We are currently seeking an External Quality Assurer on a fulltime basis to ensure the quality and consistency of IMI qualifications, apprenticeship standards and products against IMI and regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities:
- Monitor Centres Quality and Compliance
- Carries out visits to UK centres to monitor their performance against awarding organisation and regulatory requirements
- To ensure the quality and consistency of IMI qualifications & products monitored against IMI and regulatory requirements
- Carry out risk assessment of each centre allocated in line with IMI policies and procedures
- Reports accurately on centre performance and the risk associated with the centres activities
- Identifies any areas of non-compliance, high risk and development needs at centres and produces effective action plan(s) and issues sanctions where appropriate
- Provides support and advice to centres on improving the performance, effectiveness, quality and consistency of their delivery of IMI qualifications & products
- Carries out visits to prospective centres as requested by the Lead External Quality Assurer and makes recommendations for approval (or otherwise)
- Carries out investigative visits as directed by the Lead External Quality Assurer
- Provides accurate reports of own activity and performance to the Lead External Quality Assurer
- Participates in standardisation and external quality assurance meetings
- Delivers training workshops internally, externally and internationally
Desirable Knowledge & Skills:
- Appropriate occupational qualifications: i.e. Level 3 Qualification in Light Vehicle / Accident Repair / IMI EV Qualifications 1 - 4
- Appropriate assessor and internal quality assurer qualifications: i.e. Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes
- Level 4 Certificate in Leading IQA
- Appropriate external quality assurer qualifications (to be achieved once in post): i.e. Level 4 Award in Understanding the External QA of Assessment
To find out more about this opportunity or to apply please send your CV along with a covering letter to laurent@theimi.org.uk
Download the job description here.