Moderators - Education and Early Years

Overview

Flexible Worker Contract

Location: Remote - covering Central London

About the role

We're excited to be looking for Visiting Moderators to join our External Quality Assurance team on a flexible worker contract for the following qualification.

T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Early Years

As a Moderator, you'll play a key role in ensuring that centres assess learners fairly, accurately and consistently. You'll review centre-marked work, apply quality assurance principles, and provide clear, constructive feedback to ensure national standards are maintained.

We’re keen to hear from individuals with a strong background in Education and Early Years, with experience of teaching and/or assessing learners in this subject area. You may currently work, or have previously worked, as an Early Years or Childcare teacher, lecturer, trainer or assessor, this is a great opportunity to put your expertise to use and make a valuable contribution to the assessment of learners.

As part of these visiting moderation roles, travel will be required within business hours during the moderation window which takes place February to May.

How you'll make an impact:

- Visiting providers to observe students and assessors to carry out moderation in line with our quality assurance policies and following up with further remote moderation.

- Attending standardisation and team meetings as required

- Reviewing centre marking to ensure assessment decisions are accurate, consistent and meet required standards

- Producing clear, accurate and timely moderation reports within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

- Planning and managing moderation activity for allocated centres in line with sampling strategies and quality assurance requirements

- Supporting continuous improvement by identifying areas for development and sharing best practice

- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the qualification, assessment requirements and your subject-specialist area

We'd love to hear from you if you offer the following:

- Subject expertise in Early Years / Education qualified to Level 3 or above.

- Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering Early Years, Supporting Teaching & Learning, or Education qualifications.

- Up-to-date CPD demonstrating occupational competence in Early Years and/or Assisting Teaching.

- Experience of teaching, assessing, internal quality assuring and/or moderating vocational or academic qualifications

- Strong knowledge of assessment and quality assurance processes

- Excellent written communication and report-writing skills

- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines

- A commitment to maintaining high standards and delivering a positive experience for centres

Feeling inspired? Read the full Job Description

Why work as a flexible worker for NCFE?

Our flexible workforce provides supportive quality assurance to ensure that learners taking NCFE qualifications are getting the best education possible. If you become a flexible worker with us, you’ll choose how to fit your work around your other personal and professional commitments – making this a great opportunity to make a difference in a way that suits you.

You’ll receive full training and the materials, tools or equipment needed to ensure you’re able to complete your duties in line with NCFE requirements, with the ability to take on flexible worker contract alongside other work, without the need to be registered as self-employed.

All applicants will be expected to adhere to NCFE’s behavioural framework and to uphold our core values.

You can find out more about how our flexible arrangements work, the flexible worker roles we recruit, and frequently asked questions around the application, induction and training process, and your rights and protections by visiting our Flexible worker opportunities page.

Shape real change with an NCFE career

Imagine a career where your contributions affect not only what people learn, but the way that learning is developed and delivered.

With over 170 years of education experience our core purpose remains at the heart of the organisation – to promote and advance learning to create a fairer, more inclusive society, making sure no learner is left behind.

Want to know more? Take a look at our website https://www.ncfe.org.uk/

How to apply

Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.

Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV and answer the associated application questions.

Closing Date: Monday 9 November 2026

Interview Date: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. If successful in your application, we will ask you to attend a talent discovery session on Tuesday 17 November 17:00 - 18:30 which will provide you with the opportunity to:

- Understand more about the role

- Engage with key staff and other applicants

- Gain further insight into the qualification and assessment methods

You’ll also be asked to complete a short task post session to also allow us to evaluate your suitability for the role.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement

We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.

We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.