Moderators - Education and Early Years

We're excited to be looking for Visiting Moderators to join our External Quality Assurance team on a flexible worker contract for the following qualification.

As a Moderator, you'll play a key role in ensuring that centres assess learners fairly, accurately and consistently. You'll review centre-marked work, apply quality assurance principles, and provide clear, constructive feedback to ensure national standards are maintained. 

We’re keen to hear from individuals with a strong background in Education and Early Years, with experience of teaching and/or assessing learners in this subject area. You may currently work, or have previously worked, as an Early Years or Childcare teacher, lecturer, trainer or assessor, this is a great opportunity to put your expertise to use and make a valuable contribution to the assessment of learners.

• Visiting providers to observe students and assessors to carry out moderation in line with our quality assurance policies and following up with further remote moderation.
• Attending standardisation and team meetings as required 
• Reviewing centre marking to ensure assessment decisions are accurate, consistent and meet required standards 
• Producing clear, accurate and timely moderation reports within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) 
• Planning and managing moderation activity for allocated centres in line with sampling strategies and quality assurance requirements 
• Supporting continuous improvement by identifying areas for development and sharing best practice 
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the qualification, assessment requirements and your subject-specialist area 

• Subject expertise in Early Years / Education qualified to Level 3 or above.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering Early Years, Supporting Teaching & Learning, or Education qualifications.
• Up-to-date CPD demonstrating occupational competence in Early Years and/or Assisting Teaching.
• Experience of teaching, assessing, internal quality assuring and/or moderating vocational or academic qualifications 
• Strong knowledge of assessment and quality assurance processes 
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills 
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines 
• A commitment to maintaining high standards and delivering a positive experience for centres

Feeling inspired? Read the full Job Description 

Imagine a career where your contributions affect not only what people learn, but the way that learning is developed and delivered.

With over 170 years of education experience our core purpose remains at the heart of the organisation – to promote and advance learning to create a fairer, more inclusive society, making sure no learner is left behind.   

Want to know more? Take a look at our website https://www.ncfe.org.uk/  

Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV and answer the associated application questions.  

• Understand more about the role
• Engage with key staff and other applicants
• Gain further insight into the qualification and assessment methods

We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.  

We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.