Subject Chair – Healthcare Science
Overview:
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid (Head Office: Quorum Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne)
This is a hybrid working role, you'll be on occasions be required to attend meetings/events at Q6 (Head Office)
Hours per week: 37Salary: Up to £37,000, depending on experience
About the role
We’re excited to be looking for a Subject Chair – Healthcare Science to join our Assessment Solutions team.
As a Subject Chair, you’ll provide subject matter and assessment expertise necessary to support NCFE in setting and maintaining consistent standards across assessments within a subject area across levels, modes over time. You’ll have overall accountability to produce valid, reliable assessments within our Level 3 T level qualification.
You’ll work closely with the Lead Assessment Solutions Officer and the Assessment Solutions team to ensure our live externally set assessments meet the needs of customers, while adhering to relevant technical guidance and regulatory requirements.
Additionally, you’ll work with the Assessment Design department to develop the blueprint for our as-sessments and to ensure our assessment strategy and technical design documents remain valid throughout the duration of the qualification.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Accountability for the production and sign-off of valid and reliable assessments, monitoring comparability between paper-based and on-screen assessments, particularly in relation to level of demand and validity of technical content.
- Overall accountability for ensuring all assessments and test specifications meet requirements set out in technical design documents.
- Ensuring assessment papers (including on-screen and controlled assessments where appro-priate) and mark schemes meet the requirements of the assessment criteria as set out in the specification.
- Setting and reviewing grade cut scores.
- Responsibility for ensuring the awarding of fair and accurate results, including setting and re-viewing grade boundaries, and maintaining standards in achievement
We’d love to hear from you if you offer the following:
- Educated to degree level in a Biological Science or relevant equivalent experience. We will consider other relevant qualifications and specialisms relating to the role
- Experience of writing and/or reviewing assessments and mark schemes for qualifications in the Healthcare Science/Science industry
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with competing deadlines.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including good grammar and spelling.
- Negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, ability to work accurately and consistently.
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What will we offer you in return?
Below are just some of the fantastic benefits we’ll offer you to support you both professionally and personally. You can also visit our Benefits page which covers financial, physical and mental health support, time off and your development.- Annual leave starting at 25 days and increasing up to 30 days with length of service
- 8 bank holidays and an additional 3 days off during the Christmas closure
- YOU celebration day to celebrate your birthday or another life event
- YOU hour allowing you one hour per month to spend time on something that promotes your wellbeing
- Learning and Wellbeing fund of up to £200 per year
- £400 towards any NCFE accredited qualifications per year
- Up to 20 Volunteering hours per year
- Flexible working culture with a hybrid working approach
- Early finish on a Friday at 4:30pm to start your weekend early
- Health cash plan through Westfield to claim towards health costs such as dental and optical
- Tech and Home scheme with savings at Currys and IKEA
- Employee Assistance Programme with a confidential helpline and access to face to face and telephone counselling
- Pension of up to 9% employer contribution when you contribute 3%
- Death in service payment worth 4 x your salary
Shape real change with an NCFE career
Imagine a career where your contributions affect not only what people learn, but the way that learning is developed and delivered.
With over 170 years of education experience our core purpose remains at the heart of the organisation – to promote and advance learning to create a fairer, more inclusive society, making sure no learner is left behind.
Want to know more? Take a look at our website https://www.ncfe.org.uk/
How to apply
Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.
Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV if you have the commitment to excel in this position.
Closing Date: Sunday 2 February 2025Interview Date: Monday 10 February 2025
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement
We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.
We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.