Early Years Assessor

About The Role

Are you Passionate about Early Years? Turn your experience into impact and inspire the next generation of Early Years Professionals.

EKC Group are seeking to appoint an Early Years Assessor to join our busy Ashford Campus.

As an Assessor you will support the organisation of work placements for learners, assess student work both theory and practical and monitor attendance and progress in a range of work placements within childcare and care.

Some other responsibilities are:

• Visit and observe a variety of work placements
• Keep records of student assessments and other college documentation
• Provide feedback and guidance to learners
• Create and support an inclusive learning experience

Benefits

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous annual leave- 28 days FTE per annum
• Learning and Development opportunities- 3-4 annual paid group development days, bespoke training programmes and strong internal progression-1 in 3 roles are filled internally
• Flexible personal leave- Time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews
• Competitive pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks- Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes.
• Wellbeing and Health support- Generous company sick pay, Counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work support
• Culture and Recognition- Being part of Community Days, an annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reach net-zero by 2030

About You

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised individual who is able to assess learners on placement at a variety of organisations from across the sector.

As an Assessor at EKC group, you will have excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of the awarding bodies (NCFE) systems and requirements.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on .

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in house recruitment team.