Assessor/iqa

**About us**

Apprenticeship Wales aim to improve awareness, knowledge and practice of the wider sector throughout leaners time on programme and will support them to develop or maintain Employability, Welsh language, Literacy and Numeracy skills as part of their Apprenticeship.

We specialise in the delivery of funded Health and Social care programmes. We also work with a network of providers and offer support to allow learners to explore your Apprenticeship options through our Apprenticeship matching service.

**Our Vision**

To be recognised for making a difference to Health & Social care services through the delivery of quality learning experiences.

**Our Mission**

To build a community of learning that educates, informs and inspires.

**Our Values**
- To be motivated for success
- To be passionate about learning
- To be respectful to others

Apprenticeship Group Wales have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Assessor/IQA to join our team.

Successful applicants will hold an A1 or equivalent award as well as 3 years occupational experience along with or working towards IQA qualification.

Welsh language skills are desirable but not essential for the role.

Some great benefits are included with this role.

We are an advocate for our teams and as such, benefits such as private health cash plan, up to 25 **days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays per year** (pro rata for part time colleagues) and team building days. We also offer all the usual's that you'd expect in this role - mileage, laptop, phone, etc.

Salary for this position is reflective of experience and qualifications.

**A fully funded electric company car is provided as part of the package.**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Purpose & aim**

To lead the team in the delivery and development of qualifications in order to achieve excellence in teaching and learning across Apprenticeship Wales’ training programmes.

**Operational Key duties and responsibilities**
- To be responsible for mentoring a team to ensure they are motivated for success and have the skills and resources to enable them to carry-out their responsibilities fully.
- Act as a positive role model and source of support and guidance.
- To know and understand what profiles are planned each month and ensure that learners are on track and that profiles are achieved.
- Complete Assessor monthly occupancy checks, monitoring actions, ensuring feedback provides clear direction, is comprehensive and that effective support is provided to assist the delivery team to achieve these.
- Identify learners at risk and provide effective leadership to support learners to achieve.
- To provide feedback on any performance issues, highlighting any potential training needs and implement strategies to ensure programmes maintain their excellence status.
- Ensure that learners are achieving within the route and that there is an emphasis within the qualifications on achieving and progressing.
- Carry out inductions for new staff to support the implementation of Apprenticeship Wales’ ways of working.
- To be a visible support to delivery staff and provide coaching and mentoring to get the best out of people.

**Curriculum Key duties and responsibilities**
- To support assessors to achieve excellence in teaching and learning through the development of resources (including bilingual resources) and sharing of good practice.
- Work with the ALNCO to ensure effective ALN support is provided across the provision.
- To be accountable for ensuring literacy and numeracy are embedded throughout the learning program.
- To be accountable for ensuring assessors embed the cross-cutting themes of safeguarding/Prevent, Wellbeing of future generations, Wales the language & Culture
- Ensure all staff are aware of developments in their occupational sector by way of self-study and research and CPD logs / records maintained.
- To champion the use of Onefile, ensuring its further developed and fully utilised.

**IQA Key duties and responsibilities**
- Ensuring that quality standards maintained across the quality assurance team and highlighting any issues or inconsistencies to the board.
- To ensure there is a robust sampling plan in place, fully utilising the range of sampling strategies available.
- To carry out risk assessments for all tutors/assessors and manage risk in accordance with Apprenticeship Wales’ policies and requirements.
- Ensuring that IQA standardisation is carried out regularly and supports the delivery of qualifications.
- To ensure that all IQA tracking records are developed, maintained and kept up to date and all times.
- To ensure that all route staff maintain their vocational competence by arranging annual CPD activities.
- To ensure the feedback is given to assessors is consistent and fair.
- To ensure delivery models are being adhered to and IQA milestones are being reached
- To support all Apprenticeship Wales’ policies and procedures in relation to IQA including Fair Access to a