Head of Qualification and Assessment Design

Head of Qualification and Assessment Design

Reference number: JR256923

Location: Remote

Working pattern: Full Time, 37.5 Hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of roles: 1

Grade: K6

Salary: £51 - £55k Per Annum

We are looking for a Head of Assessment and Qualification Design to join our team.

The Head of Qualifications and Assessment Design is crucial to maintaining the integrity, relevance, and excellence of our qualification and assessment portfolio, playing a pivotal role in the growth of Kaplan Assessments.

You will serve as Kaplan’s internal expert on qualification architecture, credential design, competence-based certification, and qualification approval and accreditation, you will have overall accountability for ensuring our assessments genuinely test knowledge and  evidence competence. You will be responsible for qualification and assessment design and credentials in line with business strategy, systematically managing the overall qualification portfolio and credentialing frameworks to ensure they match our strategic plan and meet the needs of our current and future customers and candidates. You will develop a current, reliable, and relevant product portfolio in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

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What you’ll bring to the role

Essential

• Experience of working at a management level within a regulated environment relating to qualifications and assessments

• Experience reviewing and evaluating qualification and assessment designs to ensure alignment between learning outcomes, content and assessment.

• Good understanding of assessment principles including validity, reliability, accessibility and fitness for purpose.

• Experience developing or reviewing assessment strategies for vocational, professional or workforce-based qualifications.

• Ability to evaluate whether assessment evidence is sufficient to demonstrate competence against occupational or professional standards.

• Experience working with competency frameworks and workforce-aligned qualifications or credentials.

• Working knowledge of Ofqual general conditions of recognition

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of professional education and vocational qualifications

• Capacity to build a strong and productive relationship with partners and stakeholders

• Strong communication and presentational skills

• Outstanding attention to detail

  • Advanced analysis, judgement and critical thinking

Desirable

• Experience of working with Governing Bodies

• Ability to prioritise critical activities, effectively manage workflows and direct resources

• Financial acumen

• Experience of risk identification and mitigations

• Experience of working with other regulators

• An ability to respond positively under pressure to challenging deadlines

What we do

Kaplan Professional is a leading provider of apprenticeships, accountancy / tax / finance & banking courses, and professional assessments. For almost 80 years, we've helped shape the development and careers of finance professionals.

What we believe in

Our goal is for Kaplan to be a great place to work where everybody can succeed, so we truly live and breathe our values: act with integrity, grow knowledge, empower & support, create opportunity, drive results together.

Kaplan is a global organisation whose mission is rooted in providing equal access to education and opportunities for advancement to people of all backgrounds. We believe diversity, equity and inclusion - of culture, experiences, perspectives - are paramount to creating success and opportunity in an ever-changing world. As an educator, partner and employer, Kaplan is committed to promoting an equitable world in which diverse talent can develop, advance and thrive.

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Our Values

We live, breathe and celebrate our values - they drive what we believe in, how we behave and guide us in creating a culture of success.

• Act with integrity

• Empower and support

• Create opportunity

• Grow knowledge

• Drive results together

What we offer

As well as a competitive salary, transparent pay structures, hybrid/home working where possible, and paths for career progression, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• 28 days annual leave + option to purchase more

• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme

• Big discounts on Kaplan courses for you and your family

• Private medical, income protection, and life insurance

• 24/7 confidential helpline providing counselling and other support services

• Company pension contributions

• Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Paternity/Partner pay which is well above statutory levels

How to apply

To apply for this role please submit a CV along with a Cover Letter detailing how you meet the requirements of the role no later than 11pm on Wednesday 22nd July 2026. Note, we recommend that you apply at the earliest as we reserve the right to close the role before the closing date if we have gathered a suitable shortlist.

Additional Application Information

Kaplan is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

This role involves working with learners who are under 18 years old and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with our background checking policy. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including children’s barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. In addition to the DBS check, for roles that include teaching or coaching, a Prohibition from Teaching Check will be completed through the Teaching Regulation Agency.

Our Suitability of Ex-offenders Policy is available on the careers page of our website www.kaplan.co.uk.

Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Our Suitability of Ex-offenders Policy is available on the careers page of our website www.kaplan.co.uk.

Application Support

If you require support completing your application or wish to talk to someone about the role before applying please email the Recruitment Team kaplanstaff.recruitment@kaplan.com.

Disability Confident Scheme

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to interviewing applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role as per the job description and any screening or testing stages.  Details of how to request your application be considered under the Disability Confident scheme will be shared with all applicants upon submission of an application.

Furthermore, all applicants invited to attend interview will be given information on how to request reasonable adjustments to attend.