Assessment Manager

time left to apply End Date: August 7, 2025 (9 days left to apply)

job requisition id R6926

At AQA, we're committed to advancing education and we're committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it's our people who make this happen.

Assessment Manager

Permanent

Own the Standard. Shape the Future.

You know assessment isn't just about questions and mark schemes. It's about fairness. Accuracy. Impact. It's about getting it right-because getting it wrong affects real lives.

If you've ever looked at an exam paper and thought, "I could make this better" -this is your chance to prove it.

At AQA, we produce over 2,000 exam papers and assessment materials every year. That's 10 million individual items sat by hundreds of thousands of students. And behind every one of them is an Assessment Manager making sure it's valid, reliable, and fair.

There are lots of company benefits, including a fantastic pension (up to 11.5% employer contributions), a 35 hour working week, 25 days annual leave with additional office closure in December and bank holidays on top, the opportunity to join lots of network groups (LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, disAbility, Empowering Women, Wellbeing, Ethnic Diversity and more), an extensive online learning platform, days for volunteering and more. AQA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone-regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, or background-is valued, respected, and supported to thrive.

You'll manage a portfolio of specifications, lead the creation and approval of assessment materials, and ensure everything we produce meets the highest standards-regulatory, academic, and ethical. You'll work with senior associates, regulators, and internal teams to make sure our assessments don't just meet expectations-they set them. You may line manage a small group of Assessment Coordinators.

You'll need to be fluent in assessment design, confident with data, and comfortable making decisions that carry weight. You'll need to be a communicator, a collaborator, and a calm presence when things get complex (because they will).

You'll also need to care. About quality. About fairness. About doing the right thing, even when it's the hard thing.

This isn't a role for someone who wants to tweak around the edges. It's for someone who wants to lead from the centre.

If you're ready to take ownership of assessments that shape futures, we want to hear from you.

Apply now with your most recent CV and a cover letter to explain how your skills and experience match the job description.

Applications will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 6 August 2025

Interviews will be at the end of August and will be over two stages (a video interview and a face-to-face in either the Manchester or Guildford office, whichever is closest to you).

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Summary

Assessment Managers are the GQ assessment experts within AQA, deploying this knowledge within Assessment and across AQA to meet business needs. They manage a portfolio of specifications and are accountable for the quality of the assessment materials within this portfolio, assuring themselves that the appropriate assessment quality is being complied with at all stages of the assessment cycle, including assessment creation, standardisation, marking, moderation and grading. They manage a variety of activities in relation to assessment creation and final approval of assessment materials, regulatory compliance, review of marking and moderation, assessment reviews and improvements, and awarding/grade boundary setting.

Assessment Managers may also work with external stakeholders such as Ofqual and other exam boards, and may line manage Assessment Coordinators. Each year, over 2000 question papers and assessment artefacts are created and quality assured for domestic and international qualifications, sat by hundreds of thousands of students. They ensure assessments are error-free, valid, reliable, and compliant with regulations, and support continuous improvement and assessment reform.

To be successful, candidates should demonstrate assessment expertise, strong communication skills, stakeholder management ability, data analysis skills, understanding of regulatory environments, and a proactive, innovative approach to assessment development and quality assurance.