assessor development needs and support assessors in maintaining and improving assessment practice.
- Devise, record and monitor action plans where improvement is required.
- Maintain accurate IQA records, sampling plans, standardisation records, feedback records and quality assurance trackers.
- Support preparation for external quality assurance visits, awarding body audits and compliance reviews.
- Contribute to standardisation meetings and promote consistent assessment practice across assessors, qualifications and centres.
- Review learner portfolios, assessment documentation and assessor feedback to ensure internal and external standards are met.
- Escalate quality concerns where assessment practice, learner progress or compliance requirements fall below expected standards.
- Keep up to date with awarding body guidance, qualification requirements and relevant occupational standards.
- Work collaboratively with tutors, assessors, programme managers and senior leaders to improve assessment quality and learner outcomes.
Essential requirements
- Relevant occupational competence in the relevant trade area at Level 3 or above.
- Internal Quality Assurance qualification, such as V1, Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice, or equivalent.
- Assessor qualification, such as A1, D32/D33, TAQA, CAVA or equivalent.
- Experience working as an IQA, Internal Verifier or in a quality assurance role within vocational training.
- Strong understanding of assessment practice, IQA sampling, standardisation and awarding body compliance.
- Experience supporting assessors to improve assessment quality and maintain consistent standards.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong IT and administration skills, with the ability to maintain accurate tracking records and quality assurance documentation.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a wider training and quality team.
- Strong attention to detail and confidence in challenging poor or inconsistent assessment practice.
Desirable requirements
- Experience supporting external quality assurance visits or awarding body audits.
- Experience working with adult learners, apprenticeships or vocational qualifications.
- Experience working across multiple training centres or remote delivery teams.
- Teaching or training qualification.
- Experience using e-portfolio, CRM or learner management systems.
About you
You will be organised, quality-focused and confident working with assessors to improve standards. You will understand the importance of robust assessment decisions, accurate records, and consistent compliance with the awarding body.
You will be able to provide constructive feedback, agree on clear actions and follow through on improvement points. You will also be comfortable challenging assessment practice where standards are not being met.
Pay: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester M1 7EW
