Access to HE Diploma Moderator – Nursing (Freelance)
- Location:London
- Remuneration:£Competitive
OCN London is seeking to appoint a Nursing specialist to contribute to the work of the Access to HE team.
Although we work with Access to HE providers based throughout England, for this role, we are particularly seeking specialists who are based in London or able to travel to undertake moderation at Access to HE providers in Greater London.
External moderators play an important role in OCN London’s quality assurance strategy by ensuring that the operation and assessment of Access to HE Diploma courses are valid, reliable, fit for purpose and inclusive.
Subject specialist moderators are allocated moderation responsibilities at two or more centres to moderate one or more courses that come within your area of subject expertise.
Access to HE Diploma courses usually run from September to July. A mid-year moderation engagement is completed by the moderation team halfway through the year (usually February or March) – this may take the form of a half-day visit to the provider or an online moderation.
A Final Moderation visit is made at the end of the academic year (June or July) to confirm the learners’ achievement of the Diploma. Moderators are also required to participate in a training session in January.
Occasionally, there are other opportunities for external moderators to be involved in development work for Access to HE Diplomas, such as by producing exemplar assessment materials, being involved in unit reviews and validation panels or facilitating standardisation events.
The applicant may be appointed to moderate (click on the links to find out more about the qualifications):
Nursing
Midwifery
Health and Social Care
Health and Human Sciences (where this Diploma is run as a progression route to Nursing)
Paramedic Science
Applicants will be required to demonstrate
- Sound understanding of the Access to HE Diploma
- A degree in Nursing or a related subject area, or relevant academic/professional experience*
- Experience of teaching Nursing or a related subject area at Level 3 or above
- Commitment to equality of opportunity and widening participation
- Experience of adult teaching and learning
- Excellent interpersonal skills, proven organisational ability and report writing skills
*If the degree is in a related subject area, please note that human biology needs to have been studied at Level 4 or above to moderate Nursing, Midwifery or Paramedic Science. If the applicant does not have sufficient expertise in biology, then it may be possible to appoint specialists to moderate the Health and Social Care or Social Work Diploma but work may not be available until 2025-26 academic year.
If you think you have what it takes to become an OCN London Access to HE moderator, please email an up-to-date CV to sarah@ocnlondon.org.uk
Access to HE Diploma Moderator – Computing (Freelance)
- Location:London
- Remuneration:£Competitive
OCN London is seeking to appoint a Computing specialist to contribute to the work of the Access to HE team.
Although we work with Access to HE providers based throughout England, for this role, we are particularly seeking a specialist who is based in London or able to travel to undertake moderation at Access to HE providers in the Greater London area.
External moderators play an important role in OCN London’s quality assurance strategy by ensuring that the operation and assessment of Access to HE Diploma courses are valid, reliable, fit for purpose and inclusive.
Subject specialist moderators are allocated moderation responsibilities at two or more centres to moderate one or more courses that come within your area of subject expertise.
Access to HE Diploma courses usually run from September to July. A mid-year moderation engagement is completed by the moderation team halfway through the year (usually February or March) – this may take the form of a half-day visit to the provider or an online moderation.
A Final Moderation visit is made at the end of the academic year (June or July) to confirm the learners’ achievement of the Diploma. Moderators are also required to participate in a training session in January.
The applicant may be appointed to moderate (click on the links to find out more about the qualifications):
Computing
Digital Technologies and Computer Science
Occasionally, there are other opportunities for external moderators to be involved in development work for Access to HE Diplomas, such as by producing exemplar assessment materials, being involved in unit reviews and validation panels or facilitating standardisation events.
Applicants will be required to demonstrate
- Sound understanding of the Access to HE Diploma
- A degree in Computing or a related subject area, or relevant industrial/professional experience (where the degree is in a related subject area, experience of studying maths at Level 4 or above is desirable).
- Experience of teaching Computing or a related subject area at Level 3 or above
- Commitment to equality of opportunity and widening participation
Experience of adult teaching and learning - Excellent interpersonal skills, proven organisational ability and report writing skills
If you think you have what it takes to become an OCN London Access to HE moderator, please email an up-to-date CV to sarah@ocnlondon.org.uk
External Quality Assurers (EQA) (Freelance)
- Location:UK or Internationally based
- Remuneration:£Competitive rates
OCN London is always keen to hear from experienced External Quality Assurers for its broad range of specialist subject, employment and life skills-focused qualifications.
Currently, we are specifically looking for people with any of the following focused Teaching/Assessment/IQA/EQA background:
- Fluent in Albanian (reading, writing and speaking)
- Equine
- Health and Social Care
- Sports Massage
Alongside this we are also looking for someone who is based in the Northern region of the UK.
Although we have centres based throughout England, the majority of our EQA engagements are now undertaken remotely, so we would be happy to receive applications from suitably experienced EQAs, within or outside of the UK.
EQA-qualified individuals are desirable but those with sufficient IQA or EQA experience, without a formal qualification, will always be considered for these freelance roles.
Please check out our qualifications area to explore what we offer and see whether you have the relevant EQA skills to work with us.
What we need you to do:
You will be focused on ensuring quality standards and continuous improvement are evident at our Approved Centres, and that Centres and qualifications are monitored, moderated, risk assessed, and risk rated. EQAs are given an individual portfolio of centres to manage, and representative half-daily and daily rates are paid for all work undertaken.
If you think you have what it takes to become an OCN London EQA, please email an up-to-date CV to recruitment@ocnlondon.org.uk
End Point Developers and Assessors (Freelance)
- Location:UK based
- Remuneration:£Competitive rates
OCN London is a newly Ofqual approved End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) and we are delighted to be working with an extensive range of industry partners to offer our EPAO services for a range of apprenticeship standards within the Creative Industries. OCN London is looking to both develop and support assessments that are robust and accurate.
Both the roles on offer are Freelance, with the Developer role working to create the assessment materials and activities as defined with the relevant Standard; the Assessor role involves assessing candidates in the final stages of their apprenticeship in line with the End Point Assessment Plan.
OCN London will provide full training on our requirements of both roles as well as internal quality assurance processes
In both cases you will need:
- A thorough practical knowledge of what constitutes effective performance and good working practices in the occupational context
- A Vocational Qualification or industry accepted equivalent discipline qualification or equivalent technical experience – if you are working towards becoming an End Point Assessor, or looking to work in this area then do please contact us
- Ideally have relevant professional body membership
- Ideally have relevant experience in resource development/teaching/training/assessing /interviewing
The standards we are looking to recruit for are:
- Level 3 Costume technician – stage and screen (ST0783)
- Level 3 Hair, wigs, make-up and prosthetics technician (ST0918)
- Level 3 Content creator (ST0105)
- Level 3 Props technician (ST0174)
- Level 3 Creative industries production technician (ST1297)
- Level 3 Scenic artist (ST0916)
- Level 3 Scenic construction technician (ST0917)
- Level 3 Scenic automation technician (ST0915)
If you are interested, please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@ocnlondon.org.uk
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Access to HE Diploma Moderators – London Based (Freelance)
- Location:London
- Remuneration:£Competitive
OCN London is seeking to appoint subject specialists to contribute to the work of the Access to HE team.
We are particularly seeking specialists who are based in London or able to travel to undertake moderation at Access to HE providers in Greater London.
External moderators play an important role in OCN London’s quality assurance strategy by ensuring that the operation and assessment of Access to HE Diploma courses are valid, reliable, fit for purpose and inclusive.
Subject specialist moderators are allocated moderation responsibilities at two or more centres to moderate one or more courses that come within your area of subject expertise.
Access to HE Diploma courses usually run from September to July. A mid-year moderation engagement is completed by the moderation team halfway through the year (usually February or March) – this may take the form of a half-day visit to the provider or an online moderation.
A Final Moderation visit is made at the end of the academic year (June or July) to confirm the learners’ achievement of the Diploma. Moderators are also required to participate in an online training session and online standardisation session in February.
Occasionally, there are other opportunities for external moderators to be involved in development work for Access to HE Diplomas, such as by producing exemplar assessment materials, being involved in unit reviews and validation panels or facilitating standardisation events.
For 2025-26, we are particularly seeking to appoint moderators with specialisms in (click on the links to find out more about the qualifications):
Health and Social Care: Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care or Health and Human Sciences
Humanities, Social Science and Policing: Humanities and Social Science, Social Science, Social Work, Law, Policing or Policing and Criminology
Science: Medical Biosciences, Medicine, Radiography or Science
Applicants will be required to demonstrate
- Sound understanding of the Access to HE Diploma
- A degree in the subject area or a related subject area, or relevant academic/professional experience*
- Experience of teaching the subject or a related subject area at Level 3 or above
- Commitment to equality of opportunity and widening participation
- Experience of adult teaching and learning
- Excellent interpersonal skills, proven organisational ability and report writing skills
*If the degree is in a related subject area, please note that human biology needs to have been studied at Level 4 or above to moderate the Health and Social Care qualifications.
If you think you have what it takes to become an OCN London Access to HE moderator, please email an up-to-date CV to Sarah Francis, Access to HE Standards Coordinator: sarah@ocnlondon.org.uk.