At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the creation of assessment materials and ensure quality and fairness.
- Company: Join AQA, a leader in educational assessment with a commitment to diversity.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 25 days leave, great pension, and online learning opportunities.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with a focus on collaboration and leadership.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on education by ensuring assessments are fair and accurate.
- Qualifications: Fluency in assessment design and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 52800 - 59000 £ per year.
- Assessment Manager
- Permanent – Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the office)
Own the Standard. Shape the Future.
You know assessment isn’t just about questions and mark schemes.
It’s about fairness, accuracy and impact.
It is about getting it right – because getting it wrong affects real lives.
- What You’ll Do
- Manage a portfolio of specifications, lead the creation and approval of assessment materials and ensure everything we produce meets the highest regulatory, academic, and ethical standards.
- Work with senior associates, regulators, and internal teams to ensure our assessments set expectations rather than meet them.
- Line‑manage a small group of Assessment Coordinators.
- Use assessment design expertise, data analysis and confident decision‑making to keep quality and fairness at the core.
- Communicate, collaborate and provide calm leadership when the situation becomes complex.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary (Manchester: £52,800–£59,000; Guildford: £55,000–£61,400).
- 35‑hour working week, 25 days annual leave plus extra days for December office closure and bank holidays.
- Great pension scheme – up to 11.5% employer contribution.
- Extensive online learning platform and volunteering days.
- Access to inclusive network groups (LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, disability, women, wellbeing, ethnic diversity).
- Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At AQA we are committed to fostering a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes equity and inclusion.
We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and lived experiences.
We value, respect and empower everyone irrespective of religion, ethnicity, gender identity, expression, age, disability, sexual orientation or background.
Qualifications & Experience
We expect candidates to bring
- Fluency in assessment design, strong analytic skills and the ability to make impactful decisions.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and calm leadership skills.
- A commitment to quality, fairness and doing the right thing.
- Experience managing or leading teams is an advantage.
- Outcome
Assessment Managers are the GQ assessment experts within AQA, deploying their knowledge across Assessment to meet business needs.
They manage a portfolio of specifications and are accountable for the quality of assessment materials, ensuring compliance at every stage – creation, standardisation, marking, moderation, grading and boundary setting.
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Contact Details:
PVH (Tommy Hilfiger/Calvin Klein) Recruitment Team
