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Deputy Director of Assessment - CLOSED

Permanent

Deadline

Application open to AlphaPlus and AQA employees only

Salary: £70,000 to £75,000 depending on qualifications and experience

THIS VACANCY IS NOW CLOSED

AlphaPlus is seeking an experienced individual to join our assessment development team as Deputy Director of Assessment.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced assessment professional who wants to expand their experience in a fast moving and dynamic organisation. The postholder will support the Director of Assessment in overseeing and managing AlphaPlus’ assessment design and development services and reporting to the management board on those services.  The work is varied and interesting with a variety of tasks including:

  • designing assessments to meet customer needs
  • managing the production, trialling and marking of assessments
  • training clients on the fundamentals of assessment and how to write items.

The post allows incumbents to work on designing, developing and delivering assessments for a wide variety of projects for different types of clients and assessments such as professional competency and licence to practice qualifications, publisher tests, public exam board qualifications, and government tests with UK and international clients.  Some projects are from cradle to grave so you will work on all aspects of the assessment process, others involve just the design and development of the assessments, or production of items or delivery of training.  Some assessments are paper-based and some are on-screen using a variety of platforms, including innovative adaptive assessments.

Eligible applicants will possess:

  • a master’s degree or higher in a related area or equivalent experience
  • strong project management skills, e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP or other methods
  • a creative and innovative approach to assessment design and development
  • a successful track record over a minimum of 5 years of working in the education sector in the UK or overseas, contributing to strategy development and delivery or business planning
  • at least 3 years’ professional experience and a demonstrable track record in the design, development and delivery of assessments.

The post is permanent, full-time working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday and is Manchester office-based.  The company offers hybrid working (two days per week minimum in the office, with three days working at home). 

The role will involve national and occasional international travel, potentially including working in customer offices.

Benefits include:

  • discretionary profit related bonus scheme
  • NEST workplace pension scheme – tier 1
  • enhanced sick pay cover
  • enhanced maternity/parental leave
  • 25 days paid leave plus the eight statutory bank holidays
  • commitment to developing the expertise of our employees.

For an informal discussion about the vacancy please contact Dave Mellor, Director of Assessment, dave.mellor@alphaplus.co.uk.

To apply:

This vacancy is restricted to AlphaPlus and AQA employees only.

The full job description is available here. 

Application is via the online application form available here.  To complete and submit your application you will also need to upload the following documents:

  • Your current CV, tailored to highlight relevant qualifications and experience
  • A covering statement which sets out how you meet the competencies relevant to this role including how you meet the most important personal attributes and details of your most significant relevant experience.

AlphaPlus is committed to providing equal opportunities to all and has an inclusive approach to recruitment, selection and employment.  You are invited to complete our online equal opportunities monitoring form. Demographic details requested as part of our monitoring process are not used in our selection process.

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