Vacancies at ASDAN

ASDAN is an education charity and awarding organisation. We provide flexible and engaging programmes and qualifications that help young people develop skills for learning, work and life.

Current vacancies

We are looking to recruit for the following vacancies. For full details (including role description, person specification and conditions), please click on the relevant recruitment bulletin below.

External Quality Assurer

ASDAN is seeking to extend our bank of freelance External Quality Assurers (EQAs) to cover work on a freelance basis in the North East, London, South East, West Midlands, North West, Oxfordshire and Devon/Cornwall in the following qualifications:

  • Certificate and Awards of Personal Effectiveness Levels 1–3
  • Employability qualifications Entry level 2–Level 3
  • Personal Progress Entry level

EQAs will conduct both remote and face-to-face activities to review the following areas:

  • Planning and delivery methods for each qualification
  • Assessment methods used
  • Management of the centre’s quality assurance system

EQAs will also:

  • conduct centre approval visits for new ASDAN qualification centres
  • attend EQA training/standardisation events arranged by ASDAN
  • complete and submit accurate, professional and concise moderation and quality reports according to agreed timescales in line with ASDAN’s policies procedures and regulatory requirements

Successful applicants are required to:

  • have experience of teaching/assessing/moderating ASDAN qualifications
  • hold a V1 or A1 qualification or equivalent (TAQA Level 3 and 4) and/or be working towards L4 external quality assurance qualification
  • have a minimum regulated qualification of level 3 in your specialist subjects
  • have at least 3 years’ previous experience either training or assessing in personal development qualifications
  • travel within a radius of up to 60 miles from their home base
  • have reliable internet access and IT equipment

Download the role description for further details. 

To apply for this position, please send your CV with a covering letter, detailing your experience and qualifications and stating the distance from your home base that you are able to travel, to kerrieking@asdan.org.uk

Closing date: Friday 27 September 2019

If successful, you will be invited to take part in a telephone interview. You will also be asked to complete a moderation activity as part of the recruitment process. Initial training will take place at our Bristol office in late January 2020.