LCL Awards is looking for External Verifiers (EVs) and Technical Specialists to help monitor and support our centres in the North and Scotland in meeting our quality criteria.

We are one of the UK’s leading Awarding Organisations (AO), with a rapidly expanding centre portfolio and a raft constantly updating qualifications designed to meet the needs of installers across the building services engineering sector.

The ideal candidate will have experience in quality assurance and industry expertise, covering the qualifications we provide in gas, oil and renewable technologies. Our EVs deliver guidance and support to approved centres, in order to ensure our qualifications are delivered to a high standard, in-line with regulatory requirements and LCL Awards procedures.

Skills/Experience Required

• Must hold gas qualifications - domestic and/or commercial ACS.
• Qualified to level 3 or equivalent in related building services disciplines.
• Ideally hold relevant qualifications relating to quality assessments and monitoring.
• 5 years post qualification experience working in the building services sector.
• Have a detailed understanding of the certification, examination and assessment processes.
• Have proficient computer literacy skills, including the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft teams and/or Zoom.
• Organised, flexible and self-motivated, with good time management skills.
• Have proven team leadership skills.
• Have good interpersonal skills and can communicate at all levels, with tact, discretion and diplomacy.
• Embrace the principals of equality and diversity.
• Must hold a valid driving licence.

 Job Description and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to LCL Award centres and internal staff.
• Attend and represent LCL Awards at external technical and committee meetings as required.
• Carry out technical support visits to aspirant and approved centres.
• Conduct External Quality Assurance (EQA) audits in accordance with the plan.
• Conduct remote technical review and moderation of completed examinations and assessments.
• Refer unresolved certification issues to the operations Director or Operations Manager where required.
• Continually develop their own knowledge and expertise in areas vital to company growth.
• Have a detailed understanding of LCL Awards’ qualifications and courses, including our new entrant, Managed Learning Programmes (MLP). Full training will be provided.
• Meet any specific EV competence requirements (qualifications/experience) as detailed in the external verification strategy for the specific qualification.
• Continually develop their own knowledge and expertise in areas vital to company growth.

Employee Benefits

As well as a competitive salary we offer rewarding employee benefits including, 24 days paid holiday plus the standard eight bank holidays. We also offer an additional paid day-off for birthdays, a workplace pension, Specsavers premium optical care and cycle to work schemes.

Please send your CV to Caroline Lay: caroline.lay@lclawards.co.uk