Salary: £60,000 – £68,000 depending on qualifications and experience
Closing date for application: 20 January 2025
AlphaPlus is an education service business specialising in standards, assessment and certification. We help our clients design, develop, deploy and evaluate qualifications and their underpinning assessments.
AlphaPlus is working with the Scottish Government to deliver the National Standardised Assessments for Scotland, which comprise the Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSA) and their Gaelic Medium counterpart, Measaidhean Coitcheann Nàiseanta airson foghlam tron Ghàidhlig (MCNG). These assessments support the National Improvement Framework (NIF) for Scottish Education, provide information to teachers to support their judgements about students’ progress, and inform actions to improve attainment and wider outcomes for every child in Scotland.
The National Assessment Programme Manager will be jointly responsible for managing delivery of the national service, planning for maintenance, upgrades and enhancements of functionality or content, and acting as a senior point of contact for external and internal stakeholders, as well as the lead contact point for both the client and sub-contractors. They will be an experienced self-starter with a solid operational and project management background in assessment. Within AlphaPlus, they will be supported by the AlphaPlus directors, work package leads, and the project management office (PMO).
Eligible candidates will have:
* Project management skills, for example PRINCE2, MSP and/or other methods and approaches
* Master’s degree level or higher in a related area or equivalent experience
* Sufficient knowledge of assessment theory, project management and technological assessment implementation to advise clients at policy level
* Operational understanding of national assessment programmes
* Successful track record working in the UK or overseas education sector in a similar role
* At least 3 years’ professional experience and demonstrable track record in the design, development and delivery of assessments
* Contribution to strategic vision, business planning and financial management activities
* Experience / understanding of national assessment programmes in Scotland would be beneficial
The post is permanent, full-time working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday and is Manchester office-based. The company offers hybrid working (two days per week minimum in the office, with three days working at home). A relocation package is available if appropriate.
The role will involve national and occasional international travel, potentially including working in customer offices.
Benefits include:
* Discretionary profit-related bonus scheme
* Enhanced maternity/parental leave
* 25 days paid leave plus the eight statutory bank holidays
* Commitment to developing the expertise of our employees
For an informal discussion about the vacancy please email Suzanne Oates at suzanne.oates@alphaplus.co.uk, who will contact you to arrange a suitable time.
Please note that AlphaPlus is not a sponsor under the UK government’s skilled worker sponsorship scheme.
To apply:
The full job description is available here. Please download the application form, complete and submit it by the application closing date to recruitment@alphaplus.co.uk together with your current CV tailored to highlight relevant qualifications and experience, and a covering statement.
AlphaPlus jobs are based on competencies, which are published in the job description. When completing the covering statement, you are requested to set out how you meet the competencies relevant to this role, limiting this to no more than the five most important competencies. Please include how you meet the most important personal attributes and your most significant relevant experience.
AlphaPlus is committed to providing equal opportunities to all and has an inclusive approach to recruitment, selection and employment. Demographic details requested as part of our monitoring process are not used in our selection process. You are invited to download and complete the equal opportunities monitoring form and return it encrypted to monitoring@alphaplus.co.uk or by post, marked Confidential, to Ziyan Amjid, AlphaPlus, c/o AQA Education Ltd, Devas Street, Manchester, M15 6EX.
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