Moderators – Health (supporting Mental Health)

Overview

As a Moderator in NCFE’s External Quality Assurance team, you will ensure centres assess learners fairly and to national standards. You review centre-marked work, apply quality assurance principles, and provide clear feedback. Your mental health background and teaching/assessing experience underpin accurate moderation. The role runs a flexible contract with a training session in March 2027 and peak moderation activity from April to August 2027, involving cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• full training provided
• tools and equipment supplied
• contracted as flexible worker not required to be self-employed
• supportive quality assurance environment
• NCFE values and behavioural framework adherence

Responsibilities

• Conduct moderation activities in line with awarding organisation and regulatory requirements
• Attend standardisation and team meetings
• Review centre marking for accuracy and consistency
• Produce clear, timely moderation reports within SLAs
• Plan and manage moderation activity for allocated centres
• Support continuous improvement by sharing best practice
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of qualification, assessment requirements, and subject area

Key requirements

• Level 3 in mental health or a closely related subject area
• Current or recent occupational experience in the mental health sector
• Experience of teaching, assessing, internal quality assuring and/or moderating vocational or academic qualifications
• Strong knowledge of assessment and quality assurance processes
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Commitment to maintaining high standards and delivering a positive experience for centres

• Excellent written communication
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently
• Quality assurance processes
• Assessment and moderation methods
• Report-writing

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