The assessments may be conducted at the apprentices’ workplace or remotely, depending on the requirements of the assessment plan or contract. Dates will be confirmed between the employer/Apprentice and an Assessment Coordinator from the ELS Scheduling Team in consultation with the Assessor.

Assessors conduct the assessment activities, record, and upload the assessment outcomes into our Learner Management System (LMS), with clear justifications for the grading decisions. Assessment activities are quality assured by an ELS Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) representative.

ELS ensures Assessors are either assessor qualified or working towards an assessor qualification, i.e. CAVA. Some apprenticeship standards also require additional industry qualifications and memberships.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• Take part in regular training and standardisation activities, associated with the role of Assessor for the standards they are assessing.
• Maintain and provide evidence of ongoing, relevant Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Assess the performance of candidates in accordance with published assessment and grading criteria and procedures, ensuring overall standards are maintained.
• Assessors must complete required mandatory training.
• Follow the protocols set out in ELS’s specifications, assessment materials, and quality assurance protocols, relating to the AO.
• Maintain service-level agreements with regards to responding to Assessment planning, operational activities, reports, and submissions of assessment outcomes.
• Report all risks and issues encountered during Apprenticeship Assessment to both the Quality Manager and the Assessment Delivery Manager at ELS, including any suspected malpractice/maladministration.
• Ensure all assessment evidence is high quality, recorded accurately, and uploaded to our ACE360 LMS.
• Support ELS, if necessary, with any appeals from apprentices, regarding assessment decisions.
• Raise any conflicts of interest, including in relation to the independence of assessment.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of ELS Assessment Organisation activities.
• Adhere to the ELS Assessment Strategy, Assessment policies and procedures, ensuring ELS remains compliant at all times with Ofqual’s Conditions of Recognition (CoR).

Skills and Essential Requirements:

Essential:

• Must hold a C&E Licence.
• Must have competence and knowledge of loading, driving, operating, managing class 1 vehicles.
• Will need to undergo a full BPSS (including enhanced DBS) as a minimum.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively respond to conflicts.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Flexibility to understand and respond to the individual needs and circumstances of employers/apprentices.
• Sufficient and relevant technical knowledge of Assessment Practice, Principals, Context, and Values.
• In-depth knowledge of the associated apprenticeship standard, assessment plan, specification, assessment instruments, and recording tools.
• Ability to travel and assess at employer’s workplace, free from bias, and report and risks to the Assessment Delivery Manager for Logistics.
• Excellent time management skills.

Desired:

• Former member of the British Army preferably from Royal Engineers (RE) or Royal Logistic Corps (RLC).
• Assessor Qualification (be prepared to work towards).
• IQA Qualification.
• Experience assessing qualifications, apprenticeship standards.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job.