At a Glance
- Tasks: Assess exam arrangements and provide tailored support for students with high needs.
- Company: Join Bedford College, a supportive and inclusive educational environment.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, generous leave, pension scheme, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture focused on continuous improvement and student success.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while developing your career in education.
- Qualifications: Hold or be working towards a relevant qualification in assessment.
The predicted salary is between 41085 - 41085 £ per year.
Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus
Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £30,915 and £41,085 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, People’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year
Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time
Right to Work: You must have the Right to Work in the UK. We do not offer sponsorship.
About the role
- Access Arrangements & Assessment: Conduct JCQ‑compliant access arrangements assessments, including learner interviews, to identify appropriate exam adjustments and support strategies.
- SEND Support & Caseload Management: Manage a caseload of High Needs students, providing tailored support recommendations and working with curriculum teams to promote achievement and inclusion.
- Administration, Records & Compliance: Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date records and student data, ensuring documentation meets funding, audit and regulatory requirements.
- Quality Assurance & Best Practice: Support quality assurance processes, share best practice across assessors, and contribute to continuous improvement of access arrangements and support provision.
- Collaboration, Development & Professional Practice: Work collaboratively across ALS and curriculum teams, participate in CPD, support recruitment/events, and uphold safeguarding, EDI and health & safety standards.
About you
- Specialist Qualifications & Assessment Expertise: Hold (or working towards) a SpLD or CPT3A qualification, with strong knowledge of JCQ regulations and current experience conducting high‑quality access arrangement assessments.
- SEND Assessment & Learner Outcomes: Proven ability to assess learner needs, deliver tailored support and contribute to improved retention, achievement and inclusive learning experiences.
- Compliance, Data & Quality Assurance: Skilled in maintaining accurate records, adhering to safeguarding and regulatory requirements, and contributing to quality assurance and continuous improvement processes.
- Communication, IT & Stakeholder Engagement: Confident communicator with strong Microsoft Office skills, able to engage, influence and work effectively with diverse students, staff and external stakeholders.
- Professional Practice, Flexibility & Safeguarding: Committed to safeguarding, professional boundaries and CPD, with a flexible approach to working across sites and maintaining high professional standards.
Interviews to be held: TBC
Our values
- Valuing Teamwork: We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
- Improving Continuously: We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
- Student Centred: At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
- Inclusive: We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
- Open and Caring: We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
- Nurturing Education Excellence: We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough vetting process which includes an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975. Information about convictions that must be declared during job applications and filtering of offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy. Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.
