As a leading Awarding Organisation, we are committed to excellence in academic standards and learner success. We are seeking a skilled and experienced quality assurance professional who will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of external assessment and awarding processes.

As Quality Lead (Assessment), you will be responsible for

  • Ensure the effective delivery of operational processes that support the end-to-end administration and awarding of external assessments.
  • Manage a team to support a designated qualification portfolio, aligning resources with increasing registration and assessment volumes.

What We Are Looking For

  • Proven relevant experience, a minimum of 12 months, of working in an Awarding Organisation in an assessment delivery and awarding role (including marking and moderation)
  • Knowledge and experience of external assessment methodologies.
  • Knowledge of quality assurance frameworks and regulatory standards.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience of evaluating and presenting statistical and qualitative data.
  • Experience of performance analysis of assessment data.

Please see the Candidate Pack, in the How to Apply section below, for full details of this role.

At Gateway Qualifications you’ll be based at home and will therefore need a reliable, high speed internet connection and a quiet, suitably furnished, place to work. You must be able to commute to our Colchester office as required.

What We Offer

We offer a great employment package that includes 30 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time staff) plus public holidays, a career average defined benefit pension scheme, and an individual LinkedIn learning licence giving access to a variety of courses to support your Continued Professional Development (CPD).

About Gateway Qualifications

At Gateway Qualifications our focus is on creating the highest levels of in-demand qualifications which are accessible to everyone enabling all learners to thrive. To do that, we want people working with us who represent and reflect the diversity of everyone in the UK. As an equal opportunity employer, we therefore encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion.

Our expert teams have been supporting providers and changing futures for more than 30 years.

As an Awarding Organisation we offer a wide range of Regulated Qualifications, Apprenticeships and Access to HE Diplomas and can develop new qualifications and quality assure in-house training.

If you join us, you’ll be joining an award-winning team who work hard every day to make a difference to the lives of learners. We have won in the following categories at the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) Awards; Qualification of the year, two years in a row, Learner of the year, Individual of the year, AO/Provider Relationship of the year, Awarding Organisation of the year and Innovation of the year.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this vacancy, please review the candidates pack for more information and you will be able to make an application via the apply button below. Please ensure you attach your CV and a Covering Letter explaining why you are suitable for the role.

Candidate Pack – Quality Lead (Assessments)

The closing date for applications will be midday on Thursday 17th July 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. We may also consider applications as they arrive and may start interviewing prior to the closing date. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

First stage online interviews are scheduled for week commencing 28th July 2025 and second stage interviews will be week commencing 4th August 2025.

Please note that you must have proof that you have the right to work and live in the UK.

Apply for this job

If you think that you are a suitable candidate and you meet the shortlisting criteria for this role, please click Apply Now.


When you click Apply Now, you will be taken to our automated recruitment system where you will need to enter a few personal details to create an account. The system will then ask you to confirm your registration. Once this is done, on the following screen you will be able to upload your CV and covering letter.