Assessors and Lead Assessors

Salary: Fixed fee remuneration per assessment: Day rate of £480 for lead assessors and £430 for assessors

Hours: Part-time

Contract Type: Fixed Term, remote working with some business travel

About the OfS

We are the independent regulator of higher education in England.

Our requirements for the regulation of quality set out our minimum requirements for the quality of education. They enable us to intervene where higher education courses fall below our expectations and help us to ensure that all students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have meaningful choices of high-quality courses and are effectively supported to succeed.

The role

We are seeking experienced academics from a wide range of higher education providers to help us to assess the quality and standards of higher education providers.

In this recruitment round, we are particularly interested in hearing from applicants who;

• are interested in becoming a lead assessor. Lead assessors have a key role in leading our assessment teams and preparing the assessment report. Full details are provided in the person specification

Or

• have experience that is particularly relevant for degree awarding power assessments such as: academic governance experience; substantial external examiner or validation experience; or teaching and learning committee experience. We are particularly interested in candidates who have senior leadership experience in those roles and have led on the design and management of academic governance

Or

• have experience of delivering higher education in further education providers, or smaller providers.

You will join our pool of expert academic assessors. For each assessment, we will select assessors from the pool, based on their specific expertise, availability, and the type of assessment required.

About you

You will be an experienced academic, with experience in designing and delivering learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. You will be able to use your expertise, both subject specific expertise and broader pedagogical expertise, to reach academic judgements about the quality of higher education in a range of different contexts.

You will be currently or recently employed by a higher education provider as academic staff. You may have experience of working with new high-quality institutions that are seeking to do things differently.

Lead assessors will have the ability to provide strong leadership of an assessment team, drawing appropriately on the skills and experience of the assessors in the team, resulting in the team reaching robust and well-reasoned academic judgements.

Application process

Closing date for applications is 11.55pm Tuesday 6 January 2026

Applicants who are shortlisted for this round will be invited to participate in online assessment centres on 11th or 12th February 2026. Successful applicants will be assigned to our pool of assessors.  Applicants who we wish to consider for the role of lead assessor will be invited to a further interview.