At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and quality assurance of innovative learning and assessment products.
- Company: Globally respected cultural relations and education organisation.
- Benefits: Up to £46,000 salary, civil service-style pension, 39 days holiday, hybrid working.
- Other info: Dynamic role with collaboration across global teams and excellent career growth.
- Why this job: Shape impactful learning experiences for millions of learners worldwide.
- Qualifications: Experience in English language learning design and data analytics required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 60000 £ per year.
We're partnering with a globally respected cultural relations and education organisation, delivering English language learning and assessment products used by millions of learners worldwide. With a major focus on the quality and effectiveness of their Schools, Higher Education and Work product lines, this is a genuinely varied role at the heart of how learning and assessment content gets designed and proven to work.
The Role
As Assessment & Learning Design Manager, you'll lead the design and quality assurance of learning and assessment products from early curriculum development through to prototyping and pre-testing. You'll work closely with Subject Matter Experts, Product and Research & Impact teams to make sure what gets built is pedagogically sound, valid and genuinely effective for learners - backed by your own hands-on data analysis. This is a role for someone who wants to shape both the 'what' and the 'does it actually work' of assessment and learning design.
What You'll Be Doing
- Support curriculum development across Schools, Higher Education and Work products
- Collaborate with and brief Subject Matter Experts on content and assessment design
- Lead prototyping of new learning and assessment approaches
- Own pre-testing and pilot data analysis to validate design decisions
- Deploy quality assurance frameworks across content and assessment development
- Prepare clear documentation and specifications to brief internal and external teams
What We're Looking For
- Extensive experience in English language learning design and/or assessment development
- Experience using data analytics and test statistical analysis to assess and improve product effectiveness
- Experience managing test seeding, pre-testing or piloting processes
- Higher qualification in ELT, Assessment or Applied Linguistics (PhD, Masters, DELTA, Dip TESOL or equivalent)
- Comfortable working across a global business with multiple stakeholders
- UK based with unlimited right to work - this role cannot support visa sponsorship or relocation
What's on Offer
- Up to £46,000
- Civil service-style pension, up to c.20%
- 39 days holiday per year
- Hybrid working - 2-3 days per week onsite
