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Part-time position

External Quality Assurer (First Aid) - Part-time

ITC First is a family run awarding organisation and End Point Assessment organisation specialising in qualifications that support outdoor and remote workers. We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated External Quality Assurer to join our team. This permanent position is ideally suited to someone with a training, assessment and quality assurance background.

If successful, you will be a member of the ITC EQA team, visiting and supporting Centres delivering regulated qualifications, primarily first aid and other short qualifications.

ITC’s focus is to support our centres and help them to prosper and succeed. Read more about ITC’s Culture and Values on the ITC First Website.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• To provide advice, feedback and support to Centre Managers, Internal Quality Assurers and Assessors/Trainers
• To be a representative and embodiment of ITC, its culture, values and ethos
• To externally quality assure the work of Centres by monitoring Centre activity
• To promote and share good practice
• To follow and contribute to ITC’s External Quality Assurance process designed to demonstrate the meeting of minimum standards but importantly to provide access to opportunities for personal and business development
• To attend and contribute to standardisation meetings
• To complete Centre reports
• To monitor action plans

The External Quality Assurer will be a person who:

• Is self-reliant and self-motivated
• Is able to work as part of a small team
• Has excellent communication skills
• Can use IT systems
• Has a flexible approach
• Has professional experience in the education and training sector, evidenced by assessing qualification, IQA qualification and first aid qualifications
• Ideally, located in the South of England

 

Working for ITC First

ITC First is a flexible, and are proud to state a Living Wage Accredited, employer.  A summary of ITC’s terms are provided below:

• Part-Time (15hrs/week average)
• Flexible working hours (Flexitime)
• Location: South of England - homeworking
• NEST Pension scheme
• 22 days holiday (Pro-rata) in addition to public holidays
• Starting Salary £30,000 (Pro-rata)
• This role reports to the ITC Chief Verifier

Closing date for applications - 28 February 2025.

Interviews will be held in March 2025.

To apply for this role please submit a covering letter and CV to mark@itcfirst.org.uk.

For further information or if you would like to discuss this role, please email mark@itcfirst.org.uk or call 0345 370 7610.

Full Time Position

Compliance Officer

ITC First is a family run awarding organisation and End Point Assessment organisation specialising in qualifications that support outdoor and remote workers. We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated compliance officer to join our team. This permanent position is ideally suited to someone with a compliance or audit background.

If successful, you will be a key member of the ITC team and the central point of contact for ITC’s regulators, responsible for ensuring ITC’s policies, procedures and operations remain compliant and overseeing quality assurance activities. You will also be responsible for ensuring ITC’s End Point Assessment (EPA) systems are effective and compliant.

ITC’s focus is to support our centres and help them to prosper and succeed. Read more about ITC’s Culture and Values on the ITC First Website.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Main point of contact for ITC’s external regulators
• Responding to compliance queries, flagging and reporting compliance issues
• Interpreting and communicating regulations, guidance and publications from the regulators
• Production of compliance reports, annually, quarterly and ad-hoc
• Development of office regulated procedures
• Responding to requests from external regulators, including audits
• Producing (or assisting to produce) and reviewing reports for a range of other stakeholders and purposes
• Develop and oversee ITC’s End Point Assessment (EPA) activities
• Attend meetings and events organised by regulators and report to the CEO/Policy Review Committee
• Assist with the maintenance and management of ITC qualifications
• Chair the ITC Appeals Committee
• Comprehensive record keeping
• The key point of contact for responding to complaints
• Contributing member of the ITC Policy Committee

The Compliance Officer will be a person who:

• Is positive and self-motivated with a can-do approach to problem solving
• Is able to work as part of a small team
• Is organised, meticulous and capable of working to deadlines,
• Has excellent communication skills
• Can use IT systems in a busy organisation
• Has a flexible approach
• (Desirable) Educated to at least Level 6 (Degree level)
• (Desirable) Has professional experience in the education training sectors

 

Working for ITC First

ITC First is a flexible, and are proud to state a Living Wage Accredited, employer.  A summary of ITC’s terms are provided below:

• Full-Time (37.5hrs/week)
• Flexible working hours (flexitime)
• Location Hartlepool (hybrid working considered)
• NEST Pension scheme
• 22 days holiday in addition to public holidays
• Starting Salary £30,000 - £35,000 (dependent on experience)
• This role reports to the ITC CEO

Closing date for applications - 14 February 2025.

Interviews will be held at the end of February.

To apply for this role please submit a covering letter and CV to mark@itcfirst.org.uk.

For further information or if you would like to discuss this role, please email mark@itcfirst.org.uk or call 0345 370 7610.