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TQUK EPA is growing at lightning speed, and we’re looking for more busy bees to join our team!

We’re on the hunt for an EPA Assessor Coordinator and an EPA Health and Social Care Assessor/Trainer to hop on board as we continue to establish our place as an industry leading EPAO. To see the full job descriptions of these roles, head over to our Join The EPA Team page!

EPA Assessor Coordinator

This role sits at the heart of our EPA team. This individual will support the growth of our assessment provision and maintain consistently high quality assessment practices. They will be responsible for growing our team of assessors, including an associate bank, and establishing rigorous assessment practices that meet and exceed customer expectation. They will recruit, train and monitor EPA performance through a series of structured training, standardisation and performance review activities that deliver excellent assessment practice.

This individual must be organised, have significant experience in both assessment and internal quality assurance and will thrive on keeping up with developments in an ever changing landscape.

A few key responsibilities include:

• Taking a lead role in the active recruitment of End-Point Assessors in line with our current and upcoming EPA offers
• Managing the on boarding process of all EPA Assessors, both permanent and associate
• Managing and growing a bank of associate EPA Assessors
• Implementing a programme of pre and post assessment standardisation activities / events
• Monitoring the performance of assessors to ensure high quality practice is consistently maintained

The essential skills and qualifications that this individual must have are:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience within the specialist vocational sector
• A minimum of 2 years assessing experience with robust knowledge of assessment techniques
• Evidenced experience in the vocational sector at or above the level to which they will assess
• Relevant assessor / IQA qualification
• Level 2 English and Maths qualifications (or equivalent)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including report writing

We’d like someone who is confident and ambitious with a “can do, will do!” attitude. They should be motivated, energetic and take responsibility for their own area of work. But most importantly they should work well with others and have fun as they join the TQUK Team!

EPA Health and Social Care Assessor/Trainer

An apprenticeship End-Point Assessor is responsible for providing independent, fair, reliable and consistent assessment services to our customers working with apprenticeship standards. This EPA Health and Social Care Assessor/Trainer must use their assessment experience with relevant industry knowledge of the Health and Social care sector to form judgements and grading decisions on a variety of apprenticeship assessment activities. This individual must be flexible in their approach to all tasks and have exceptional assessment abilities with the independence to travel.

This is a dynamic role which requires the post holder to manage a caseload of both EPA and IQA activities, as well as provide training and guidance to new and associate EPA assessors and deliver EPA process training to partnering training providers and employers. As with the EPA Assessor Coordinator role, this individual must be organised, have significant experience in assessment and internal quality assurance and must be able to keep up with developments in an ever changing landscape.

A few key responsibilities of this post will be to:

• Deliver outstanding End-Point Assessment and Internal Quality Assurance services to assigned apprentices and employers
• Undertake End-Point Assessment activities with integrity and impartiality to offer a fair, reliable and consistent assessment experience for all apprentices and employers
• Manage their assigned caseload to ensure all stages of the EPA journey are completed in a timely manner and to the expected standard
• Produce accurate and well informed assessment feedback and written reports to validate assessment grading decisions
• Support the on boarding process of EPA assessors through delivering training and wider induction activities

Their essential skills, experience and qualifications include:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience within the Health and Social Care sector
• A minimum of a relevant Level 3 Health and Social Care Diploma
• A minimum of 2 years’ assessing experience with robust knowledge of assessment techniques
• Evidenced experience of preparing and delivering training
• A relevant assessor and IQA qualification
• Level 2 English and Maths qualifications (or equivalent)
• Sound IT and digital literacy
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills
• The ability to work in a flexible manner, adapt to different environments and solve problems independently
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including report writing

As with all of our staff at TQUK, we’d like someone with confidence, bravery and ambition. They should be able to maintain professional standards and boundaries, develop great relationships with team members, customers and stakeholders and be motivated and enthusiastic in their work!

As mentioned above, if you’re interested in these roles then you can go to our Join The EPA Team page and find the full job descriptions there. If you think you’d be a good fit, then email kelle.mcquade@tquk.org with a CV and a short cover letter to apply!

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