Training Qualifications UK - Lead Assessment Developer
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- End Date: November 21, 2025 (2 days left to apply)
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At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s our people who make this happen.
Permanent Full-time
Location: Remote, UK
Reports to: Assessment Manager
Salary: £36,000 - £39,000 per annum
Line management responsibilities: Yes
Closing date: 21/11/2025
**Application Instructions:
Please apply directly to Training Qualifications UK – Lead Assessment Developer
Applications submitted to AQA will be referred back to the sender**
For any queries relating to this role, please contact the Training Qualifications UK directly on the following email address: recruitment@tquk.org
Overview
Training Qualifications UK is the fastest-growing Awarding Organisation in the UK, and a market leading End-Point Assessment Organisation. We work with over 500 schools, colleges, universities, and training providers across the world to provide qualification certificates, endorsements, and apprenticeships to over 150,000 learners.
What’s the secret to our success? Simply put, we do things differently here!
The Lead Assessment Developer is a key role in ensuring the above. As a Lead Assessment Developer you will be responsible for the co-ordination of design and development of assessments for our qualifications. Utilising your assessment design knowledge and working with internal and external stakeholders, you will support the design and development of assessments to ensure we remain compliant and provide a quality service to all.
Additionally, you will support the Assessment Delivery and Qualifications Team Managers in overseeing daily operations and ensure that Centres, learners and staff have an efficient assessment delivery experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Support with assessment strategy and design approaches in line with technical guidance
- Responding and co-ordinating responses to feedback from regulatory bodies engaged with technical evaluation of new and existing qualifications and assessments
- Lead on the design and development of assessments for regulated qualifications
- Manage and lead assessment production team and processes ensuring high quality of live assessments
- Develop stakeholder engagement for assessment review and validation
- Collaborate with the Qualifications team to ensure that assessment developments are in line with requirements of qualifications and delivered on time
- Build and maintain a network of external subject matter experts, minimising costs for deployment to support effective assessment delivery
- Use technology to ensure excellent communication of information and materials to external subject matter experts and other assessment design stakeholders
- Ensure the Awarding Organisation meets all regulatory requirements for the design and production of assessments
- Management and co-ordination of a team of assessment officers and developers to support design and development of assessments, assessment strategies and sample assessments/mark schemes
- Support with the day-to-day operational functions of the wider Assessment teams where required, including Answer phone calls directed to the team, helping where possible and taking messages where required during busier periods.
- Line management of a team of assessment officers / developers
Other Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain an understanding of TQUK internal processes and of the wider educational landscape
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of TQUK products and services
- Manage data: inputting, filing, and monitoring
- Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of team Standard Operating Procedures
Key Requirements
- Must have previous experience of assessment design and/or production
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Have excellent project management skills
- Have excellent attention to detail
- Ability to organise and prioritise
- Be highly organised and efficient: someone who completes tasks that they start
- Be confident owning a process and managing your own time to meet deadlines
- Be prepared to work in a regulated environment with constant regard to requirements placed upon us by external regulators and TQUK processes and procedures.
Key Characteristics
Here are just a few of the essential soft skills you will need to successfully join our team:
- Be confident and ambitious with a ‘can do, will do’ attitude
- Be well motivated, enthusiastic and able to work on your own initiative
- Be able to have fun
- Work well with others
- Taking ownership of a task and seeing it through to completion
- Be able to keep an eye on the bigger picture and appreciate where your role fits into the business.
Key Benefits
- Training, Qualifications & Apprenticeships. It’s what we do!
- Company sick pay upon completion of probation.
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holiday (33 in total).
- Additional annual leave day each year, after 2 years of continuous service (up to 28 days).
- An extra day off to celebrate your birthday.
- Annual Loyalty Bonus.
- Annual salary review.
- Bupa healthcare benefits.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- NEST pension.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- A positive and supportive working environment.
- Comprehensive onboarding.
- A workplace that supports a healthy work/life balance.
Please see the Person Specification for this role here.
*We are an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Should you require any additional support during the recruitment process due to a disability, please contact us so we can assist you.
Recruitment Agencies
We have a preferred supplier list (PSL) in place.
Unsolicited CVs will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.
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About Us
AQA is an independent charity that sets and marks over half of all GCSEs and A-levels in the UK every year. Our purpose is to advance education by helping students and teachers to realise their potential. As part of AQA, you’ll very quickly appreciate the determination and unwavering passion to deliver this goal in everything we do. To help drive these ambitions, AQA invests in the development of its people by offering a range of professional development and learning opportunities leading to over 50% of our permanent roles being filled internally.
Reasonable Adjustments
If you have any requirements for reasonable adjustments in relation to the application, interview or the prospective job, please contact Faye Harrison (she/her) at fharrison@aqa.org.uk or on
07813 724161. We are asking for this information to make the process as equitable as possible for each candidate. Please note that Faye will not be able to assist you with enquiries regarding Temporary vacancies or non-recruitment enquiries. If you have query regarding Temporary vacancies, please contact:
Smart Working
We’re operating a smart working model. This allows for our colleagues to work from two days a week in one of our offices across England.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
AQA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone - regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, or background - is valued, respected, and supported to thrive.
Conflict of Interest
Please note that due to the confidential nature of our work, we are unable to employ people for our temporary roles who are currently a candidate for Key Stage 4 and 5 public examinations.
Safeguarding
AQA is committed to the safeguarding of children and adults at risk. We’re dedicated to reducing the risk of employing or contracting any person intent on abusing their position of trust, along with identifying and responding to any incident of alleged abuse from its employees or associates fairly and swiftly.
For more information on safeguarding at AQA please visit the AQA website here.
Contact
Temporary roles: temprecruit@aqa.org.uk
Permanent and Fixed Term roles: opportunities@aqa.org.uk