Vacancy: Internal Quality Assurer (IQA)

We are recruiting for two new Internal Quality Assurers to join our EPA team, on a permanent basis, working at our Swindon offices located on key transport links in the town centre.

About the role

The role of Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) will support BCS with ensuring that apprenticeships are assessed accurately and fairly. They will undertake a range of quality assurance activities including moderation of assessments and will facilitate standardisation activities. 

Providing information, advice and guidance to internal teams, as well as training providers, around assessment and the quality assurance of assessment provided by BCS is an important part of this role.
 

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure that assessments have been carried out accurately and that the grade awarded is appropriate.
• Moderate assessments and provide appropriate feedback.
• Review grade queries and work with the Quality Assurance Manager (QAM), and other teams where necessary, to resolve queries.
• Supporting assessors’ line managers with onboarding, training, upskilling and the creation personal improvement plans as necessary.
• Support the QAM with appeals and complaints, trend analysis and reporting.
• Provide support for product reviews, ensuring that materials produced by BCS to aid assessment accurately support the respective standard, and regulatory compliance.
• Provide information, advice and guidance to training providers around the interpretation of standards, and if required, around their assessment and quality assurance of apprenticeships.
• Flexibility to adjust responsibilities as required from time to time by management.
• Continually look at ways to make improvements to systems, processes and procedures.
• Strive to live the BCS’ values and support our purpose.

BCS is dedicated to providing training and development to help all staff realise their potential, and also offer a generous benefit package.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT are committed to promoting equality at every opportunity as an employer. This statement and our policies are designed to ensure our recruitment and employment practices and procedures actively promote equality of opportunity and value diversity.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK upon application.

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may be removed before any listed closing date once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.

In the event that we receive a high number of applications for this vacancy, we may be unable to provide an individual response to every candidate, therefore if you haven’t heard back from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

How to apply: Please apply by submitting your CV to careers@bcs.uk along with a cover note answering the following questions:

(a) Your area(s) of expertise & qualifications;

(b) Your experience and suitability for the role

We look forward to hearing from you!

What we offer