Independent Apprenticeship Assessor (IAA)

Remuneration Package:

• Competitive Salary
• 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Additional Birthday day off
• Help@hand
• A Range of Health & Wellbeing Resources
• Life Assurance
• Pension

Summary and main purpose:

The role of an Automotive IAA is to provide independent, fair, reliable and consistent assessment

services to Assessu clients. This includes conducting end point assessments, forming judgements on

competency in specialist sector and providing the assessment outcome.

Key accountabilities:

• Schedule assessments with learners and employers according to stipulated and agreed timescales
• Conduct assessments within own specialism including observations, and professional discussions
• Manage allocated learners to ensure all stages of the Apprenticeship Assessment (formally EPA) journey are completed timely and to the expected standard
• Make judgements on a learner’s knowledge, skills and behaviours within specialism and record outcomes on relevant documentation
• Communicate with learners and employers to support the assessment process
• Update the relevant systems as required throughout the planning and assessment process.
• Ensure learners are scored or graded in line with requirements
• Provide high quality feedback for all learners on their assessment performance and outcomes
• Maintain service-level agreements with regards to responding to Apprenticeship Assessment
• planning, assessments, reports and quality assurance activities
• To ensure assessments meet External Quality Assurance requirements
• Attend training and standardisation sessions as required
• Ensure all reports and evidence are high quality and recorded accurately
• Be responsible for maintaining ongoing CPD to support assessment practice and industry competence
• Raise any conflicts of interest, including in relation to the independence of assessment
• To uphold and promote organisational policies and procedures, promoting those specifically applicable to this area of work and also including the Equality and Diversity and procedures
• Acting as a subject matter expert and supporting the development of assessment materials through question writing and review

Key requirements:

Qualifications:

• Educated to GCSE level grade C or above including Maths and English (or equivalent)
• Assessor qualification (e.g. TAQA, A1, Award in EPA)

Sector specific requirements:

• At least 3 years’ experience in Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician environment, with ‘hands on’ experience in the industry
• Hold qualifications, or have undertaken training, that has legislative and technical relevance to the heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician standard
• Commitment to complete industry CPD on a minimum annual basis

Skills and knowledge:

• Ability to travel to National Apprenticeship Assessment Centre in Derby (circa 3 days per week) and locations throughout the UK as required and stay overnight where required
• Competent in the use of IT packages including Microsoft Office and web conferencing systems
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to write constructive feedback
• Professionalism and an appreciation for data protection and integrity of assessments
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work within specified SLAs
• An ability to put learners at ease and display empathy