Principal Moderator - London, United Kingdom - Pearson

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Principal Moderator - BTEC Tech Awards Sept 2- Animal Care


Reference:
PM/BAC01

Closing date: 08 February 2024 at midnight


Principal Moderators (BTEC Tech Awards 22 Animal Care BAC01 01) produce appropriate assessment materials, including question papers and mark schemes, and are responsible for the standardisation of its marking.


Responsibilities
To produce a working draft paper / respond to any amendments or suggestions and produce a draft paper.


To set / approve questions and mark schemes - demonstrate the specification's content and assessment criteria has been met in the question papers (may take the form of a grid).

Its content should be clear and fit for purpose.

To attend the Question paper Evaluation Committee meeting (QPEC) and produce a final draft.

To ensure final question papers meet the specification content and assessment objectives.

To ensure parity of standards across optional questions and question papers


monitor the marking standards of all examiners (including Assistant Principal Examiners, Team Leaders and Examiners), ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout.

To monitor the standards of examiners, advise on their appointment, training and reappointment.

To attend the awarding meeting, advise on mark ranges for the grade boundaries.

To submit an evaluation report on performance of the question paper.


Experience/qualifications required
You will have a degree or equivalent with a significant statistics content

You will have assessment experience up to Team Leader level in the relevant qualification.

You will have experience of managing people.


A comprehensive level of knowledge of the BTEC Tech Award specification for your specialist sector, including the internal and external requirements.


Competencies Required:

You will have the ability to work well under pressure.

You will have the ability to meet deadlines.

You will be a good communicator.

You will have organisational skills.

You will be IT literate.


Please be aware that for all our senior roles, you will be required to have access to a personal PC with internet connection in order to carry out your duties (for more details please see our System Requirements).


About Pearson
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We have a simple mission:
to help people make more of their lives through learning.

We are the UK's largest awarding body and offer qualifications that are globally recognised and benchmarked, with educational excellence rooted in a range of General and Vocational courses.


Application Information We have a number of opportunities available for teaching professionals to join our growing teams of examiners, moderators and verifiers.
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