**Job Title:** VQ Assessment Leader **Description:** In this role, you will lead and deliver high-quality vocational assessment processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across Pearson’s vocational qualifications. The position aligns with market titles such as Assessment Lead, Vocational Assessment Specialist, Quality Assurance Lead, Content & Assessment Manager, or Assessment Coordinator, with a focus on managing assessment content, maintaining regulatory standards, and improving assessment outcomes for learners. **The Role** This role exists to ensure the integrity and quality of vocational assessments, enabling learners to achieve valid, reliable outcomes. You’ll wake up motivated by delivering accurate, timely, and high-quality assessment outputs while supporting continuous improvement in processes and content management. In your first six months, your biggest impact will come from ensuring smooth assessment delivery, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and optimising assessment processes to reduce risk and improve efficiency. What makes this opportunity different is the chance to work in a high-pressure, regulated environment while influencing Pearson’s assessment strategy, maintaining quality standards, and contributing directly to learner success worldwide. **What You’ll Own** Success in this role means assessments are accurate, delivered on time, and continuously improved to meet learner and customer expectations. You will own: + End-to-end management of assessment content and processes for allocated vocational qualifications + Analysis of assessment data to inform decisions on grade boundaries, risk ratings, and process improvements + Monitoring and managing contractors and external partners to maintain delivery standards You’ll also lead and influence: + Continuous improvement initiatives to simplify and enhance assessment processes + Effective stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment, accurate content production, and timely assessment results + Adoption of digital tools to improve assessment efficiency and learner experience **About You** You bring expertise in assessment delivery and quality management, with the ability to work accurately under pressure while managing competing priorities. You bring: + Experience in assessment, content creation, or quality assurance within education or vocational qualifications + Strong project management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines with accuracy + Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to manage stakeholders and convey complex information clearly + You’re someone who: + Learns quickly, is curious, and adapts to new situations with agility + Makes evidence-informed decisions while balancing quality, efficiency, and compliance + Thrives in a regulated, outcomes-focused environment and can take ownership of results + Builds strong relationships across teams and with external partners Desirable: + Degree or relevant qualification in education, assessment, or related field + Familiarity with BTEC, Pearson vocational qualifications, or regulated assessment environments **What You’ll Get** This role offers the opportunity to shape assessment quality for vocational qualifications, impacting learners globally. You’ll benefit from: + Working in a world-class learning organisation committed to innovation and excellence + Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that directly enhance learner outcomes + Exposure to high-level assessment processes, data analysis, and decision-making in a regulated environment + Opportunities for professional development and career growth **Ready to Make an Impact?** Apply now and help ensure Pearson’s vocational assessments are accurate, reliable, and supportive of learner success worldwide. \#LI-DM1 **Who we are:** At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com. **Job:** Production **Job Family:** LEARNING\_&\_CONTENT\_DELIVERY **Organization:** Enterprise Learning & Skills **Schedule:** FULL\_TIME **Workplace Type:** Hybrid **Req ID:** 21875 \#LI-REMOTE