Assessors

Job Description

Welcome to DN Colleges Group. DN Colleges Group is a major education provider in South Yorkshire, Greater Lincolnshire and the Humber Region, incorporating Doncaster College and North Lindsey College. Every year, we inspire thousands of students to develop skills that will help them reach their full potential. We offer a wide range of further education, adult education and higher education choices, professional and technical qualifications, apprenticeships and bespoke courses, with a variety of full-time and part-time training options.

Description

Assessors evaluate students’ submissions according to predetermined learning outcomes. Assessors may either calculate and award a final grade or decide on students’ overall competence by indicating whether they have met the stipulated course requirements. We are recruiting for a motivated and experienced Assessor to measure our students’ performance in various courses.

As an Assessor you will collect all scripts, check students’ responses against model answers, and then decide whether students have met each key learning outcome. You should then return the submissions to our offices for collection by the Moderators. To succeed as an Assessor, you should remain updated with course content as it evolves. Exceptional Assessors will provide feedback on memorandums to improve their accuracy.

Responsibilities

Collect students’ submissions by stipulated dates.
Evaluate students’ grasp of pertinent subject matter by comparing their answers to the memorandum.
Use discretion when evaluating ambiguous responses.
Calculate total marks for each section and then summing these to arrive at a final score.
Check your marking to detect and amend oversights.
Noting students’ submissions and capturing all final grades.
Return marked scripts to agreed-upon venues for subsequent collection by our Moderators.
Report errors and omissions that you detect in the memorandums.

Qualifications/ Experience

Completion of an accredited Assessors training programme.eg (CAVA or its equivalent)
Excellent communicator, with the ability to engage with and motivate students at all levels
Demonstrable experience assessing similar subject matter.
Fair, meticulous, and swift approach to assessment.
Exceptional record-keeping, multitasking, and dispute resolution abilities.
Adherence to predetermined assessment-related deadlines.
Unwavering observation of guidelines surrounding confidentiality.
Capacity to transport and assess scripts in a safe manner.