We are currently seeking maternity cover. If you hold a Level 3 or Level 4 Vocational Qualification in Adult Health & Social Care and are eager to join our dedicated team, who are passionate about what they do and fully supportive of one another, we want to hear from you.

Our team…

Join our qualifications team, a key part of our highly regarded learning and development function.

Our learning and development function is fundamental to the HR and strategic workforce planning agenda for the council. Our priority is to provide the workforce of the council; and its partners with a range of high-quality training, learning and development interventions, linked to the council priorities, realising a culture of learning throughout the organisation.

The role…

As an Assessor Coach, you will be working with our Health and Adult services directorate to deliver their standalone Level 2 & 3 qualifications. You will play a key role in deciding on learner occupational competence and recommend the awarding of qualifications, to facilitate training plans, ensuring an appropriately qualified workforce as well as contributing to the continuous professional development of the workforce.

You will achieve this through assessing a designated caseload of learners and liaising with service area managers, training and learning team colleagues, workforce development advisors, services and portfolio leads.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for the assessment and completion of vocational qualifications by an agreed caseload of candidates
Plan and implement assessment strategies with each learner that will maximise opportunities for timely and successful achievement of designated qualification
Identify and acknowledge training needs which arise during the assessment process
Judge competence against qualification criteria and make recommendation on the awarding of qualifications, subject to internal quality assurance process

What you will bring:

To be successful, you will have excellent communication and customer care skills, suitable for dealing with a range of internal and external customers in a busy team, as well as being an excellent team player. You will undertake a wide range of administrative tasks, which will include word processing and data input using Microsoft Office and bespoke systems i.e. OneFile.

Prioritising and organising your own workload and being driven by working towards high standard and deadlines whilst adhering to defined business processes and ensuring attention to detail will be key to your success.

In return, you will be fully supported through a structured induction programme including in house training and shadowing experienced members of staff. As the role requires a flexible and agile approach, there is flexibility available around hours worked and work base.

Key attributes:

Up to date knowledge of awarding organisation requirements and standards for the awarding of qualifications
Up to date knowledge of assessment strategies and a range of assessment techniques
Occupational competence and knowledge at a level that meets or is higher than the qualifications being assessed
Can analyse information presented as evidence of competence by learner/candidates and from this make sound judgements on how well qualification standards have been met
For a detailed outline of the role, please see attached the job specification.

What we can offer…

You will have the opportunity to develop both knowledge and skills, and various benefits are available such as generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working, excellent pension scheme, salary sacrifice car, cycle, technology and childcare schemes and a package of ‘Everybody Benefits’ shopping vouchers, discounts and more. Please see our total rewards brochure for more information.

Contact and apply…

For an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Wendy Dodsworth on [email protected]

Applying is easy, simply click on apply now, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload by midnight on 1st March 2025.

Key Documents

Job Description Assessor Coach Grade H.docx

Total Rewards

Key Dates

Closing Date: Saturday 1st March 2025

Interview Date: Practical Exercise 4 March 2025 (Online) and Formal Interview 5th March 2025

Venue for Interview: Microsoft Teams

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

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