Pharmacy Assessor 0.6 12month Ftc

**Job Details**
**Job Title **Assessor/IQA
**Reports to **Curriculum area manager
**Job Family **Apprenticeships and Business development
**Location **Bradford College
**Date Prepared **October 2019
**Job Overview**

**Purpose **The assessor is responsible for supporting and guiding their apprentices through the
**Statement **identified framework or standard to include preparation for EPA. To assess their vocational knowledge and competence against the national standards, ensuring the apprentice understands the technical knowledge and skills needed to undertake their job role and to deliver on a one-to-one basis and address any deficiencies in their knowledge or skills.

**Role **Planning
**Accountabilities**
- To undertake timely assessment of apprentices to the national standards and to record all assessment decisions to meet the awarding body/ professional body requirements in line with the assessment cycle
- Manage a caseload of apprentices to include, setting SMART targets to ensure timely progress and achievement all required components of the apprenticeship
- To undertake timely workplace observations, where appropriate and upload all related work activities and progress information into the apprentice management system in a timely manner, allowing accurate tracking of apprentice progression

Finance & Funding
- Plan and agree 20% OTJ requirements with employer and apprentice monitor completion and ensure met in full to meet ESFA requirements
- Plan and complete TLA visits every 4-6 weeks as a minimum to meet ESFA requirements
- Support and monitor all apprentices who require ALN / ALS for those identified and where required the completion of CognAssist interventions where identified
- Plan and complete with the apprentice and employer 12 weekly reviews covering progress towards the required knowledge skills and behaviour and to include personal development behaviours and welfare and functional skills development and achievement

Information & Data
- To complete all assessment paperwork as required by the organisation and the awarding/professional bodies and other external agencies to a high standard
- Produce accurate and up to date reports for employers as requested, communicate effectively with the employer on all aspects of the apprentice’s progress and achievements, for standards agree gateway meetings when apprentices are deemed ready for end point assessment
- Be responsive in the reporting of apprentices who are falling behind quickly and agree detailed action plans with the apprentice and employer to provide the require support to promote achievement

Main duties
- Support a caseload of 40 apprentices (min 35 if working on other projects)
- Work with employers and apprentices and book the required functional skills minimum 1 to be completed in first 6 months of programme
- Support the delivery of L1 FS in the workplace (SAR ALN to be supported by FS

Tutor as required)
- Support and attend apprentice inductions across operational teams
- Support apprentices to plan and provide opportunities to achieve pass merit and distinction linked to standards delivery
- Monitor and complete progress of assessments on CognAssist for those requiring ALS support
- Support the recruitment process by completing initial assessment duties and the identification of potential new starts as per internal rota system
- Perform Internal Quality Assurance activity if the role requires

Other Duties
- Contributes to the Organisation culture and strategic objectives and works collaboratively with colleagues in other Departments
- Contributes to the Organisation mission to work together to create a better future for all through education, enterprise and employment
- Demonstrates commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti
- discriminatory practices
- Demonstrates commitment to ensuring children and young people learn in a safe environment
- Participates in relevant and appropriate training and development as required
- Works in partnership with curriculum colleagues to develop remedial interventions when apprenticeship performance is not on track
- Ensures the health, safety and wellbeing of all employees in the department
- To be part of a team carrying out initial assessment and apprentice interviews and actively participate in attendance at school’s events, open events, recruitment events etc.
- Requirement to attend Open Days, Open Evenings, Enrolment and other activities (some of which will be evenings and weekends)

Other Duties
These duties may be amended from time to time by the line manager in consultation with the post holder

**Method of **The Organisation expects all staff to work effectively as part of a team or teams,
**working **delivering high quality standards of work that supports and provides an excellent student / employee experience across the college.

As a minimum this requires dealing with people politely and tactfully, communicating with colleagues and students both formally and in