Derek King

Roles:

SQA Head of Centre, SQA Co-ordinator, Internal Verifier, Modern Apprenticeship Assessor, Duty Manager, Account Manager for online training platforms

Responsibilities:
Oversee young members’ programme.
Develop strategies (with CEO, Head of Members Services, and Social-Enterprise Director) for learning.
Ensure learning resources meet the needs of staff, members, volunteers and GCP as an organisation.
Build a network of external partners, pooling resources, a “positive destination” network, and increase overall participation for all parties.
Deliver and contribute to learning and development strategies and funding applications.
Meet the expectations and requirements of external authorities/awarding bodies, such as SQA to maintain accreditation, and hit benchmarks.
Keep abreast of external/internal policies and any updates or reissues, relaying to the team and provide training as appropriate.
Write, maintain, and update policies and procedures attached to GCP as a learning provider.
Identify any gaps in learning provision and future requirements.
Assess development needs, deliver training, and evaluate effectiveness.
Implement various learning methods for staff, members and volunteers.
Design and deliver e-learning courses, workshops and other training/activities.
Assess the success of development plans and help our people make the most of learning opportunities.
Help the social enterprise develop through career pathing, compliance training, and performance evaluation.
Negotiate contracts or agreements with external and internal contacts if there is a joint initiative.
Qualification delivery for members, volunteers and staff
Assess and respond to training and/or L&D needs
Work with individuals to build bespoke pathways that make the most of talents, interests to reach full potential

Modern Apprenticeship Programme Manager, securing and allocating Skills Development Scotland contingency funding for a variety of qualifications. Implemented assessment guidelines as directed bt=y external awarding bodies: City & Guilds, EDI and SQA.

Quality Assurance: Managing the assessment process to ensure it meets relevant quality standards and expectations of delivery.

Standardisation: Understand and apply national standards, ensuring a consistent delivery of service; emphasis on the learner experience and continued professional development of assessors.

Learning Praxis: Assessment approaches are reviewed periodically, assessment judgements are valid and reliable and assessors' judgements remain standardised across the team.

Assessment Approaches: Assessment approaches are fit-for-purpose and are best suited to learners' individual needs, learning styles, personal development and employability.

Internal Verification: Judgments of the assessment team are authenticated and must meet critria set by awarding bodies. Best practice can be highlighted via standardisation meetings, sharing knowledge and ideas to best support each learner journey and the assessment team.