JOB DESCRIPTION; Lead Internal Quality Assurer

Qualifications

      A relevant subject qualification to at least one level above the level working on.
      A full Level 5 teaching qualification.
      A Level 3 Award in Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment (A1/D32 with TAQA3 Update completed).
      A Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice or equivalent. (V1/D34 with TAQA update
completed).
(Or a willingness to work towards assessor and verifier qualifications).

Skills and Experience

      Evidence of relevant and recent CPD.

      A sound understanding of qualifications within the relevant subject area and assessment and verification requirements from relevant
awarding organisations.
      Ability to respond sensitivity and appropriately to the needs and expectations of individuals (IQA’s, Managers, EQA’s) and to ensure a
timely appropriate level of responsiveness in all cases.
      Ability to take responsibility for an area of work, setting standards and monitoring performance.
      Ability to support and develop the skills and practice of other IQA’s.
      Demonstrate independent working and continuous personal and organisational improvement across internal quality assurance.
      Demonstrate high levels of commitment and the ability to work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.

Roles and responsibilities

 Coordinate the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) approach and procedures within allocated curriculum area.
 Prepare a local sampling strategy based on the risk rating of the team and in line with college procedure.
 Coordinate and monitor IQA sampling plans. (risk-based).
 Coordinate, implement, document and run timely standardisation and IQA meetings.
 Coordinate timely IQA of assignment briefs prior to issue.
 Coordinate IQA observations as required by the Awarding Organisation.
 Coordinate timely IQA of learner work throughout the academic year with interim and summative sampling.
 Monitor sampling completed by IQA’s within allocated curriculum area, to review constructive and accurate IQA feedback.
 Mentoring of new and/or other IQA’s.
 Induct new IQA’s.
      Provide IQA’s with guidance on summative and formative feedback to learners and sample throughout the academic year.
      Ensure documentation and processes used for assessment, verification and internal quality assurance conforms to college and Awarding
Organisation requirements with most recent versions used.
      Ensure electronic records of assessment outcomes and internal quality assurance documentation are maintained for at least 5 years
following learner certification.

 Authorise and record learner submission for mitigating circumstance.

      Take the role of the second assessor in the event of an appeal on assessment decisions and lead the Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the academic
appeal process.
      Liaison with External Quality Assurers (EQA’s) to arrange visits and or remote sampling.
      Overseeing and running EQA centre visits.
      Owning the learner journey, checking registrations and prompting withdrawals from the Awarding Organisation.
      Uploading sampling information to Quality Portals or sending to the EQA.

 Disseminate updates to IQA’s. (Quality Nominee updates, Awarding Organisation email alerts, networks, webinars, face to face
training events).
 Cascading information to the team and implementing documentation to meet Awarding Organisation standards and changes.
 Maintaining Course Quality Files.
 Attending external training delivered by the Awarding Organisation where necessary.
 Attending termly Lead IQA Networks or provide a suitable representative to feedback at team level.
      Supporting Annual Awarding Organisation Centre Quality visits where required.
      Receive EQA reports either from the Quality Team and ensure that assessors are aware of any actions or recommendations arising from
EQA or quality reports.
      Complete and submit a post EQA action plan to the Quality Team when instructed to do so, and monitor the completion of actions with
team.
      Ensure EQA reports are sent to the Quality Team where received direct from an Awarding Organisation.

 Liaise with the Quality Team and Quality Nominee when required.
  Report all cases of assessment mal practice or mal administration to your line manager and Quality Nominee.  Maintain copies
of related records.

A BTEC Lead IQA will also be required to the complete the following in addition to the above duties:

 Register as the Lead IQA via Edexcel online.

 Complete OSCA for QCF qualifications.
 Complete and review standardisations materials for NQF qualifications with all assessors on the relevant BTEC programme.
Maintain attendance and records of this standardisation activity.
 Completion of and monitor assessment plans.
 Authorise and record learner re-submissions of assessments.
 Support the BTEC Annual Quality Management Review Visit from Pearson.