Employment & Distance Learning Coordinator

About the role:
Please note we don't have a fixed closing date but instead will close the role when we have sufficient applicants to interview so apply soon to not miss out!

Coordination Duties

• Develop and co-ordinate all Employment & Distance Learning curriculum activity
  
• Manage the employability and Distance learning to team to ensure they are completing learners in timely manner.
  
• Work with Partnership organisations to ensure all programmes developed and running with maximum learners on programme. 
  
• Support the course area in ensuring regular tracking, reviews and assessment cycles. Monitor action plans for those learners not on track for timely achievement within the course area.
  
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of qualification frameworks, subject specifications, assessment procedures and national initiatives. 
  
• Liaise with the Quality Team and Quality Improvement Leader on a regular basis. 
  
• Liaise closely with the wider Employer Engagement and Innovation team to enhance learner recruitment activity. 
  
• Be learner's first point of contact for the delivery area to ensure a responsive provision and high satisfaction with the service delivered.
  
• Support colleagues with the production of an annual Self-Assessment Report 
  
• Deputise for the Innovation and Distance Learning Manager in their absence.

IQA Duties

• Plan and implement the internal quality assurance of assessment activity related to allocated courses in accordance with college policies and awarding body requirements.
  
• Sample assessment decisions in accordance with college policies and awarding body requirements ensuring consistency of decisions across the team. 
  
• Observe teaching and assessor practice and record the outcome of the observation.
  
• Provide constructive feedback to tutors/ assessors on observed and sampled assessment activity. 
  
• Share and promote good practice across the team 
  
• Agree on individual training and development plans with the delivery team 
  
• Evaluate and improve internal assessment and quality assurance systems in liaison with the Curriculum and Quality Improvement team. 
  
• Organise and run a series of standardisation meetings with all team members as required.
  
• Work with tutors/ assessors to ensure success rate targets are achieved.
  
• Liaise with awarding bodies and standards verifiers as required.
  

General: 

The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. The post holder must comply with and implement relevant health, safety, security and welfare processes as required by the relevant statutory or college procedures.