IQA in Health and Social Care

to £35k negotiable South Wales based out of their Cardiff office

Our client are one of Wales' leading training providers of skills and funded services. They deliver Traineeships, Apprenticeships, Employability Skills and Jobs Growth Wales through their suite of funded programmes.

Benefits include Contributory Pension Scheme – 3% employer contribution, Annual Leave 25– 28 days Plus Bank Holidays (inclusive of Christmas Shut Down), Training and Continual Professional Development Opportunities, 35 hour working week, Travel expenses and business mileage, Childcare Voucher Scheme,Cycle to Work Scheme, Christmas Savings Scheme, Eye Sight Scheme, Employee Health & Wellbeing Strategies and Policies, Work-Life Balance Policies, Social & Charity Events, Refer a Friend Payment Scheme, Mobile Phones & Laptops (based on job role) 

Our clients commitment to employees has been recognised through the achievement of the following external awards - Investors In People – Silver Award, Corporate Health Standard – Silver Award, Green Dragon Environmental Award

Reporting to the Contract Manager you will leading, motivating and developing a team of Assessors to drive performance and quality of delivery across all learning programmes in line with contract compliance, ensuring high quality teaching, learning and assessment for all learners.  You will be responsible for ensuring the company’s Internal Quality Assurance and Performance Management processes are rigorous and lead to continuous improvement, improved learner satisfaction and success rates across the team.  Ideally you will have experience of co-ordinating EQA visits and been involved with inspections.  You will need to have management experience and be a qualified assessor and have your IQA qualification.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Specific

• Responsible for motivating and developing a team of Assessors  to ensure learners have a positive learning experience and KPIs are achieved
• Responsible for developing a team of Assessors to improve the quality of delivery across all learning programmes
• Responsible for managing sampling and verification activities to improve the progression and achievement of learners
• Responsible for ensuring that all IQA activities continually meet the needs of the learners, exceed the requirements of Awarding Organisations, Welsh Government, Estyn and our client
• Manage an ongoing cycle of standardisation meetings for Assessors to ensure best practice is shared across all sectors
• Manage delivery models and other resources to embed a consistent and standardised approach to delivery
• Accountable for ensuring literacy and numeracy are embedded throughout the learning programme
• Accountable for ensuing Assessors  embed the cross cutting themes of Safeguarding/Prevent, ESDGC,  Wales the Language and Culture, Equality & Diversity and Health & Safety/Well-being

• Complete regular sampling of Assessor activity to ensure consistency across the team

Ideally you will have ;

Experience and a proven track record of leading a team of IQAs

Experience of co-ordinating EQA visits

Been actively involved in an Estyn Inspection

To apply for the role of IQA in Health and Social Care please email your cv to 

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