Work Based Assessor in Childcare and Teaching Assistants (Maternity Cover) to July 2025, Abergele

The Child care department offers a range of qualifications namely child care, children and young people, teaching assistant and also in playwork. This role involves being responsible for the recruitment, retention and completion of a standardised caseload of learners that have chosen to enrol on a Childcare/ or children and young people's qualification.

The Assessor is responsible for delivery of training, assessment and quality assurance of learners’ work. The assessor will be overseeing learners’ knowledge and practical competence in the workplace setting.

The assessor will be expected to recruit, support and encourage marketing activities in line with the Programme area, and engage with employer engagement events for a variety of qualifications in Childcare, Teaching Assistants, children and young people and Playwork and support fellow assessors. The assessor must support and monitor learner’s progress and timely completions, and attend Programme Area and standardisation meetings.

On a daily basis the role involves meeting with learners and employers within different workplace settings, predominantly remotely but with some travel expected, working independently ensuring compliance with qualification requirements.

The assessor requires the skills to plan visits in a logical manner with due regard to restricting travelling, in order to make the best use of time as well as providing resources and support to meet the individual needs of each and every learner in the language of their choice.

The assessor will be representing the Childcare team of assessors within Busnes@GLLM and will be expected to promote the courses offered, to encourage recruitment.