Early Years Quality Assessor – Skills Centre – London

Are you passionate about maintaining excellence in Early Years training and assessment?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Internal Quality Assurer / Assessor to join a growing Early Years training team. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified professional to play a key role in ensuring high-quality delivery, assessment, and quality assurance across Early Years qualifications and apprenticeship programmes.

As an Internal Quality Assurer / Assessor, you will be responsible for ensuring assessment decisions are fair, consistent, and compliant with awarding organisation requirements. Working closely with tutors, assessors, learners, and employers, you will support the development of outstanding teaching, learning, assessment, and quality assurance practices that enable learners to achieve their full potential. You will also support learners directly through assessment and coaching activities where required.

The role is based in Lambeth, with regular travel to venues across London.

If you are an experienced Early Years professional with a passion for quality assurance, learner success, and continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.

• Conducting internal quality assurance activities across Early Years qualifications and apprenticeships.
• Sampling learner portfolios, assessment decisions, and workplace observations to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Providing detailed, constructive feedback and action plans to assessors and tutors.
• Supporting and mentoring assessors to continually improve teaching, learning, and assessment practices.
• Carrying out learner assessments, observations, and reviews where required.
• Monitoring learner progress and supporting achievement and timely completion.
• Preparing for and supporting External Quality Assurance (EQA) visits.
• Maintaining accurate records and quality assurance documentation.
• Ensuring compliance with awarding organisation, ESFA, Ofsted, and internal quality requirements.
• Supporting curriculum development and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Building positive relationships with employers, learners, and stakeholders.

• Experience assessing and/or quality assuring Early Years qualifications and apprenticeships.
• Strong knowledge of apprenticeship standards and End Point Assessment requirements.
• Experience using e-portfolio systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience preparing for external quality assurance visits.
• Knowledge of Ofsted Education Inspection Framework requirements.
• Experience supporting assessor standardisation and staff development activities.

• Level 3 Early Years qualification or above.
• Assessor qualification (CAVA, A1, D32/D33 or equivalent).
• Internal Quality Assurance qualification (IQA, V1, D34 or equivalent).
• GCSE Grade C/4 or equivalent in English and Maths.
• Teaching qualification such as Level 3 in Education and Training (desirable)

• Current Safeguarding Certificate

• Full UK driving licence
• Willingness to travel to learner and employer sites when required.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.
• Physically able to carry out the requirements of the role.
• Enhanced DBS on the update service (or willingness to apply for one)*.