Sessional Internal Quality Assessor - Engineering

The School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Professional (STEP) at Kingston College are now seeking an Internal Quality Assessor to ensure effective and consistent delivery of all qualifications, achieving Awarding Organisation and company standards.

Supporting assessors to achieve their full potential and deliver programmes within their remit of responsibility to an excellent standard, you'll plan, conduct and record sampling activities, observations and support sessions to ensure ongoing assessor development.

Working in collaboration with Portal Training's Director of Quality and Qualifications Quality Manager to ensure fit for purpose and innovative curriculum design, you'll contribute to the assessor performance review in a format depending on individual needs, feeding back on risk bandings, sampling, observations, any other IQA activity, achievements, challenges and areas for development.

We would like you to hold an Assessor/IV Qualification related to engineering, hold a teaching qualification (or willing to work towards) and participated in recent and relevant CPD. With knowledge of at least two of the following areas: machining, manufacturing and maintenance, you'll have experience of successful assessment and delivery of engineering apprenticeship standards and hold professional industry qualifications and/or experience in a related industrial environment.

Able to use new technologies to enhance teaching and learning to support students, you'll have high personal standards and expectations with awareness of academic quality standards. You'll be able to work effectively as an individual and as a team member to achieve targets and be receptive to new ideas and initiatives with a creative approach to problem solving.

The successful candidate will be eligible for any increase in salary as a consequence of the annual cost of living review that is due to be implemented imminently.

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London's largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students' success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.

There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. The benefits package is pro-rated for part time staff.