Assessment Officer

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The opportunity

As a leading provider of further education pre-degree qualifications, UAL Awarding Body is growing to meet the demand for our qualifications that inspire transformative education for young people. 

UAL Awarding Body is an awarding organisation specialising in qualifications within the performing and creative arts. The Assessment Officer is a new role and will be part of the Qualifications and Assessment team, who are responsible for designing and developing products and managing the product lifecycle. This role will contribute to the work of the team by facilitating the assessment production process and ensuring the creation and delivery of valid, reliable, and manageable assessments. 

Reporting to the Assessment Design Manager, the Assessment Officer, will also support the maintenance, development, and delivery of assessments to meet the requirements of internal and external stakeholders, the regulatory bodies and customers 

This role is an ideal opportunity to be part of a growing awarding organisation where the work is both stimulating and varied and makes a meaningful impact to the lives of young people and inspires educators who deliver our qualifications.   

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have excellent planning and organisation skills and understand the importance of keeping to deadlines. You will pride yourself on delivering high-quality work with attention to detail in document production.  

Verbal and written skills are paramount, alongside the ability to work as part of a team made up of multiple stakeholders across different professional levels. You will be able to manage multiple strands of work at any one time and be able to prioritise these frequently depending on manager and business needs.  

Experience of working on qualification and assessment development is desirable, but not essential.  

 Should you have any queries about this role please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Resourcing Adviser via email at RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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