Freelance Digital Support Apprenticeship Assessment Assessor
Job Description
Freelance Apprenticeship Assessment Assessor
Location: Remote with travel for assessments
Salary: up to £250 per day
Line management responsibilities: No
Overview
Training Qualifications UK (TQUK) is the UK's fastest-growing awarding organisation and a market-leading assessment organisation. We partner with more than 500 schools, colleges, universities, and training providers worldwide, supporting over 150,000 learners each year through qualifications, endorsements, and apprenticeships.
Our success lies in doing things differently, placing innovation, integrity, and quality at the heart of everything we do.
The role of a Freelance Apprenticeship Assessment Assessor is to provide independent, fair, reliable, and consistent assessment services to Training Qualifications UK customers working with Apprenticeship Standards. Apprenticeship Assessment Assessors are required to use assessment experience with robust and relevant industry knowledge to form judgements and grading decisions upon the completion of a variety of assessment activities, which test the apprentices' occupational competency.
This role requires someone flexible in their approach to all tasks, with the independence to travel as and when the business requires. It also demands exceptional assessment abilities coupled with the ability to act with integrity and impartiality.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, deliver, and record assessment activity in line with apprenticeship standards and awarding organisation requirements.
- Other related standards may be added once training has been completed.
- Make objective, evidence-based assessment decisions that are valid, reliable, and consistent.
- Ensure assessment practice complies with regulatory requirements, including those relating to independence and conflicts of interest.
- Provide clear, constructive, and timely feedback to apprentices.
- Maintain accurate, auditable, and compliant assessment records.
- Contribute to the design and development of assessment materials, including:
- Question banks
- Examination papers
- Mark schemes and grading criteria
- Review and validate assessment content to ensure:
- Technical accuracy
- Occupational relevance
- Alignment with current industry practice and standards
- Act as a Subject Advisor where specified within apprenticeship standards.
- Support continuous improvement through review of assessment performance data and feedback.
Standardisation & Quality Assurance
- Participate in and, where required, lead standardisation activities to ensure consistency and comparability of assessment decisions.
- Support the induction, training, and calibration of assessors, including freelance or associate staff.
- Guide the interpretation of standards and assessment requirements.
- Contribute to internal quality assurance processes and continuous improvement activity.
External Quality Assurance (EQA) Activity
- Undertake EQA activity to assure the quality, consistency, and integrity of assessment decisions.
- Sample assessment decisions and associated evidence in line with quality assurance strategy.
- Monitor assessment practice and identify risks, trends, and areas for improvement.