Director of Assessment
Location: Cardiff, hybrid working (minimum of 1 day on site per fortnight)
Salary: £90,786 - £100,113 per annum
Annual leave: 41 days leave per year
Contributory Pension scheme: LGPS or the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
As one of the leading awarding organisations in the UK, WJEC develops and delivers high quality, innovative qualifications to schools and colleges across the UK. We also support our education communities by providing a broad range of specialist support, providing our learners the opportunity to reach their full potential.
WJEC is expanding its offering through the creation of new Vocational Qualifications and the development of a reformed suite of GCSEs and related qualifications. It is strengthening its Qualifications and Assessment team through the introduction of a new Director of Assessment to strategically lead our Assessment delivery, Assessment workforce and Professional learning teams.
As our Director of Assessment, you will be engaging and influencing qualifications and assessment policy and ensuring that WJEC’s assessments meet regulatory and specification requirements and are valid, reliable, fair and accessible.
Reporting to the Executive Director for Qualifications & Assessment, you will be leading a team of 100 and hold overall responsibility for the quality and standard of all assessments, enabling all learners to demonstrate what they know, understand and can do, and to progress to the next stage in their learning and lives.
You’ll have a thorough knowledge of assessment principles and a strong understanding of the context and organisation of education in Wales and England to represent WJEC at Regulatory meetings on assessment matters, with a commercial mindset to lead on contract management and strategic workforce planning of our assessment teams.
To apply for this position and details of how to apply, please click Apply.
For an informal, confidential conversation about the role, please contact our advisors at GatenbySanderson: Stephanie Crossland at stephanie.crossland@gatenbysanderson.com
The deadline for application is Monday 3rd June 2024, 9:00am.