Moderators & TQA

The role of a Moderator is to conduct and document moderation activities with centres/ Providers, carrying out centre visits and providing advice and guidance to centres/ Providers on the moderation and marking of the internally assessed externally moderated assessments, inline with the Principal or Lead Moderator for the qualification. Alongside this, you will also attend, participate and engage in training and standardisation activities to prepare you for your role.

Person specification of the Moderator roles:

• Moderator Role Profile & Person Specification
• Technicals Moderator Role Profile & Person Specification

Support for Moderators:

• We provide Moderators with training and support throughout the year
• Each team of Moderators is supported by a Principal Moderator and, in some cases, Lead Moderators
• We provide detailed handbooks to support and guide you through the role and activities across the year
• Support is available by telephone and email from our dedicated Technicals Quality Support team 
• The annual standardisation meeting will support Moderators in making accurate judgments

Moderator Training

The role of a Lead Moderator for Technical and T- Level Qualifications is to support, standardise and quality assure a team of Moderators, sampling Moderator activity and providing feedback. You will document Moderator risk, sampling activities, outcomes and SMART action planning as appropriate, as well as contributing to the annual moderation review process. Alongside this, you will conduct and document moderation activities with centres/ Providers, carrying out centre visits and providing advice and guidance to centres/ Providers on the moderation and marking of the internally assessed externally moderated assessments.

For more information, please refer to the Role profile and Personal specification of Lead Moderator roles:

• Lead Moderator Role Profile & Personal Specification
• Technicals Lead Moderator Role Profile & Person Specification

The role of a Principal Moderator for Technical and T Level qualifications is to be responsible for the overall standard of an assessment, participating in the production of assessment materials, working in collaboration with the Chief Examiner and attend and participate in Assessment Material Evaluation Committee (AMEC) meetings as required. Alongside this, you will sample Lead/ Moderator activity, documenting Lead/ Moderator risk, outcomes and SMART action planning as appropriate. You will also support the Associate Management team with the recruitment, selection, training and CPD monitoring of Moderators.

For further information, please refer to the Role profile & Person specification of Principal Moderator roles:

• Principal Moderator Role Profile & Personal Specification
• Technicals Principal Moderator Role Profile & Person Specification

The role of a TQA is to conduct and document approval, support, quality assurance, advisory and system activities with Providers, carrying out Provider visits and providing advice and guidance to Providers on qualifications, the development and maintenance of quality assurance systems, policies and procedures. Alongside this, you will also attend, participate and engage in training and standardisation activities to prepare you for your role.

For further information, please refer to the Role profile & Peson specification of Technical Qualification Associate roles:

• Technical Qualification Associate (TQA) Role profile  & Person Specification

Support for TQAs: 

• We provide with training and support throughout the year
• TQAs are supported by a Lead TQA
• We provide detailed handbooks to support and guide you thorugh the role and activities across the year
• Support is available by telephone and email from our dedicated Technicals Quality Support team.

The role of a Lead TQA is to support, standardise and quality assure a team of TQAs, through monitoring and supporting TQAs in line with their task profiles, maintaining contact and providing feedback. You will implement sampling plans in line with the sampling strategy, recording sampling on sampling records and will standardise TQA practice to ensure that assessment practices, policies and procedures are adhered to inline with City & Guilds and regulatory arrangements. Alongside this, you will support the Associate Management team with the recruitment, selection and training of new TQAs and will develop and present content for TQA training, standardisation and updates.

For further information, please refer to the Role profile & Peson specification of  Lead Technical Qualification Associate roles:

• Lead Technical Qualification Associate Role Profile & Person Specification

To find current roles, please click Moderator & TQA vacancies

1. You will need to set up your account, which is very quick and then submit your application.
2. You will use this account for all applications
3. When submitting your application you will need to include; i) CV ii) CPD Log
4.  A template for the CPD Log is included below, however you may use your own. 
5. It is important you read the person specification for the role, and map your application to this. This application will take literally a few minutes to complete.Please apply for each role separately. 

If there are no suitable vacancies listed, you can register here to express your interest and be notified of new roles that are being advertised.