Jobs at FutureQuals

Summary of the role

Non-Executive member of the Governing Body of FutureQuals

Future Awards and Qualifications Ltd (FutureQuals) is a regulated awarding organisation offering a wide range of qualifications aimed primarily at the care and health sectors.

Our Values                                             

“We are a Visionary, Supportive, Innovative and Professional Awarding Organisation that is committed to excellence”.

Our Vision

“We envisage a place in which every learner realises their full potential”

Our Mission

“To provide respected and valued qualifications and assessment to enable quality assured learning”

FutureQuals has a close working relationship with the Ambulance Service and offers many qualifications specific to their employees and also offers a number of apprenticeships. A full list of FutureQuals current qualifications can be accessed at http://www.futurequals.com.

We have developed a genuine understanding and insight into all types of educational organisations, which ensures that we are highly responsive to their needs. We offer a wide range of benefits and support for our learners, our approved centres, and their assessment and quality assurance teams.

FutureQuals has grown considerably in the last few years so now feels that it is the right time to strengthen its Governing Body, the group, separate from the Board of the commercial organisation, remitted to ensure that FutureQuals maintains the systems, resources and expertise that allow the organisation to maintain both the standards of its qualifications and assessments and its continued regulatory compliance. FutureQuals has recently started to offer End Point Assessment for apprenticeships so the Governing Body feels that it would benefit from having a member who is an education specialist with particular experience in assessment within apprenticeships.

This post is not remunerated but attracts an honorarium of £250 per meeting plus reasonable expenses for travel to FutureQuals, which is based in Coalville, Leicestershire, where the quarterly meetings will be held.

How to apply

If you are looking for a challenging opportunity to offer your expertise and experience to help a growing awarding organisation to reach its full potential, please submit a written expression of interest covering your experience, areas of expertise and what you think you could bring to this role to Sue McGlynn, the Chair of the Governing Body, at sue.mcglynn@futurequals.com by 30 September 2018. If you would like an informal conversation beforehand, please call 01530 836662 to speak to Chris Young, Chair of FutureQuals.

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We are seeking a Head of End-Point Assessment Operations to provide outstanding management in a busy Awarding Organisation & End-Point Assessment Organisation, one with a wide variety of business and interests. Working closely with the rest of the senior management team, you will be an integral part of Future (Awards & Qualifications) Ltd, ensuring it delivers an outstanding business plan, supporting at all times:

Our Values

“We are a Visionary, Supportive, Innovative and Professional Awarding Organisation that is committed to excellence”

Our Vision

“We envisage a place in which every learner realises their full potential”

Our Mission

“To provide respected and valued qualifications and assessment to enable quality assured learning”

The role is primarily to manage the apprenticeship consultancy & end-point assessment (EPA) services.

Also responsible for collaboratively working with the wider senior management team in the promotion of FutureQuals as the awarding organisation of choice, ensuring effective communication with all stakeholders to promote knowledge and understanding of FutureQuals products and services.

We can offer you a mix of challenges, learning and development opportunities in a dynamic and interesting environment.

If you would like further information regarding this role, please contact: EPAO@futurequals.com

To apply, please contact: recruitment@futurequals.com using ‘Head of End-Point Assessment Operations position’ as the subject header

Closing date is the 21st September 2018

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Role Purpose:

To conduct and document apprentice competence against Apprenticeship Standards when requested by the End Point Assessment Team.

The key responsibilities:

• Assessing and documenting apprentice competence against industry specific Apprenticeship Standards, at designated venues using the assessment methods and grading criteria documented in the Apprenticeship Standard Assessment Plan to ensure that overall standards are maintained.
• Providing technical, Apprenticeship Standard specific advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders and advice and support at end point assessment sites and to the End Point Assessment Team.
• Taking part in regular training and standardisation activities, associated with the role of independent end point assessor.
• Maintaining and providing evidence of up to date and ongoing, relevant Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Maintaining service-level agreements relating to responding to end-point assessment operational activities, reporting and submissions of assessment outcomes.
• Reporting all risks and issues encountered during the end-point assessment, including suspected malpractice/maladministration, to the Lead Independent End Point Assessor and the End Point Assessment Team.
• Reporting potential and/or actual conflicts of interest, including in relation to the independence of assessment, to the Lead Independent End Point Assessor and the End Point Assessment Team.
• Taking part in best practice, training and standardisation activities to ensure a consistent approach to independent endpoint assessment.
• Maintaining a thorough knowledge of Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd independent end point assessment policies and procedures.

If you would like further information regarding this role, please contact: EPAO@futurequals.com

To apply, please contact: recruitment@futurequals.com     Closing date is the 5th October 2018

Please note that our Independent End-point Assessors are contracted on an annual basis, and that this is not a permanent role with Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd.

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Role Purpose:

To monitor and support Independent End Point Assessors to ensure a standardised approach to quality
assurance activities.

The key responsibilities:

• Providing advice and guidance to the End Point Assessment Team and the Independent End Point
  Assessors including undertaking accompanied visits when required.
• Reporting trends and issues identified by Independent End Point Assessors, End Point Assessment
  customers and through sampling activities to the End Point Assessment Team.
• Implementing sampling plans, in line with the sampling strategy, recording sampling on sampling
  records.
• Producing a Lead Independent End Point Assessor report for the End Point Assessment Team,
  reporting on trends and issues identified by Independent End Point Assessors, End Point Assessment
  customers and sampling activities.
• Standardising Independent End Point Assessor practice, to ensure that End Point assessment
  practices, policies and procedures are adhered to in line with Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
  and regulatory arrangements.
• Supporting the development, facilitation and delivery of Independent End Point Assessor
  standardisation and training sessions/activities.
• Monitoring and documenting Independent End Point Assessors’ risk and/or potential and actual
  conflicts of interest, in line with Future (Awards and Qualifications) policies and procedures.
• Providing technical, Apprenticeship Standard specific advice to a range of internal and external
  stakeholders.
• Maintaining and providing evidence of up to date and ongoing, relevant Continuous Professional
  Development (CPD).
• Maintaining a thorough knowledge of Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd independent endpoint
  assessment policies and procedures.

If you would like further information regarding this role, please contact: EPAO@futurequals.com

To apply, please contact: recruitment@futurequals.com      Closing date is the 5th October 2018

Please note that our Independent End-point Assessors are contracted on an annual basis, and that this is not a permanent role with Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd

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FutureQuals are looking for EQA’s with occupational expertise in the following areas to quality assurer on our behalf throughout the UK:

• Associate Ambulance Practitioners
• Clinical Healthcare
• Residential Childcare

Some of the key responsibilities as an External Quality Assurer are:

Evaluating new centres following the procedures and processes laid down by Future and recommending to the Head of Quality whether or not to approve them.
Conducting post-approval visits to approved centres to advise them on the requirements of FutureQuals.
Monitoring the on-going compliance of specified centres with the regulatory requirements, as laid down in FutureQuals procedures and processes. In particular, to ensure and verify the consistency of assessment decisions for specified qualifications across their allocated centres.
Ensure assessment practice confirms Validity, Authenticity, Reliability, Currency and Sufficiency.
Ensure Internal Quality Assurance practice and procedures meet FutureQuals and regulatory requirements and that practice confirms Validity, Authenticity, Reliability, Currency and Sufficiency.
Ensure that Centre Staff and Resources are appropriate to the qualification being delivered.
Meet with staff and learners to discuss aspects of the qualification, including induction, assessment process, resources, qualification structure and the student support/ mentoring process.
Provide positive feedback, identify areas of good practice and encourage Centres to develop their practice.

Please see the person and job specification and terms and conditions for full details.

If you would like further information regarding this role, please contact: qualityassurance@futurequals.com

To apply, please download and complete the EQA application form and email it to: recruitment@futurequals.com      Closing date: ongoing